Category : Animals
Sint Maarten approves plan to cull entire population of vervet monkeys
The Caribbean territory plans to exterminate at least 450 of the invasive primates – but critics disagree with the proposal The government of Sint Maarten...
Kenya declares war on millions of birds after they raid crops
Toxic pesticides used to eradicate grain-eating quelea may harm the country’s endangered raptors, say conservationists A drive by the Kenyan government to kill up to...
World’s oldest recorded tortoise prepares for 190th birthday party
Jonathan, Seychelles giant tortoise given to Saint Helena in 1882, is also oldest known living land animal If there is a party animal at large...
Trouser snakes: US man accused of smuggling three reptiles in his pants
New Yorker accused of hiding large Burmese pythons in trousers while crossing from Canada in July could face 20-year sentence A New York City man...
Drone footage shows orcas chasing and killing great white shark
Scientists say behaviour, filmed in South Africa, has never been seen in detail before – and never from the air Scientists have published findings confirming...
‘Alien goldfish’ may have been unique mollusc, say scientists
Researchers think they may have solved enduring mystery of where Typhloesus wellsi sits on tree of life The mystery of a bizarre creature dubbed the...
Canada zoo finds escaped wolf pups in moment of joy tinged with tragedy
Four days after a ‘suspicious’ break-in, one pup is found safe and another appears to have been hit by a car Emotions are bittersweet at...
WHO stresses monkeypox surge not linked to monkeys amid attack reports
World Health Organization issues statement after reports of animals being poisoned in Brazil The World Health Organization has stressed that monkeypox outbreaks are not linked...
‘Like a scene out of Jaws’: British boy attacked by sharks in Bahamas
Finley Downer, eight, bitten on both legs by nurse sharks at Compass Cay before being pulled to safety An eight-year-old British boy has been attacked...
