Before the early 1900s, if it walked like a Christmas Island rat and talked like a Christmas Island rat, it probably was a Christmas Island rat. But if one of these now-extinct rats ever walks the Earth again, it will actually be a genetically modified Norway brown rat. And the rodent won’t be as similar to the Christmas Island rat as some would hope, a new study finds
A pack of dogs have been trained to protect South Africa’s wildlife, and have already saved 45 rhinos from: being poached.
Many breeds of dog from beagles to bloodhounds have – been used to protect the endangered species from poachers. The dogs begin training from birth and learn how to handle all – the pressures of real operations before beginning to work at 18 months old.
Oldest Fossils of Egyptian Cobra Ancestors Found in Fayoum Depression
A 6-metre-long crocodile relative lived in China during the Bronze Age
As bombs rattle their enclosures, thank heavens for the heroic keepers caring for the animals in Kyiv zoo
No Nessie yet in 2022
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After surviving a stressful journey being smuggled into Jordan for the exotic pet trade, the confiscated Nile crocodile “Mahzooz” (meaning “Lucky” in Arabic) is currently in the process of making its way back home to the wild.
spiders discovered eating bats in the UK
The idea of a parasite—an organism that needs a host organism—has always captured our attention and has been the theme of countless movies, from the sci-fi horror film Alien to the Oscar-winning movie Parasite. But a group of scientists say that parasites undeservedly get a bad reputation, and that some of them should even be conserved. They published their 12-point parasite conservation plan in the journal Biological Conservation.
Joro spiders are large spiders with bright blue and yellow striped bodies and black and red legs. The spiders are native to most of Japan but arrived in the US around the year 2013. Gaining a foothold in Georgia, the spiders have spread throughout the southeastern US.
Paleontologists have found a new species of lizard in a piece of amber excavated from a mine in Myanmar.
Juan Diego Daza, associate professor in Sam Houston State University’s Department of Biological Sciences, is co-author of a new study that involves the discovery a new species of fossil lizard.