‘no matter how big or small’ the Zookeepers Care

The Peruvian jumping stick with its neck brace – credit, Houston Zoo. At the Houston Zoo, an emergency medical procedure saw a tiny resident receive a big degree of attention. At the ‘Bug House,’ the Houston Zoo boasts a number of Peruvian jumping sticks, which appear like stick insects, but are actually grasshoppers. In early …

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Newly Discovered Fossil Named For David Attenborough Pushes Back Era of Toothless Birds by 50 Million Years

Illustration showing the fossil skeleton of Imparavis attenboroughi, alongside a reconstruction of the bird in life. © Ville Sinkkonen, via SWNS No birds alive today have teeth. But that wasn’t always the case—many early fossil birds had beaks full of sharp, tiny teeth. Now though, in a paper in the journal Cretaceous Research, scientists have …

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Gray Whale, Extinct for Centuries in Atlantic, Is Spotted in Cape Cod

A Gray whale spotted by the New England Aquarium – credit, New England Aquarium. In an incredibly rare event, the New England Aquarium aerial survey team sighted a gray whale off the New England coast last week, a species that has been extinct in the Atlantic for more than 200 years. Aquarium scientists were flying …

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American Marten Could Be Set for Return to PA’s Forests After 100 Year Absence

Jacob Frank – public domain Pennsylvania’s Bureau of Wildlife Management is working on an experimental reintroduction plan to restore the American marten to woods and hills in the Keystone State. This tree-dwelling relative of the mink was extirpated from the state 100 years ago, and a plan to create an experimental, non-protected population to monitor …

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