New treatment successful in using fish skin to treat animal burns May 11, 2022 In 2017 during wildfires in California, UC Davis veterinarians used a unique treatment — fish skins — to heal severe burn wounds of two… Continue Reading
Actor James Cromwell superglued himself to a Starbucks countertop to protest fees for non-dairy drinks May 10, 2022 The actor, James Cromwell, who starred in Babe and calls himself an social change activist, used superglue to stick his palm on to a… Continue Reading
Baby wallaby goes missing from Detroit Zoo May 9, 2022 Zookeepers in Detroit say they are “heartbroken” after a five-month-old wallaby went missing. In a Facebook post Sunday, the Detroit Zoo says the young… Continue Reading
Wild fox breaks into Smithsonian Zoo, kills 25 flamingos and one duck May 9, 2022 A wild fox broke into the outdoor flamingo habitat at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute and killed 25 American flamingos and… Continue Reading
Students hung giant dead shark from rafters in Florida high school May 6, 2022 A gigantic dead shark was hung from the rafters outside Ponte Vedra High School in Jacksonville Thursday, shocking staffers and spurring an investigation. Officials… Continue Reading
The gene-edited pig heart given to a dying patient was infected with a pig virus May 5, 2022 Traces of a virus known to infect pigs were found in a 57-year-old Maryland man who survived for two months with a heart transplanted… Continue Reading
Climate change will force new animal encounters — and boost more pandemics May 2, 2022 Over the next 50 years, climate change could drive more than 15,000 new cases of mammals transmitting viruses to other mammals, according to a… Continue Reading
Dog breeds generally a poor predictor of individual behavior May 1, 2022 A community science project called Darwin’s Ark (darwinsark.org) has gathered information from a diverse cohort of pet dogs who were enrolled to explore how… Continue Reading
Missing Ukraine zoo employees who stayed to help feed animals found shot and killed April 21, 2022 When two employees at the Feldman Ecopark Zoo in the Ukraine went missing in early March, there was hope that they would be found… Continue Reading
500-pound hammerhead shark washed up on southern Florida beach April 19, 2022 An 11-foot hammerhead shark washed up on a beach in southern Florida, much to beachgoers’ surprise. Visitors at Pompano Beach, north of Fort Lauderdale,… Continue Reading
