The number of endangered leatherback sea turtles nests has increased by 10 % a year since 1979 in Florida. Some beaches posted bigger, others lower increase. There are fewer than 1000 nests on Florida beach. It is a good sign that recovery efforts mandated under the Endangered Species Act (monitoring and protection of nesting) are [...]

Global warming can result the extinction of a rare alpine insect, the meltwater stonefly. Because of the loss of glaciers and snow pack, the habitat of this insect is in danger. The Climatic Change Letters study which released this problem, illustrate that these insects are the warning indicators of climate changing in mountain ecosystems. The [...]

The Canadian Government announced a rise in the number of seals being hunted. The quota is increased by 20 %: last year it was 388200 seals, and from Friday it is 468200 seals in every year. There are 6000 sealers in Canada, who made 10 million dollars from the annual hunt, with the export to [...]

The missing Egyptian cobra from the Bronx Zoo inspired a spoof Twitter account. More than 243000 followers are curious of the animal’s funny comments, posted from the streets of New York. We can find among the humorous tweets references to everything from “Sex and the City” to “Top Chief”. The cobra’s Twitter profile is available [...]

Pay attention to your dog because it’s springtime! Dogs hear the voice of nature, and if you don’t want to have puppies, you have to take some measures. Female dogs come into season for the first time between 6 and 12 months. After that you have to pay attention in every half year. If you [...]

An unexpected resident occupied the top of the London’s Shard building: a fox chose this particular place of living. The animal lived there for 2 weeks; it ate the rest of food of the builders. The fox, named Romeo by staff, had to go 72 floors to reach the top of the building. Officers don’t [...]

The eleven months old Tibetan Mastiff was sold for a price of $ 1.5 million. The dog was sold in China; a man of great wealth bought it, who is into the business of coal from North China. The owner of the dog gave the name Big Splash for the animal (Hong Dong in Chinese). [...]

Suricate babies were born in the Zoo of Schönbrunn (Austria) in February. The three young suricates are healthy, energetic; they started to discover the world. They are like soldiers when they stand on two legs. The suricate babies were born in the best place: the Zoo of Schönbrunn was last year “the Best Zoo of [...]

If you would like to have a pet, you have to think over some things before adoption. Some questions to consider: Where do you live? Do you have a flat, or a house? Do you like sports? Do you have small children? Do you like puppies? Do you want to have puppies? How is your [...]

The killer whale that killed its trainer at Orlando’s SeaWorld last February, performed on Wednesday for the first time since the tragedy. Tilikum hadn’t got other incidents before, that is why they continue to working with them amid heightened safety conditions: trainers on the platform are behind a metal bar shaped as an inverted U [...]