Texas dairy farm blast kills 18,000 cows in deadliest barn fire since 2013 April 14, 2023 Approximately 18,000 cows were killed in a blast at a Texas dairy farm earlier this week, according to local authorities. The explosion, at South… Continue Reading
First hippopotamus-caused traffic accident in Colombia leaves animal dead April 14, 2023 Colombia has logged its first hippopotamus-caused road traffic accident after a car crashed into one of the animals at high speed, leaving the vehicle… Continue Reading
Australian man charged after kidnapping platypus and wrapping it in a paper towel April 7, 2023 An Australian man has been charged after allegedly stealing a platypus from the wild, taking it on a train and then showing it off… Continue Reading
Huge whale spotted in Spanish waters with what appears to be severe spinal injury March 30, 2023 A massive 40-ton fin whale swimming off the coast of Valencia in Spain has been filmed with a severe bend in its 17-meter-long body… Continue Reading
Escaped zebra strolls and saunters down Seoul’s streets as onlookers stop March 23, 2023 A zebra named Sero who escaped from a children’s park in Seoul , South Korea spent hours wandering the streets before getting captured and… Continue Reading
Mr. Pickles, oldest animal at the Houston Zoo, becomes a dad at age 90 March 22, 2023 It’s baby dill time at the Houston Zoo after a tortoise name Mr. Pickles surprised everyone by becoming a dad for the first time…. Continue Reading
Lion known as the king of the Serengeti slain by younger rivals in power grab March 16, 2023 Conservation officers in the Serengeti say the lion known as the king of the his territory in the Serengeti has been killed by rival… Continue Reading
Climate change forcing animals to increase their metabolic rates if they want to survive March 6, 2023 New research, published in Nature Climate Change, suggests temperature is not the only environmental factor affecting the future energy needs of cold-blooded animals. How they… Continue Reading
Fat black and white cat becomes top tourist attraction in Polish town February 22, 2023 A fat black and white cat has become a major tourist attraction in the Polish city of Szczecin. Gacek, a free-roaming feline who lives in a box on… Continue Reading
Emergency feeding of elk as harsher than expected winter condition descends in Wyoming February 21, 2023 Much of Wyoming is under a blanket of deeper-than-normal snow and experiencing severe, cold temperatures, causing elk to raid haystacks and livestock feedlines. Due… Continue Reading