Rescuers in Indonesia also found 115 drinking cups and 25 plastic bags. A dead sperm whale that washed up in a national park in Indonesia had about 13 pounds of plastic waste in its stomach. According to the Associated Press, rescuers from Wakatobi National Park discovered a large lump of plastic waste inside the 31-foot...
The maker of Cadbury chocolate bars, Oreo biscuits and Ritz crackers is accused of destroying tens of thousands of hectares of orangutan habitat in just two years for palm oil. Suppliers to food giant Mondelez have destroyed 70,000 hectares since 2016, analysis by Greenpeace International claims, pushing the primate further towards extinction. The areas razed to the ground include 25,000 hectares of...
An animal rescue organization is offering a reward for information after finding a dolphin shot to death in Manhattan Beach, California. Marine Animal Rescue, of El Segundo, posted a $5,000 reward to their Facebook page on Friday after a necropsy revealed a dolphin died from a gunshot wound. Peter Wallerstein, founder and president of the...
Spider babies may be more like our infants than we thought. Mother spiders can produce nutritious milk-like fluids to feed their offspring. Juvenile spiders eat all kinds of food: in some spider species they feed on small insects, and in others they catch pollen. Previous research has also found some spiders simply don’t eat anything...
A rare polar bear that was spotted outside a cottage in a remote village in Iceland was shot by police after being considered a threat, authorities said Friday. The bear was killed Thursday afternoon in the northwest of Iceland after police consulted the Environment Agency, which declined to have the animal relocated, Westfjords Police Chief Helgi Jensson...
It’s not everyday that you see a giant tortoise strolling down the street, but certain lucky residents of Tokyo, Japan have been witnessing just that! The owner must have mastered true patience judging by how long it must take just to go for a ‘quick walk’! Being an African Spurred tortoise it is suspected that...
In what totally sounds like a mash-up of two of Jeff Goldblum’s best movies, The Fly and Jurassic Park, scientists at New York University and the University of Chicago have created mutant fruit flies carrying reconstructed genes from 140 million years ago. The goal? To shed some light on the process of evolution and how it has changed...
The United States is home to five main species of foxes. These are the kit fox, gray fox, swift fox, arctic fox, and red fox. Out of these four species, the red fox is the most abundant throughout the United States. It’s estimated that there are red foxes in every state, and a total of...
Modern dog breeds haven’t quite caught up to the wolf when it comes to the size of their brains, but that size discrepancy is shrinking. The modern dog’s brain is growing larger, and it could be thanks to their interactions with humans. A new study, published in the journal Evolution, investigated brain size in both modern and ancient dog...
Spix’s macaw, a bright blue species of Brazilian parrot that starred in the children’s animation film Rio, has become extinct in the wild. It joins seven other bird species declared extinct by a new analysis of endangered animals – making them the first avians to have died out this decade. Scientists blame deforestation for the...
