Crying wolf to save livestock and their predator
Using a powerful torch, Aliki Buhayer-Mach momentarily drenches a nearby mountain top in light, straining to see if wolves are lurking in the shadows. If the predator were to get …
Animals
Pet insurers including Woolworths, Petbarn, Medibank and Bupa temporarily suspended after ASIC probe
Almost 70 pet insurance products were temporarily suspended after an ASIC investigation, including products by Woolworths, RSPCA, Petbarn, Guide Dogs, Medibank, Bupa and HCF. The insurance products were issued by …
Q fever: Petting zoo infection warning after QLD mum blisters and turns blue with painful illness
A Gold Coast mother-of-two has a warning for parents visiting petting zoos after she contracted a rare disease. Even though Jade Strang, 29, used the hand sanitiser provided by a …
How a Firefly Course Is Saving Japan’s Favorite Glowing Insect
In Japan, fireflies have long been the harbingers of summer, taking to the skies in June and July in a flickering dance of courtship that lights up the night. Moriyama’s …
Florida’s War With Invasive Pythons Has a New Twist
That has created a problem. Around 2010, soon after meeting this big, new predator that could outcompete and eat them, South Florida’s mammal populations collapsed. Large and medium-size mammals have …
A ban ends dog and cat meat trade in Sulawesi
The Tomohon Extreme Market was once a top tourist attraction in the Indonesian province of North Sulawesi — a live animal market filled with everything from fileted pythons to skewered …