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…
An international team has reconstructed the genome organization of the earliest common ancestor of all mammals. The reconstructed ancestral genome could help in understanding the evolution of mammals and in conservation of modern animals. The earliest mammal ancestor likely looked like the fossil animal "Morganucodon" which lived about 200 million years ago. The work is…
Weeks before we even think about getting sandbags or boarding up windows to prevent hurricane damage, an underwater evacuation begins. Sharks, sea snakes, and other wildlife will make preparations to escape becoming trapped or hurt as massive storms approach a coast. Much of Florida’s aquatic life—including species as diverse as manatees and alligators—know what to…
ByMichael GreshkoPublished September 28, 2022• 14 min readOver hundreds of millions of years, chance and survival have sculpted an extraordinary menagerie of vertebrate life that thrives on land, in the air, and in the water. Vertebrates are animals with spinal columns, including humans, and arguably the single biggest step in vertebrate evolutionary history—even more significant…
