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Two arrested in Spain over exotic animal trafficking network
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (244+ words) Published'Jun 20, 2026, 06: 40 PM Updated'Jun 20, 2026, 07: 19 PM MADRID " Two people have been arrested and eight others placed under investigation in Spain over their alleged involvement in a network trafficking exotic animals, police said on June 20. The Guardia Civil said it launched an investigation…...
Iceland kills first whales since 2023, resuming commercial hunt
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (404+ words) Published'Jun 22, 2026, 10: 30 PM REYKJAVIK " Two whales have been killed off the coast of Iceland two days after commercial hunting resumed, ending a two-year hiatus, local media and animal rights activists reported on June 22. Icelandic public broadcaster RUV reported that two fin…...
Deep-sea denizens go years without food with clever biological fix
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (723+ words) The Bathynomus jamesi, a supergiant isopod found at about 900m under the surface. Published'Jun 19, 2026, 05: 34 PM BEIJING - A pill bug dwelling under a garden pot curls its body into a tiny armored ball as self-defence. Far below the ocean surface, some of…...
Indonesia to capture last-known wild Bornean rhino for IVF
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (488+ words) The Bornean rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni) is one of three subspecies of the Sumatran rhinoceros, but it is noticeably smaller than the other two. Published'Jun 19, 2026, 02: 55 PM Updated'Jun 19, 2026, 03: 19 PM JAKARTA " Indonesia's government is racing to capture the last-known Bornean rhino in…...
Scientists discover "hyperparasite" in Malaysia Borneo jungle
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (286+ words) The new species targets ants and manipulates the infected insect's nervous system before making it behave erratically and killing it. Published'Jun 19, 2026, 02: 35 PM Updated'Jun 19, 2026, 02: 38 PM KUALA LUMPUR " Malaysian scientists have discovered a new species of parasitic fungus in Borneo's jungles that…...
World's oldest tortoise named Guinness World Records Icon
5+ day, 11+ hour ago (419+ words) Believed to be born around 1832, Jonathan is even older than the Victorian Age, London's Tower Bridge and Paris' Eiffel Tower. Published'Jun 18, 2026, 12: 29 PM Updated'Jun 18, 2026, 02: 24 PM Jonathan, a 194-year-old tortoise recognised as the world's oldest living land animal, has snapped up another…...
Unstable" Tasmanian devil found after 15 days on the run
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (291+ words) The wildlife park said Mary had likely made an "abnormally large leap" to start her 15-day adventure. Published'Jun 17, 2026, 11: 28 AM Updated'Jun 17, 2026, 12: 03 PM SYDNEY " A Tasmanian devil named Mary has been found in an "unstable condition" more than two weeks after escaping…...
Trap, neuter, release: Jakarta battles cat-astrophic stray numbers
6+ day, 9+ hour ago (686+ words) Published'Jun 17, 2026, 02: 18 PM Updated'Jun 17, 2026, 03: 37 PM JAKARTA " Three flea-riddled kittens frolic under the feet of a food vendor at a bustling train station in Jakarta, home to one of the biggest urban stray cat populations on Earth. Numbering as many as 1. 5 million…...
Greek fishermen struggle to keep up with pufferfish invaders
6+ day, 15+ hour ago (763+ words) Massive teeth on each jaw of a pufferfish allows the invasive species to tear through fishermen's catch and damage their fishing equipment. Published'Jun 17, 2026, 09: 59 AM IERAPETRA, Greece " On his fishing boat moored in the Greek port of Ierapetra in south-western Crete,…...
Stolen felines reunited with owners after Vietnam cat-meat bust
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (301+ words) Published'Jun 16, 2026, 02: 10 PM Updated'Jun 16, 2026, 05: 24 PM HANOI " About 40 abducted cats have been reunited with their owners after Vietnamese police busted a feline theft ring and rescued 400 pets destined to be slaughtered for food, an animal rights group said on June 16. Nine people…...