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December 12, 2013

Mice stuffed pain killers were dropped from the sky in tiny parachutes over Guam last week. (That is as close to a World War…

December 12, 2013

Rocker Joan Jett is the latest celebrity to throw cold water on SeaWorld. Jett has asked the marine mammal entertainment centre and water park…

December 11, 2013

Salmons do it, turtles do it. Now researchers know that sharks do it too. An international team of researchers from the Bahamas, Canada, Saudi…

December 11, 2013

As soon as Darwin showed up at Toronto-area Ikea outlet clad in a shearling coat, it was obvious that the tiny monkey was in…

December 11, 2013

When violent storms caused high tides around Norfolk last week, seal pups fell victims to a huge surge on Britain’s east coast. But fears…

December 10, 2013

A koala has been spotted for the first time in seven decades in the upper Blue Mountains of Australia, according to the Sydney Morning…

December 9, 2013

A new book by photographer Jari Peltomaki focuses on the Pygmy owl, one of the smallest species in Europe. Small they may be, but…

December 6, 2013

Canada’s Environment Minister shows us once again how tweeting can get you into trouble. Leona Aglukkaq retweeted a picture of a dead polar bear,…

December 5, 2013

Seven weeks after being found in grave condition suffering from gunshot wounds, Walter the sea otter is recovering. That’s the good news. The bad…

December 5, 2013

Someone needs to do something to helps these beached whales. What is going on? How did so many of them get beached? It feels…