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India's Dhole: The Whistling Wild Canid Whose Pack Hunting Method No Wolf or Tiger Uses

The Animal Most Indian Forests Don't AdvertiseThe dhole (Cuon alpinus) weighs between 12 and 20 kilograms. A sambar deer it hunts can weigh 300. That gap is not a problem the dhole solves with size or ambush. It solves it with method, and the method is unlike anything wolves, African…

Times Life · Sep 14

Gorillas Share More With Humans Than DNA: The Behaviors Science Keeps Underestimating

The Number That Explains Almost NothingGorillas and humans share 98.3% of their DNA. That figure comes from genome sequencing published in Nature in 2012, which also found that roughly 30% of the gorilla genome is actually closer to humans or chimpanzees than chimps and humans are to each other. The…

Times Life · Jul 5

Texas officials say rodents and other small wildlife could be to blame for New World Screwworm infestations

Until now, cattle were believed to be the main screwworm carriers. Investigations continue.

The Texas Tribune · Jun 23

Chinese gold mining threatens a protected UN heritage site in Congo

For eight years a Chinese mining company has been vastly expanding inside an endangered World Heritage Site, accused by locals and conservationists of decimating the environment

The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2024

Covid Lessons Learned? UN Summit Mulls Plan For Healthy Planet, And Humans

The Covid-19 and Ebola outbreaks brought into stark relief the harms that can come to humans if we interfere too much with nature, placing ourselves in contact with animals carrying unknown pathogens.

International Business Times · Oct 25, 2024

Elusive megamouth shark caught off Zanzibar for 1st time, gets sold for $17

Megamouth sharks were first discovered in 1976 and fewer than 280 have ever been seen, meaning we know very little about this enigmatic species.

LiveScience · Mar 4, 2024

Sea lion breaks free at Central Park Zoo during scary New York City floods

No visitors or staff members were in danger and the animal never left the zoo grounds, a city official said

The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2023

Can dogs get COVID? Yes, and they're not the only pets that can ....

COVID is thought to have originated in animals—and even if the lab leak theory is true, animals may have played a role in early transmission of the virus.

Fortune · Aug 16, 2023

‘Extinct’ lion spotted in national park almost 20 years after last sighting

The IUCN Red List previously assessed the lion as “technically extinct” in Sena Oura

The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2023