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America Loves Pet Snakes. That's Bad News for Mice
2+ hour, 31+ min ago (27+ words) America's growing fondness for pet snakes has quietly spawned another booming population: factory-farmed mice and rats. In a piece for Vox, Kenny Torrella traces how the. .....
Missing Baby Giraffes Are Finally Safe
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (258+ words) The long-running question of what happened to two missing giraffe calves in Virginia now has an answer. More than a year after the babies disappeared from the embattled Natural. .. Missing Baby Giraffes Are Finally Safe The long-running question of what…...
Police rescue hundreds of cats from being eaten in Vietnam with bust of major animal theft ring
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (461+ words) More than 40 of the rescued cats were reunited with their owners following the multiday operation last week, but several dozen of those rescued have died due to the harsh conditions that they were found in, the groups said. This operation…...
Photos of a rare veterinary clinic still open in war-battered Gaza
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (218+ words) Beyond a handful of facilities that primarily treat livestock, just two veterinary clinics for household pets remain operational in the territory of over 2 million people. This month, at a modest clinic in Gaza City, staff provided cats and dogs with…...
Beagle Farm Stormed by Activists Is Closing Down
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (489+ words) Newser Beagle Farm Stormed by Activists Is Closing Down A Wisconsin beagle breeding farm that's been the site of recent violent protests is closing, and its remaining dogs are being taken in by a Florida rescue group. Big Dog Ranch…...
Deep in the Pacific, Like 'Something Out of a Horror Movie"
1+ week, 20+ hour ago (308+ words) The deep sea just gave up one of its biggest secrets, and it was all caught on camera. Marine biologists have, for the first time, filmed goblin sharks cruising in their natural. .. Deep in the Pacific, Like 'Something Out of…...
That Herculean Rescue Only Bought 'Timmy' 5 Days
1+ week, 1+ day ago (481+ words) The humpback whale that kept Germany spellbound for months likely lived for roughly five days after the final controversial rescue attempt failed to guide it back to its natural. .. That Herculean Rescue Only Bought 'Timmy' 5 Days The humpback whale that…...
Single Brutal Storm Wiped Out 7% of Rarest Great Ape
1+ week, 1+ day ago (177+ words) Newser Single Brutal Storm Wiped Out 7% of Rarest Great Ape The researchers estimate 58 of the 800 known apes lived in the landslide-affected areas and were killed; that's about 7% of the world's remaining population and 11% of those living in their core West…...
To Make a Queen, There's a Special Kind of Worker Bee
1+ week, 1+ day ago (419+ words) Scientists have identified a group of worker honeybees that are specially adapted to build their queen's waxy abode within the hive. Worker bees perform myriad jobs to keep. .. To Make a Queen, There's a Special Kind of Worker Bee Scientists…...
Horse's Death Renews Scrutiny of a Central Park Staple
1+ week, 2+ day ago (310+ words) A Central Park carriage horse collapsed and died Tuesday evening, and the fallout at City Hall may arrive just as fast as the backlash in the park. Police said the horse appeared. .. Horse's Death Renews Scrutiny of a Central Park…...