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Well-preserved tooth from Pacific mastodon found in a creek in San Francisco Bay Area
1+ day, 44+ min ago (357+ words) Brigid Lynch was working along a wooded creek in a mountainous part of the San Francisco Bay Area when something that didn't look like the rocks she'd been studying caught her eye. It turned out to be the fossilized tooth…...
Happy Hops rescues bunnies across San Antonio
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (121+ words) WOAI It's time for another bunny to find their forever home! Amaris Garcia with Happy Hops introduced us to this sweet bunny, meet Dumpling! Dumpling was overweight when originally rescued, but he is on a weight loss program and is…...
Texas otters are back — and stealing the show in 'Deep in the Heart 2"
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (1278+ words) Once exiled, otters have returned to Texas rivers during the past 20 years. They are fun to watch in "Deep in the Heart 2: Texas Rivers,' a new movie. Bring on Ozzie the Otter! A natural complement to Austin filmmaker Ben Masters…...
Even snakes have to audition for the opera at the Met. Princess the boa constrictor got the part
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (528+ words) In charge of deciding who gets the s-s-s-s-starring reptilian role is Zoe Ziegfeld, a carnival performer-turned-opera actor cast as the snake handler in the Met's version of “Così fan tutte," inspired by Coney Island in the 1950s. Ziegfeld takes each snake,…...
2 more beluga whales die at Chicago aquarium, including 1 recently rescued from Canada
1+ week, 2+ day ago (384+ words) CHICAGO – Two more beluga whales have died at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium, including one that was rehomed at the facility just weeks earlier as part of an international effort to rescue Canada's last captive whales, the aquarium announced Wednesday. Rain, a…...
Researchers catch sharks off NY's Hamptons, attach trackers to toothy predators
1+ week, 4+ day ago (831+ words) SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. – Just off one of New York’s famed Hamptons beaches, shark researcher Greg Metzger reels in one of the day’s prize catches: a young but powerful sand tiger shark. He and another marine researcher quickly lasso the tail of the…...
San Antonio Zoo celebrates birth of endangered kangaroo joey
2+ week, 3+ day ago (497+ words) A new joey peeks out from its mother Finni's pouch. The pair of Matschie's tree kangaroos are an endangered species that the San Antonio Zoo is protecting as part of the Association of Zoos and Aquarium's Species Survival Plan for…...
Peek-a-boo! Rare tree kangaroo joey pops out of mom's pouch at San Antonio Zoo
2+ week, 3+ day ago (370+ words) SAN ANTONIO — There's a new face at the San Antonio Zoo, but you'll have to look closely to spot it. A baby Matschie's tree kangaroo, known as a joey, is beginning to poke its head out of mom Finni's pouch,…...
California black jaguar dies after snake bite at big-cat sanctuary
2+ week, 4+ day ago (246+ words) DUNLAP, Calif. (FOX26) — A black jaguar at Project Survival's Cat Haven died Monday after being bitten by a snake, the second snake bite involving one of the facility's wild cats this year. Cat Haven is a wild cat conservation facility in…...
Maryland Zoo's remaining male cheetah euthanized following health complications
2+ week, 5+ day ago (169+ words) BALTIMORE (WBFF) — The Maryland Zoo announced the death of Davis, its remaining male cheetah, following complications from chronic gastrointestinal issues. Zoo officials said Davis was humanely euthanized after his condition recently worsened despite intensive care from the zoo’s medical and…...