Some creatures in the animal kingdom show off spectacular colors when exposed to light, such as certain snakes, insects and peacocks. They are known as iridescent animals.While snakes have iridescent scales and peacocks have iridescent feathers, a recent study published in PNAS indicates that in the case of the transparent ghost catfish, the iridescent shine it gives off…
This week Habulla, who has become an internet sensation, has been criticized by many for a video of him abusing a cat. In the video, he’s seen pinching and pulling the cat’s ears and slapping its face. Many have called for his connection with the UFC to be terminated in light of animal abuse claims.…
A new report published in Nature Climate Change suggests that trophic rewilding, or restoring and protecting the functional roles of animals in ecosystems, is an overlooked climate solution.Reintroducing just nine species or groups of species (including African forest elephants, American bison, fish, gray wolves, musk oxen, sea otters, sharks, whales and wildebeest) would help limit…
1. I threw out a couple of tweets Tuesday about the Yankees selling exclusive games to Amazon Prime, and they got some strong reactions (and there was even a hilarious article written about the tweets in which the first sentence was totally inaccurate), so if you’ll indulge me, I’d like to go into a little more…
Founded in 2018 by CEO Maya Ashkenaz and board members Ariel Orbach and Eli Lerner, Maolac leverages AI technology to identify functional proteins in bovine colostrum – the initial milk secreted by cows during the first day after calving – that are biosimilar to those found in human milk.In sourcing those functional proteins from bovine…
This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. Microplastics are messing with the microbiomes of seabirds The news: While we know that tiny pieces of plastic are everywhere, we don’t fully understand what they’re doing to us or other animals. Now,…
Un puma atacó a un hombre mientras se relajaba en un jacuzzi en Colorado, según el Departamento de Parques y Vida Silvestre del estado. Las autoridades siguen en busca del animal silvestre...
As a top predator, grey wolves can make an important contribution to carbon removal from the atmosphereTim Fitzharris/Minden Pictures/Alamy Restoring the populations of a few important groups of animals could help capture huge amounts of carbon from the air and thereby play a role in limiting global warming. Climate change research has emphasised the importance…
As the world increasingly turns toward natural climate solutions like reforestation and grassland restoration to sequester carbon, it may be overlooking a crucial ally: animals. Protecting existing populations and restoring others to their natural habitats often improves the natural capture and sequestration of carbon dioxide within ecosystems, according to a study published today in the…
Most species of manta and devil rays (genus Mobula) are endangered, yet industrial purse seine fishing vessels unintentionally catch about 13,000 each year while hunting tuna, according to one scientific estimate.New regulations, handling techniques and equipment aim to reduce this number.Fishers are working with conservationists to return the rays, which are slippery and can weigh…
