Facial wound on adult male orangutan – Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior via SWNS Even though there is evidence of certain self-medication behaviors in animals, so far it has never been known that animals treat their wounds with healing plants. Now, biologists in Indonesia have observed this in a male Sumatran orangutan. After sustaining …
Brown pelicans have been coming in starved, dehydrated and in desperate need of care, officials with the Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center said as they made a plea for support from the community. A mass stranding of the species seen over the last few weeks, with birds found throughout Orange, San Bernardino and Riverside counties, …
After hitting record lows two years ago due to drought, Big Bear Lake reported a 10-foot increase in its water level in December 2023 and new data shows it’s risen even higher the first four months of 2024. In December 2022, the water level at Big Bear Lake was just below 55 feet, officials said. …
Some of the lemurs after they were rescued – credit Wildlife Justice Commission Released In a pair of busts that will end up costing criminals millions, Thai police raided a suspected wildlife smuggling site and saved hundreds of animals. 48 lemurs, 30 primates of various species, several crocodiles, and over 1,000 rare tortoises were seized …
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Jeremy Miller, bioGraphic The forest ranger had a troubled look on his face. It was the summer of 2022 and my kids and I were trudging up a steep trail in the Indian Peaks Wilderness, near Denver, when we encountered him. He stood amid a small grove of subalpine fir, clutching a walkie-talkie tightly in …
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Brian Handwerk Science Correspondent This spring, cicadas are buzzing across the Southeast and Midwest, thanks to the simultaneous emergence of two major broods. Their 17-year and 13-year cycles are coinciding for the first time since 1803—when Thomas Jefferson was in the White House. The result is expected to be more than one trillion cicadas singing …
Mike Canterbury and John Livingston – Colorado Parks and Wildlife released on FB A nerve-wracking scene unfolded as Colorado wildlife officials pulled all the stops to rescue two young mountain lions in the path of a deluge of trouble. A worker at the Pine River Irrigation District Dam was about to release a large amount …
Bob Dunlop via SWNS A wildlife fan has struck up an extraordinary friendship with a young fox after he noticed she was ill. Bob Dunlop realized the fox had developed mange on her tail after spying her lack of hair on wildlife cameras set up near his home in Littleport, Cambridgeshire. The 69-year-old worked out …
When the state attached endangered species status to the iconic Southern California steelhead trout last week, it was like giving an aging Hollywood starlet new billing. But will the klieg lights bring attention, money and fame, or ready them for their final close-up? Known simply as Southern California steelhead, they once teemed in the tens …
A bittern hiding in the grass in Florida – Lee Coursey – CC license, Flickr What’s secretive, pretends to be a stick, and is sometimes confused with a mythical creature? The figure in focus of this question is a beloved bird that’s returning in numbers to Tasmania for the first time in 40 years. The …