Photo illustration: Lindsey Bailey/Axios. Photos: Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesPhiladelphia was once known for having the "purest heroin in the nation," city health officials say, but now the city's opioid supply has been overtaken by an animal tranquilizer linked to thousands of drug overdoses across the nation. Why it matters: Xylazine, known on the streets as "tranq,"…
Credit: Heming Zhang, Author provided Some of the world's most significant fossil discoveries have come from China. These include amazing feathered dinosaurs, the earliest modern mammals, and some of the oldest-known animals on Earth. Today, four new papers published in Nature carry on this tradition by revealing the world's oldest well-preserved jawed fishes, dating between…
Home News Lifes-little-mysteries Merri flies over the head of Tom French as he returns Merri's chicks to their rooftop box on the eighteen story Fox Hall at UMass Lowell in Lowell, Massachusetts on June 2, 2015. The chicks had just been banded. French is an assistant director of Massachusetts Fish and Wildlife. (Image credit: Photo…
Ever since my 8-year-old daughter understood that people had jobs, she’s wanted to be a veterinarian. Animals appear in every school writing assignment, and she loves to ride and be around horses. But she’s terrified of most creatures that don’t live on farms. My daughter is not unique in her career interest. Google the most…
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EXCLUSIVE: The Last of the Winthrops explores powerful and stunning revelations as a woman reclaims her sense of self after taking an Ancestry DNA test. The directorial debut for co-directors Viviane G. Winthrop and Adam K. Singer, the feature documentary will have a limited theatrical release in Los Angeles beginning October 7 before arriving on…
As the path of Hurricane Ian's destruction becomes more clear, videos are surfacing of Puppys and other animals who have been displaced and unable to fend for themselves. Big Dog Ranch Rescue via Instagram Big Dog Ranch Rescue in Florida, the largest no-kill dog rescue in the United States, has begun mobilizing in an effort…
For some animals, life is tough — full of hostile environments and dangerous neighbors. To survive, many creatures have developed adaptations worthy of a bit of head-scratching. Here are a few such evolutionary traits, ranging from the quirky to the downright horrifying.1. Maned Wolf(Credit: Christian Musat/Shutterstock)There is much that’s unusual about the maned wolf. Known…
Captured on Nintendo Switch (Handheld/Undocked)We’ve all walked around a zoo and wondered just how hard it could be to run one. After all, you just need to get the animals in one place and keep them from escaping, right? However, if the plethora of zoo management sims on the market is anything to go by,…
AnimalsWildlife WatchIn the last six months, three dolphins have died in The Mirage's animal exhibit—which is now temporarily shuttered.ByDina Fine MaronPublished September 29, 2022• 7 min readK2 was fun to be around. The bottlenose dolphin was an energetic 11-year-old, a young adult in dolphin years, who was born at The Mirage casino on the Las…
