VIDEO: I’ll Gib It My Best: Endangered Gibbon Part Of Breeding Program To Save Species
Qiwen just celebrated her fifth birthday — and she will soon start a family of her own.
Animals
Snout Of Line: Trackers On Wild Pigs Show That Weather May Help Predict Their Movements
Scientists can predict their movement to help stop the feral porkers from hogging farmers’ crops.
VIDEO: Coastal Organisms Colonize Pacific ‘Garbage Patch’, Expanding Their Range
Huge mats of floating plastics bear hitchhiking invasive species, transforming the world’s oceans.
VIDEO: Lava-cue: Birds Risk A Grilling As They Fly Over Erupting Volcano
The white koa’e kea seabird makes its home in the walls of the crater, still bubbling over with molten magma.
VIDEO: Purr-fect Killer: Scientists Turn Cuddly Prey Into Deadly Dose For Feral Cats
A poison pellet injected under the skin is harmless to native animals but deadly for the cats that eat them.
Discovery Of Dinosaur Bones In Italy Offers New Insight Into Mediterranean 80 Million Years Ago
Dinosaur fossils are rare in Italy, but the discovery of several skeletons is changing assumptions about the region’s history.
Rotten Job: Customs Officials Seize Decaying Bushmeat Smuggled In At Airport
Maggot infestation was so bad it forced the airport border control point to be destroyed.
VIDEO: Get Buck: Wildlife Cop Frees Trapped Stag From Canal
Lost deer was tranquilized and sasfely returned to the wild by a parks service officer.
VIDEO: Ass-Kicking: Rare Somali Wild Ass Foal Rejected By Nervous First-Time Mom
The pair is now thriving, as they delight visitors with horseplay in their Basel Zoo enclosure.