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Beachgoers rescued a wallaby from crocodile-infested waters in Australia after it got chased into the ocean by a dog

Mon, 11/27/2023 - 16:42

A wallaby on a beach. — A wallaby (not pictured) was rescued from the waters at Trinity Beach in Cairns.
Getty Images

News, animals, Australia, rescues, speed-desk

Beachgoers rescued a wallaby from crocodile-infested waters in Australia after it got chased into the ocean by a dog

Mon, 11/27/2023 - 16:42

A wallaby on a beach. — A wallaby (not pictured) was rescued from the waters at Trinity Beach in Cairns.
Getty Images

News, animals, Australia, rescues, speed-desk

PHOTOS: The adorable cats and dogs that have kept Ukrainian troops company in front-line trenches

Fri, 11/24/2023 - 08:00

A cat looks down at a Ukrainian soldier resting in a trench on the front line with Russia backed separatists near Krasnogorivka village, Donetsk region on February 28, 2020. — A cat looks down at a Ukrainian soldier resting in a trench on the front line with Russia backed separatists near Krasnogorivka village, Donetsk region on February 28, 2020.
ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP via Getty Images

Military & Defense, Defense, Ukraine, Russia, animals, Dogs, Cats

Researchers rediscovered a spiky, beaked echidna named after Sir David Attenborough that hasn't been seen for 60 years and was thought to be extinct

Thu, 11/16/2023 - 17:22

Photo of a long-beaked Attenborough echidna taken at night. — The long-beaked echidna was feared to be extinct.
Cyclops Expedition, 2023.

Science, speed-desk, echidna, Photos, animals, david-attenborough

A horse broke loose in a cargo plane, forcing the pilots to dump fuel and return to JFK

Tue, 11/14/2023 - 12:59

Tech Insider : Travel

Boeing 747 cargo plane — The horse was being transported on a Boeing 747 cargo plane.
Jan Woitas/Getty Images

Transportation, Travel, Emergency, Planes, animals, Horses, trending-uk

How did the zebra get its nicely patterned stripes? The answer may come from mathematician Alan Turing.

Mon, 11/13/2023 - 14:56

zoo captivity zebra — A zebra's stripes help it hide from predators, but how do they form so evenly spaced?
Reuters/Jose Luis Gonzalez

Science, Physics, alan-turing, patterns, animals, the-conversation

Tennessee couple spots rare white deer in backyard

Sun, 10/29/2023 - 15:27

Albino deer — Albino deer "blue eyes" keeps her watchful eyes on her baby fawn at all times to make sure nothing happens to him.
Michael Crowley/Getty Images

Science, News, insider-news, rare-animals, animals, deer, Tennessee

Video shows weird 'kelping' behavior in whales. Scientists think it's the animals using seaweed to exfoliate.

Thu, 10/26/2023 - 17:31

A whales fin coming out of the water, draped in a thick tangle of kelp. — The researchers reported over 100 times they caught the whales kelping. Sometimes they rubbed the seaweed on their fins, but other times, they put it on their face and tail.
Kristin Campbell with Newport Coastal Adventure

Science, whales, humpback-whale, kelp, baleen-whale, animals, exfoliation

People mocked me online for being attacked by a shark, so I started a support group for survivors like me

Sun, 10/08/2023 - 11:19

A portrait of Dave Pearson on the beach. — Dave Pearson survived a shark attack and went on to found Bite Club to support other survivors.
Courtesy of Dave Pearson

Science, shark-attack, great-white-shark, surfing, Australia, bull-shark, as-told-to

One-third of the world's captive orcas are in the US, and no one can agree on what to do with them

Sat, 10/07/2023 - 11:29

blackfish — SeaWorld announced in 2016 that it would stop its orca breeding program.
Magnolia Pictures

Science, science-freelance, Orca, seaworld, blackfish, killer-whale, animals

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