Other Animals

Si a la mayoría de las personas el canto de los pájaros trae felicidad , para los científicos que monitorean sus trinos y sonidos, escucharlos es una dicha y claro mensaje sobre la salud de los ecosistemas donde viven. Ahora, las comunidades que están vinculadas con la iniciativa Conserva Aves en Colombia -la cual es

On Dec. 22, 2024, Turkish customs officers conducting a random search of a plane’s cargo hold found a surprise stowaway inside a small wooden crate with holes: a malnourished baby gorilla dressed in a soiled T-shirt. The Turkish Airlines flight was headed from Nigeria to Thailand and was transiting via Istanbul, authorities told local media.

WASHINGTON (January 28, 2025) – Wildfire is a growing risk and every year it consumes millions of acres of forests and grasslands, devastating communities, local businesses, and the natural resources that wildlife and people depend on. Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Fix Our Forests Act (H.R. 471), introduced by Rep. Bruce Westerman

Alaska will resume the “barbaric” practice of shooting bears and wolves from helicopters to reduce their numbers with the hope that it will boost moose and caribou herds. The renewed program would permit hunters to kill as many as 80 percent of the natural predators across 2,000 acres of state lands, reported The Guardian. “Alaska’s

The Burmese python (Python bivittatus) has one of the best personalities of any snake, and that is important because it is one of the largest snakes in the world and is powerful enough to kill an adult human. Is the Burmese python the most reasonable giant pet snake? Yes. Is it a reasonable pet snake?

NEW YORK (January 30, 2025) – A new published study by several Audubon scientists shows that improving identification and observation of female birds can help scientists conserve birds and their habitats more broadly. The study, published in IBIS, identifies ways in which failing to observe female birds in favor of their flashier male counterparts has resulted

Last March, two young California men were searching for shed deer antlers in the Sierra foothills east of Sacramento and were startled by a young mountain lion walking toward them, no more than 10 yards away. Experts say the best thing to do when a mountain lion approaches is to raise your arms to make

The black-throated monitor (Varanus albigularis ionidesi) is one of the biggest and most prehistoric lizards that you can get. Because they are huge, they are unreasonable pets, but their personality and care requirements actually make them one of the most reasonable unreasonable pets there are. That is why they were on our list of Five

(Gibbon, NE – January 29, 2025)— The National Audubon Society is proud to announce a $750,000 award from explore.org, a direct charitable activity of the Annenberg Foundation, to bolster its ongoing conservation and education initiatives managed by Audubon’s Seabird Institute and Rowe Sanctuary.  Their continued generosity at a leadership level will help drive the organization’s

Papooga, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Allowing your parrot to fly around can be incredibly beneficial. It offers essential exercise that maintains cardiovascular health. Flying and navigating around a room can stimulate your bird’s mind, and teaching your bird to fly to you can strengthen your bond. However, ensuring your home is safe for a free-flying

A ban on coal mining in the eastern slopes of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, which has been in place for nearly 50 years has been lifted by the Alberta government. The Eastern Rockies are popular with hikers, climbers, skiers, kayakers and more, and home to a wide variety of wildlife. Now they are under threat

White-lipped pythons (Leiopython spp.) have got to be some of the most beautiful snakes on the planet. But beauty isn’t the only thing that matters when it comes to picking a great pet snake, and the white-lipped pythons don’t have the best reputation. Is that reputation deserved? Do white-lipped pythons make good pets? Is a

What bird is more familiar than the crow? Across nearly the entire continental United States the clever and sociable corvids are ubiquitous, and they reward the close observer with their antics. But whether you’re a newly appreciative corvid-watcher or a longtime crow fan, you might be surprised to learn that all along you’ve been admiring

Protecting whales and dolphins has always been at the heart of Sea Shepherd‘s mission. It’s more than just a cause—it’s a responsibility that requires deep reflection, humility, and a willingness to adapt to circumstances and time. The Faroe Islands hold a unique place in this work, where tradition meets change and global advocacy intersects with

