January 2016 events in Syracuse: 30 things to do this month instead of...
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- It's cold, we know, but it won't do you any good to stay inside all month. It's a new year with new live music, sports, movies, even wedding shows. Good luck dividing your time this...
View ArticleCivet cats, barking deer, porcupine and wild boar: Hong Kong’s urban jungle...
Hong Kong’s concrete jungles are surrounded by swathes of green wilderness, so it should hardly be a surprise when creatures other than cockroaches and mosquitoes stray into the city, like the wild...
View ArticleWinter wildlife feeding not necessary
Winter got off to a very warm start but as always winter cold and snow has arrived. After watching all this record amount snow piling up many people question whether it is necessary to feed deer and...
View ArticleThe 'badass' dhole: Asian dog more endangered than tigers, yet ignored
Little-known by scientists and largely ignored by conservationists, the wild Asian dog – or dhole – faces widespread deforestation, poisonings, lack of prey and disease. Can a few dhole champions save...
View ArticleEvery Episode of David Attenborough’s Life Series, Ranked
BBC / Anton_Ivanov / Rich Carey / Neirfy / Resul Muslu / Starcea Gheorghe Silviu / Georgia Evans / Tanawat Ariya / Shutterstock / Paul Spella / The Atlantic This Sunday, Sir David Attenborough,...
View ArticleBirds guilty of flying while drunk
DEAR JOAN:�I read a story in the paper recently about drunken birds causing traffic problems. I had always thought that birds got drunk on fermented berries, but then I read somewhere that no, it was...
View ArticleClose-up footage shows sharks feasting on whale carcass off Coffs Harbour
Return to video Video settings Please Log in to update your video settings Video will begin in 5 seconds. Don't play Play now More video Recommended Stunning footage of shark feasting on a whale Snake...
View ArticleHyderabad rain: Zoo animals fall sick as enclosures flooded
HYDERABAD: The latest downpour flooded large areas in the Nehru Zoological Park after overflow from Mir Alam tank gushed into the zoo even as authorities struggled to pump out water from animal moats....
View ArticleDroll Yankees’ Announces Its Newest Line of Hummingbird Feeders, The Ruby...
The Ruby Sipper Hummingbird feeders from Droll Yankees are a novel approach to fun nectar feeding, backed by practical performance. The sweet curved lines of the design and manageable capacity make...
View ArticleKeep Those Feeders Up: Winter Hummers Need Nectar (Georgia Department of...
(Source: Georgia Department of Natural Resources) Keep Those Feeders Up: Winter Hummers Need Nectar FORSYTH, Ga. (10/16/2014) Keep your hummingbird feeders up as temperatures drop this fall and winter....
View ArticleAncient Hypercarnivores Reined In Mammoths And Other Megaherbivores
Ancient hypercarnivores such as dire wolves, cave hyenas, and saber-toothed cats – whose diets consisted of 80% meat – were up to twice the size of the wolves, spotted hyenas, and lions we have today....
View ArticleDog pursues shark as horrified owner looks on: Outdoors Oddities
CRYSTAL BEACH, Fla. -- A dog owner was frightened recently as her Labrador retriever swam after a shark near a populated pier in Pinellas County, Fla. Tootsie, a chocolate-colored lab, usually spends...
View ArticleCould U.S. squirrels harbor leprosy?
DEAR JOAN: Squirrels in Great Britain have been found to be a reservoir of leprosy. Could that happen here? Mark Thorson, Bay Area DEAR MARK: It’s not beyond the realm of possibility, but it’s not...
View ArticleRoadkill counter is an app for that splat
The dirty business of counting doe DOAs has gone high-tech, courtesy of a Utah State University team that developed a smartphone application to chart collisions between motor vehicles and animals....
View ArticleFoggers, sprinklers, ponds cool zoo inmates
LUCKNOW: Rising temperature got inmates of Lucknow Zoo feeling uneasy and authorities have made special arrangements to provide relief and comfort to them. Besides air-coolers and sprinklers put...
View ArticleDolphin Likely Bitten by Shark Washes Up in New Jersey
A dolphin carcass — likely chewed-up by a shark — washed up on a New Jersey beach, officials said. About half of a bottlenose dolphin came ashore on North Wildwood Beach in New Jersey Saturday morning,...
View ArticleTiny fliers amaze and delight
Hummingbirds are among the most dependable photo subjects for wildlife photographers. Put out a feeder during the summer season and it’s almost instant gratification for a shutterbug....
View ArticleLost deer fawn brought to Kanan Pendari zoo
Bilaspur: A male spotted deer fawn that was found lost in forest division of Kawardha has been brought to Kanan Pendari zoo here. Zoo authorities have arranged for a goat to feed the fawn. According to...
View ArticleUtah County's rufous hummingbirds
You know it's August in Utah County when rufous hummingbirds arrive as regular guests at nectar feeders. These tenacious hummers arrive in mid- to late-summer from their northern breeding grounds (they...
View ArticleWoman claims roadkill taken to Chinese restaurant
North Carolina authorities are investigating after a woman said she saw roadkill being taken to a local Chinese restaurant over the weekend. That woman took a picture Sunday afternoon after she said...
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