Patty Salvack 
Pandas Bai Yun and Zhen Zhen, former residents of the San Diego Zoo â Credit: San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance ‘Panda Diplomacy’ is back in action in San Diego as Chinese conservationists and the California zoo signed an agreement that could see giant pandas return for the viewing public as soon as the end of …
Rhino released in Feb 2024 â by Margaret Southern / Courtesy San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance The Kenya Wildlife Service celebrated the successful transfer of 21 eastern black rhinos to establish a new viable breeding population for the species that was on the brink of extinction decades ago. In an 18-day exercise executed by highly …
Joint interment of a dog and a human – by S.R. Thompson, courtesy of SABAP-VR Soprintendenza Archeologia – Credit Laffranchi et al., 2024 (CC license) People from an ancient community in what is now northern Italy were buried with animals such as dogs and horses. The reasons remain mysterious, but might indicate an enduring companion …
Fish in the sea toad family discovered in Nazca-Desventuradas Marine Park – Credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute CC license-cropped More than 100 new species of alien-looking marine life have been discovered living near huge underwater mountains off the coast of Chile. An international team of scientists visited previously unexplored sea mountains—towering at up to 3,530 meters—and …
American Pit Bull Annabel Lee in recovery – Courtesy of Alicia Alderson A 3-legged American pit bull with a heart of gold and sweet disposition captured the hearts of Alicia and Andrew Alderson when they adopted her in 2017. “It was absolutely love at first sight—she ran into our arms.” But their journey took an …
Fire Captain Erik Scott LAFD (Twitter) In LA County, fire and rescue had a ton of work to do to lift out a 1,200-pound horse that fell into a sinkhole near Lake View Terrace. Lucky by name, lucky by nature, this 20-year-old mare managed to avoid any serious injuries to her legs from the fall …
An artist’s impression of the duckbills arriving on the shores of Africa – Dr. Longrich et al, via SWNS Describing a “once-in-a-million year event,” an international team of paleontologists has suggested that, though nearly impossible, a herd of pony-sized duck-billed dinosaurs must have either floated or swam across to Africa up to 66 million years …
One of the new species, a female brooding on her eggs – credit, Schmidt Ocean Institute released to the press under CC 4.0. The Schmidt Ocean Institute recently announced a set of absolutely incredible results from one of their expeditions 2 miles below the seas of Costa Rica. Near a rocky outcrop called El Dorado …
An adult male Hoolock tianxing – credit Peng-Fei Fan, released to the press. From the Far East comes fantastic news for species conservation after new populations of the gorgeous ‘Skywalker’ gibbon, known to science for only 6 years, were recently found living in the politically chaotic nation of Myanmar. Also called the hoolock gibbon, this …
Fort Worth Zoo / SWNS Human doctors stepped in to perform a rare emergency c-section on a gorilla mom after she went into labor five weeks early. The story is an incredible, breathtaking reminder of the similarities between these magnificent animals and ourselves. At the Fort Worth Zoo in Texas, a mother gorilla named Sekani …