Charlotte the Stingray, Single for 8 Years, Celebrated V-day with ‘Impossible’ Litter of Non-Fertilized Eggs

Charlotte the stingray – Released by Aquarium and Shark Lab It’s hard being alone on Valentine’s Day—something that Charlotte the round stingray had experienced for eight years in a row. But this year she decided she wasn’t going to wait for that special someone to celebrate the day of lovers, and managed to get pregnant …

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Japanese Eels Found Living in Polluted River are Shining Example of Resilience

The Dotonbori River street – credit Chee Hong. CC 2.0. Running under the lights of a seemingly endless corridor of neon-lit advertising boards through a dense urban area of 2.7 million inhabitants, the Dotonbori River, was described as having the water quality of a “toilet bowl.” Yet this icon of urban Japan hides a slithery …

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New Species of Pterosaur Discovered in Scotland Persisted 25 Million Years More Than Previously Thought

credit – Trustees of the Natural History Museum London The Isle of Skye isn’t known colloquially for paleontology, but during the Jurassic Era, it was a hotspot for pterosaurs, and a newly-described species of this flying reptile is surprising scientists. Belonging to the clade Darwinoptera, it joins two other species both of which were found …

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Waddle I do Without You?

Penguin and Squid –Photo released February 8, 2024 by Birdworld via SWNS A penguin has become a ‘guide-bird’ for a fellow African Penguin with poor eyesight, escorting her around their enclosure to get food and build confidence. The animal helper named ‘Penguin’ has bonded with ‘Squid’ the three-year-old that suffers from cataracts, a debilitating condition …

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Endangered Seabirds Flourishing on Island for First Time in Decades as Invasive Rabbits Removed

Peruvian diving petrel chick – Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas (CEAZA), released via Island Conservation For the first time in over four decades, Peruvian diving petrels have four active natural nests on Chañaral Island after a dedicated conservation group cleared the island of a deadly invasive species. This unique Chilean ecosystem has seen …

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