Hippos Test Positive for COVID-19 in Belgium Without the Usual Symptoms Aside From Runny Nose

MEDICINE & HEALTH 12.06.2021 02:44 AM

Two hippopotamuses in Belgium recently tested positive for COVID-19 which, according to veterinarians, it remains unclear how they contracted the virus.

Smiths Detection Collaborates With Microsoft and Heathrow to Develop AI Tool to Uncover Wildlife Trafficking

12.04.2021 23:26 PM

Algorithm trial results show more than 70% success rate in identifying trafficked animals. Solution was presented today at an event with The Royal Foundation and the Duke of Cambridge.

City Lights Confuse Urban Trees: Study Shows Climate Change and Daylight Extension Alter Growing Patterns of Plants

12.01.2021 04:13 AM

A study on the effects of city lights and climate change on urban trees reveals that they sprout leaves a week earlier than their rural counterparts.

Ethiopian Elephant Population Under Threat; Research Shows How Illegal Housings Put the Largest Land Animals at Risk

11.30.2021 04:23 AM

Researchers recently discovered that in the 11 years to 2017, the number of illegal houses in the sanctuary rose from 18,000 to more than 50,000.

COVID-19 in Sheep: New Study Revels Low Infection Risk For This Animal Type

11.22.2021 06:53 AM

A research team from the United States recently showed in a new study the probability of COVID-19 infection in deer, including risk.

UK Confirms First Dog Tested Positive for COVID-19: Experts Explain Mode of Infection, Symptoms to Look For

11.12.2021 22:52 PM

The United Kingdom recently announced its first case of a COVID-19 positive dog who is now recovering at home. So, how are pets getting infected by the virus? Do they display similar symptoms as humans?

Animal Behavior: Which Between the Prairie and Meadow Vole Species Has More Social Motivation?

11.02.2021 21:17 PM

Spending time with friends, family and loved ones is a potentially effective tactic for social motivation that, according to a study published recently, may be favorable for some voles but is simply tolerable to others.

[WATCH] This is How An Okapi Suck in Its Eyeballs to Avoid Eye Injury in the Wild

11.02.2021 06:40 AM

An okapi is an animal that looks like a deer but with zebra-like stripes. They have evolved to avoid eye injury in the wild by sucking in their eyeballs. Here is a video on how they do it.

New Partnership To Protect Critically Endangered Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat

10.25.2021 23:46 PM

Australian Wildlife Conservancy joins efforts to conserve the world’s largest burrowing marsupial.

Seagrass Genetic Diversity Increases In Areas Physically Disturbed By Sea Otters

10.18.2021 03:52 AM

A new study has learned that seagrass, in particular, eelgrass, increases its genetic diversity by one-third in areas where there are sea otters.

Foot-and-Mouth Disease in African Buffalo Shows Persistence of Highly Infectious Pathogens

09.30.2021 23:48 PM

A new study on foot-and-mouth disease in African buffalo could help explain how some extremely infectious pathogens are able to continue and reach the prevalent stage in a population long after they have burned through their first pool of vulnerable hosts.

Potty-Trained Cows: Scientists Get These Animals to Urinate in Specially-Constructed Toilet to Curb Greenhouse Emissions

09.14.2021 01:11 AM

By training cows to use the MooLoo, the team said it will be possible to both reduce greenhouse gas emissions and develop more open and animal-friendly farms.

Giant Panda Twins Born in a Madrid Zoo Look Like Screaming Pink Jelly Beans: Here's Why They Are So Tiny at Birth

09.09.2021 06:33 AM

Zoo Aquarium Madrid welcomed giant panda twins six decades after the historic live birth in captivity of a giant panda in 1963 in Beijing Zoo. They are so tiny that they looked like screaming jelly beans.

Warm-Blooded Creatures Evolve as the Earth Gets Hotter; Study Reveals How Climate Change Causes Animals to Shift Shape, Size

09.08.2021 08:02 AM

Warm-blooded creatures are found to experience shapeshift and researchers of a new study believe, such a shift is brought by climate change.

Dog Behavior: Study Reveals How Man's Best Friend Can Distinguish Humans' Intentional Acts From Unintentional Ones

09.04.2021 22:55 PM

A study found that dogs were able to correctly identify the difference between intentional and unintentional acts of humans.

Mammoth Tusk Reveals How Extremely Mobile This Ice Age Animal Was; Study Shows Distance It Travelled, Equivalent to Circling the Earth 2X

08.12.2021 22:00 PM

A new study showed how mammoths traveled in their lifetime. This was revealed in the tusk recently discovered in Alaska.

Zoo Animals Fight With Each Other in Beijing After Witnessing a Tourist Brawl

08.09.2021 07:18 AM

A big fight that occurred at the Beijing Wildlife Park gave a very bad example for the animals witnessing it.

One of Nine Lions Infected by COVID-19 in Indian Zoo Dies, Study Says Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from Human to Animals Possible

07.21.2021 03:56 AM

A recent report published in CDC confirms COVID-19 transmission from humans and animals, following the coronavirus-related death of a lioness at a zoo in India.

Largest Lemurs With Weight Similar to Adult Humans Found to Have Attained Gigantic Size by Eating Leaves

07.15.2021 07:12 AM

The largest lemurs ever existed was a heavy animal, weighing about as much as an adult human. It turns out, the behemoth got its gigantic size by eating leaves, an analysis of its genome specified.

Humans' Defenseless Nature: Still, Why Don't Wild Animals Attack Us More?

07.13.2021 02:59 AM

Humans are basically defenseless without their weapons. So why do wild animals do not attack them often? Scientists explain how the healthy fear of animals to humans helps them coexist.

Wild Boars in Fukushima Nuclear Wasteland Mate With Pigs Producing Freaky New Hybrid Species

07.02.2021 01:03 AM

A new study published recently revealed that wild boars have been mating with pigs, producing new hybrid species.