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Answering calls for help: New PAWS Wildlife Rehabilitation Center opens in Snohomish
PAWS now has a 25-acre campus to better care for harbor seals, bears, and several bird species. Calls for injured or abandoned wildlife has increased by 75%. SNOHOMISH, Wash. — After 15 collective years of fundraising, planning, groundbreaking, and construction – the new PAWS Wildlife Rehabilitation Center is ready to open in Snohomish and take…
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Wildlife data from Texas A&M AgriLife included in global study- AgriLife Today
Camera trap data collected by a Texas A&M AgriLife researcher contributed to one of the largest international studies on wildlife response to changes in human activity as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Camera trap data collected by a Texas A&M AgriLife researcher contributed to one of the largest international studies on wildlife response to…
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Play Wordle the wildlife way with our A-Z of five letter wildlife words! How many more can you add?
Have you been scratching your head over Wordle and the potential solutions? So have we! And being the wildlife-loving (see also: -obsessed) folks that we are, we can’t help thinking of animal, plant and other nature-related words! Including some unusual ones. For example, whilst you’ve most likely heard of robin, eagle and venom, have you…
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Giant girder installed on 101 Freeway wildlife crossing. See the construction milestone
Construction of a freeway wildlife crossing designed to preserve Southern California’s mountain lions and other animals reached a significant milestone. Construction crews installed the first girder that will support the crossing’s horizontal span across the 101 Freeway in Agoura Hills. The giant girder was lifted into place overnight on the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing, a…
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Region 8 Wildlife Center Takes 24 Animals Under Its Wings
The Eastern Visayas Regional Wildlife and Rescue Center (RWRC) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) took care of 24 rescued animals in the first quarter of 2024. Among them are six for rehabilitation, rescued in March, and four released to the wild in February. The four wild animals released in Lake Danao…
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Animals beginning with ‘Q’
Discover 9 animals that begin with the letter ‘Q’. Can you think of more? Let us know what we have missed… Animals starting with ‘Q’ Quail Getty images The game bird the common quail is probably the one that most think of when asked to name an animal beginning with ‘Q’. Weighing around 100g, Quails…
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Do you know who’s visiting your garden at night?
Have you ever wondered what wildlife is lurking in your backyard at night? John Storey, Chair of Gunning District Landcare certainly has, and discovered a menagerie of animals in his garden after installing wildlife cameras. Georgia Stynes spoke to John on Canberra Breakfast to get some tips on monitoring our furry neighbours.
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More Than 700 Wildlife Species Discovered in Cambodian Mangrove Forest
In one of the most detailed surveys ever undertaken, hundreds of animal species — from birds to primates to web-footed wildcats — have been discovered in a Cambodian mangrove forest. Team leader Stefanie Rog — a conservation biologist and senior program manager with Fauna & Flora International, which funded the study — recorded an astounding…
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In Australia, ‘Cats Are Just Catastrophic’
Katherine Moseby wanted to be clear: She does not hate cats. “They’re a wily beast,” she said, as her truck rumbled down a desert road. “But I respect them. They’re pretty incredible animals. Amazing hunters. Very smart.” That was precisely the problem, said Dr. Moseby, the principal scientist and co-founder of Arid Recovery, a conservation…
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Thousands helped at South Essex Wildlife Hospital as it continues to get busier
This year so far has seen a spike in grey seal pups that need help, providing a new challenge for the charity with every seal needing its own space and pool time. Over the weekend, the hospital released two grey seals back into the water. When first admitted, one was close to being euthanised after…
