Animals

How to Survive a Lion Attack

If you're managed to get yourself into a person vs lion situation, you probably don't know what to do about it. Thankfully, the internet is here for you

A coy Buttercup wearing his brand new foot.

Buttercup the One-Legged Duck No Longer Has to Hobble

Buttercup's adorable plight, which concluded on Sunday when engineers successfully outfitted the duck with a 3D printed duck foot

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Virus Hunters Are Testing Bats, Camels, Goats And Cats to Find a Deadly Illness’ Origin

Bats have been pinpointed as the most likely culprits behind MERS, though camels are a close second

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Obama Tackles Illegal Wildlife Trade

Obama's plan will specifically address poaching of elephants and rhinos, though he has also reportedly begun conversations with China about curbing demand

Invasive Lionfish Are Such Effective Predators They’re Becoming Obese

Unfortunately, so far local human populations haven't taken to eating the invasive, piggy lionfish out of existence

Killer Whales May Be Two Distinct Species

Researchers estimate that up to six or seven different species or sub-species of killer whales may live around the world

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These Beautiful Maps Show Where All Known Birds, Mammals And Amphibians Live

The maps include data on birds, mammals and amphibians, but not reptiles or fish since not enough is known about those organisms' distribution

Part of the 700,000-year-old bone fragment used to sequence the DNA.

700,000-Year-Old Horse Genome Is Oldest Ever Sequenced by a Factor of 10

The study authors say that the horse genome hints that it may be possible to sequence the genomes of organisms that lived up to 1 million years ago

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Phnom Pehn Has 1.5 Million People, And One Bird Scientists Had Never Seen Before

This bird was distinguished by differences in coloring and by its faster and more complicated song

Blue tits being winter piggies.

Birds That Gorge Themselves in Winter Have Fewer Chicks in Spring

The well-fed birds' babies were smaller and weighed less than the chicks belonging to birds that had to scrape by during the cold months on their own wits

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The World’s Oldest Wild Bear Is Showing Her Age

She's 39 and a half, and she's the oldest wild bear in the world

Tourists inadvertently torture a dolphin.

Chinese Beach-goers Accidentally Killed a Dolphin with Misplaced Enthusiasm

Judgement from other Chinese social media users was swift and condemning

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One in Eight Bird Species Is Facing Extinction

The good news is that saving the birds - and other wildlife, for that matter - is within our reach, if we only chose to do so

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The Science of How to Survive a Bear Attack

If a bear is coming for you, what should you do? Play dead? Fight back? Climb a tree? Science has the answer

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Sex Itself is Deadly for These Poor Little Male Spiders

For these male spiders, having sex starts an irreversible process that ends with their death

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Philippines Trying to Decide Whether to Burn, Crush or Donate $10 Million Worth of Ivory

The 5 tons of tusks are scheduled to be crushed by road rollers on June 21

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No, Legalizing Rhino Horn Probably Won’t Save Animals from Poaching

Legalizing trade didn't deter poachers from killing more tigers and elephants, and it won't help the rhinos, either

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One in 10 Adopted Pets is Lost or Returned After Six Months

Of the one in ten adopted pets that were not longer with their adopted parents six months later, about half of them had been returned to the shelter

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At Least 400,000 Hungry Seabirds Drown in Fishing Nets Each Year

The gillnets used by local or artisanal fishers are a big threat to seabirds

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