To try everything Brilliant has to offer for free for a full 30 days, visit https://www.brilliant.org/CLINT. You’ll also get 20% off an annual premium subscription. You might think that you know what an animal is, but do you really? The truth is that the Animalia are a very diverse, strange, and sometimes disturbing clade, and

Imagine stepping outside on a crisp winter morning and spotting a black bear rummaging through your trash can. Snow blankets the ground, and the air is chilly—conditions we associate with bears being fast asleep in their dens. But increasingly, that’s not the case. Across North America, black bears are staying awake longer into winter or

Birds don’t breathe like we do, not at all. I have pretty much always known that birds have hollow bones and air-sacs, but I was deep into my Zoology education when I learned why, and it is even crazier how humanity found out about this super bizarre, and super efficient type of respiration used by

DENVER — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced a new and comprehensive approach to long-term grizzly bear recovery in the lower 48 states and the concerns of those living with and near bears. The Service is proposing a rule to clarify the geographic area where grizzly bears in the lower 48 states are

Snapping turtles and other water turtles like red eared sliders and painted turtles need water to swallow, but they don’t need to drink it so they shoot it out of their noses, and this is how they do it! #clintsreptiles #shorts #snappingturtle #turtle #reptile #reptiles #turtles

On January 10th, the Faroese whalers carried out the first grind of 2025 in Árnafjarðarvík, where 47 pilot whales were slaughtered, including an unknown number of pregnant whales and young calves. This unseasonable practice—occurring in the heart of winter—marks a disturbing shift in the timing and frequency of these hunts, which are already steeped in

This Saturday we will be releasing a feature-length documentary on every species of boa alive today, including the new species of Anaconda that was just described this year! Don’t miss it! #clintsreptiles #snake #snakes ==== Clint is a professional biologist and educator, but above all, Clint LOVES reptiles and he loves to share that love

Wildlife advocates are calling for a halt to the commercial harvesting of kangaroos in Victoria’s Grampians region after bushfires there. Wildlife Victoria warned of “long-term impacts” on native plants and animals due to the fires, which burned through 76,000 hectares of national park and farmland, and called for a stop to the controversial practice until

About 70 minutes into Every Little Thing, an energetic young bird named Jimmy goes on a rampage. Weeks into his rehabilitation after a fall from his nest, the orphaned Allen’s Hummingbird is ready to move into a shared living situation, a roomy cage with a rambunctious duo dubbed “The Wild Boys.” Terry Masear, our hero,

African grey parrots in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Image courtesy of Robert Ross African grey parrots, both Timneh and Congo, continue to be some of the most threatened parrot species in the world. New approaches, additional laws, and increased enforcement mechanisms are urgently needed to stem the tide of trafficking of these iconic and

According to a new proposal put forth by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the Florida manatee, a subspecies of the West Indian manatee, will remain listed as a threatened species and will be submitted separately for protections from another subspecies, the Antillean manatee. The Antillean manatee has been proposed to be listed as

SAN FRANCISCO (January 17, 2025) — The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld a 2020 district court decision that struck down the basis for oil and gas leasing on more than a million acres of public lands that serve as key habitat for the Greater sage-grouse, an iconic bird species of the Western United

On the southern shores of the Niagara River, a few hundred feet from the thundering falls, sits Marineland of Canada – an amusement park, zoo, aquarium and forest occupying nearly 1,000 acres of land (400 hectares). Over the years, millions of people have clamoured to view the park’s 4,000 animals, including its prized walruses, orcas,

JACKSON, Miss. (January 17, 2025) – Today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (Corps) released its official Record of Decision to build the Yazoo Pumps, a massive agricultural drainage project in Mississippi’s South Delta. The announcement includes the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) last-minute assertion that the agency’s longstanding Clean Water Act veto, which stopped

Beth Pratt has spent her career protecting Los Angeles’ mountain lions, which roam an area currently engulfed by wildfires. These apex predators, also known as cougars or pumas, share a scrubby landscape with lavish private homes and a dense network of roads. When major fires take out huge areas of open space, their options are