6+ hour, 5+ min ago   (232+ words) The Department of Conservation says it is unlikely it will ever know how a dolphin found decapitated on a Coromandel beach died. DoC are investigating after the marine mammal was found on Pauanui Beach on September 7. In a statement to…...

12+ hour, 21+ min ago   (283+ words) Extinct Tasmanian Tiger’s Head Mistaken for Fox Found by British Collector at Auction inkorr.com Extinct Tasmanian Tiger’s Head Mistaken for Fox Found by British Collector at Auction An Extraordinary Discovery: A Fox Head Turns Out to Be That of…...

6+ hour, 37+ min ago   (172+ words) bluewin.ch Shark Attack in Western Australia: Man Seriously Injured in the Leg The man was treated at the hospital for serious leg injuries. A man is attacked by a shark in Western Australia and seriously injured. Which shark species…...

6+ hour, 33+ min ago   (289+ words) Pitzer Animal Recognition Memorial / PETA ‘Tansforms an ordinary trip to the dining hall into an opportunity for reflection’ A private Southern California college, in collaboration with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, has installed a plaque to honor animals…...

8+ hour, 13+ min ago   (208+ words) The Department of Conservation says it is unlikely it will ever know how a dolphin found decapitated on a Coromandel beach died. DoC are investigating after the marine mammal was found on Pauanui Beach on September 7. In a statement to…...

3+ hour, 19+ min ago   (161+ words) TURIN, Italy (WKRC) - Italian customs officials seized a dried crocodile head from a passenger arriving from Miami and reported the man for allegedly importing a protected species without the required documents. The Italian Guardia di Finanza said the traveler arrived…...

7+ hour, 43+ min ago   (861+ words) The Rufous-collared Sparrow is one of Bogota’s most familiar birds. Known locally as the copeton, meaning roughly “the crested one,” the small brown-and-gray bird takes its Colombian name from the short crest of feathers found on the male’s head, called…...

8+ hour, 19+ min ago   (915+ words) The South African Police Service’s (SAPS) treatment of its canines has come under scrutiny after the recent death of Sky, a five-year-old Belgian Malinois and former police arson-detection dog. Following Sky’s euthanasia after suffering serious injuries, allegedly sustained while trying…...

8+ hour, 56+ min ago   (553+ words) A case of bird flu has been detected in an Australian sea lion for the first time, raising concerns for the species’ already dwindling population. A sea lion at South Australia’s Seal Bay on Kangaroo Island tested positive for the…...

9+ hour, 38+ min ago   (849+ words) Before last summer, Australians often perceived shark predation as an out-of-sight, out-of-mind risk endemic to remote communities. Then came the string of attacks, two of them fatal, at beaches off the nation’s most populous coastline. The most recent involved young…...