Wildlife

To save one endangered owl species, scientists back waging war on another

Scientists and conservationists are trying to save the northern spotted owl from being pushed out of its habitat and into extinction with shotguns trained on barred owls.

A Northern Spotted Owl sits on a tree stump in Stanley Park on August 4, 2009 in Vancouver, Canada.
Sea turtle rescued from fishing lines off the coast of Caesarea.

Marine researchers rescue sea turtle tangled in fishing line off the coast of Caesarea

A jackal is seen at Hayarkon Park in Tel Aviv, on September 03, 2022.

Suspected rabid jackals attack campers, leaving 11 injured including child bitten on face

THE RISING SUN, the scent of spring flowers on the breeze, the quiet. No matter how dark it still is, no matter how tired I am, I find myself drawn out the door before the rest of the world is awake.

Hiking the Holy Land: Solitary creatures at the edge of the wilderness


Meet Maya, the world's first cloned arctic wolf

The announcement was made on the wolf's hundredth day of life, during a ceremony celebrating the signing of a strategic cooperation agreement between Sinogene and the Beijing Wildlife Park. 

 Olaf, a 9-month-old Arctic wolf, is pictured inside an open-air enclosure at the Royev Ruchey Zoo in Krasnoyarsk, Russia January 11, 2019.

Alligators in this lake have started to attack people – and it's unclear why

Alligator attacks are highly unusual for the area, according to locals.

American alligator

Death toll climbs to 4 in California's largest wildfire this season

Since erupting on Friday, the McKinney fire has charred more than 56,000 acres of drought-parched timber, tall grass and brush, officials said on Tuesday.

 A member of a search and rescue team walks along an area destroyed by the McKinney Fire near Yreka, California, US, August 1, 2022.

Scientists find connection between H5N1, mysterious seal deaths in Maine

The US Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Inspection Service's National Veterinary Services Laboratories found that four seals tested positive for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1.

A seal pup

Stone Age jewelry found in Russian burial site made of human bones - study

Out of 37 samples of bone-made jewelry tested, 12 were found to be made of human bone, a third of all tested remains.

 Human skeleton bones discovered in a previously unknown Anglo-Saxon cemetery in Norfolk are seen at the offices of MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology) in Northampton, central England November 16, 2016

109 live animals found in women's luggage in massive airport wildlife trafficking bust

This incident, while dramatic, is not unusual. The Bangkok Post identified the women as Nithya Raja, 38, and Zakia Sulthana Ebrahim, 24.

Indian crested porcupine

Diversity of animal life during dinosaur period not climate related - study

Researchers found a clear change in conditions in the middle of the dinosaur-era Ischigualasto rock formation in Argentina that were better explained by known data then by climate change.

 A handout illustration shows a sauropod dinosaur that lived in what is now Montana 150 million years ago during the Jurassic Period.

North America bird flu outbreak continues to spread

New cases of avian influenza have been reported in domestic flocks in New York and Indiana.

 A closed road leading to a chicken farm is seen after an outbreak of bird flu in the village of Upham in southern England February 3, 2015.

Global wildlife population declines could be worse than we imagined - study

A new Israeli study is especially pessimistic about the current state and future of wildlife populations. 

 A group of meerkats.

First sloth born in Middle East to have gender reveal Jan 29

The sloth, which was born on October 16, 2021, has yet to be revealed to the general public.

 The Green Planet – Dubai's baby sloth, the first of its kind born in the Middle East.