U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins watched sterile flies being released to fight the New World screwworm on Thursday and visited the Texas ranch where one of the first…
Read more Political blame game follows as screwworm parasite threatens cattle in TexasNEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Humans and Neanderthals cozied up from time to time when they lived in the same areas tens of thousands of years…
Read more Genetic analysis reveals new details on ancient human and Neanderthal couplingsMETHUEN — There’s a different type of matchmaking planned for some longtime furry adoption center residents that are hopeful their forever families will walk through the door this…
Read more Shelter plays matchmaker for Valentine’s DayBANGKOK — BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand has begun using a birth control vaccine on elephants in the wild to try and curb a growing problem where human and…
Read more Thailand uses a birth control vaccine to curb its elephant populationLOS ANGELES — In the arid, cracked desert ground in Southern California, a tiny bee pokes its head out of a hole no larger than the tip of…
Read more A California photographer is on a quest to photograph hundreds of native beesNEW YORK — By age 2, most kids know how to play pretend. They turn their bedrooms into faraway castles and hold make-believe tea parties. The ability to…
Read more Can apes play pretend? Scientists use an imaginary tea party to find outMETHUEN — An animal control officer was investigating a dog trainer months before an online video went viral appearing to show the trainer beating two German shepherds with…
Read more Dog trainer charged with animal cruelty faced past scrutinyThese recent sightings are compiled by Sue McGrath of Newburyport Birders. Report your sightings to Newburyport Birders at newburyportbirders@comcast.net or 978-204-2976. Bell Avenue/Gilman Park, Exeter, N.H.: Northern Pintail,…
Read more Bird Watch: Sightings in Essex County and beyondEvery animal with a brain needs sleep — and even a few without a brain do, too. Humans sleep, birds sleep, whales sleep and even jellyfish sleep. Sleep…
Read more Some animals have evolved extreme ways to sleep in precarious environmentsBAYAHIBE, Dominican Republic — Oxygen tank strapped to his back, Michael del Rosario moves his fins delicately as he glides along an underwater nursery just off the Dominican…
Read more As reefs vanish, assisted coral fertilization offers hope in the Dominican RepublicSCARBOROUGH, Maine — Eels are the stuff of nightmares — slimy, snakelike creatures that lay millions of eggs before dying so their offspring can return home to rivers…
Read more Eel populations are falling, and new protections were defeated. Japan and the US opposed themLarge numbers of the water birds are migrating over the ocean this time of year and each time we look is different. Salisbury Beach State Reservation and Plum…
Read more Words on Birds: Gannets, loons and ducks on the moveBOSTON — The red-tailed hawk from the New England Wildlife Center known as Falco returned to Beacon Hill on Monday as animal rights advocates promoted legislation to curtail…
Read more Red-tailed hawk joins rodentcide hearing, rallyNEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Researchers have unearthed a spooky pair of dinosaur mummies that seem to have been preserved in an unexpected way. These dinosaur…
Read more Rare dinosaur mummies help scientists recreate their prehistoric livesArctic seals are being pushed closer to extinction by climate change and more than half of bird species around the world are declining under pressure from deforestation and…
Read more Arctic seals and more than half of bird species are in trouble on latest list of threatened speciesNEW YORK — Researchers have discovered life-size rock carvings of camels, gazelles and other animals in the Saudi Arabian desert. The carvings date back to around 12,000 years…
Read more Scientists find ancient life-size animal rock carvings in the Saudi Arabian desertAn Indonesian archipelago that’s home to three-fourths of Earth’s coral species, a stretch of Icelandic coast with 70% of the country’s plant life and an area along Angola’s…
Read more UNESCO designates 26 new biosphere reserves amid biodiversity challenges and climate changeWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Golden lion tamarins and Hoffman’s two-toed sloths have become unlikely roommates in a brand new habitat at the Palm Beach Zoo and Conservation…
Read more Golden lion tamarins and sloths become unlikely roommates at Palm Beach ZooSWAMPSCOTT — The town of Swampscott launched a pilot program that utilizes rodent contraception instead of ecologically harmful rodenticides to curb rodent populations. The program was initiated following…
Read more Swampscott initiates pilot program to use rodent contraceptives over rodenticidesPEMBROKE, Maine — A bull moose that fell into an abandoned well in Maine was pulled to safety during an elaborate five hour rescue. The operation happened Wednesday…
Read more Maine wardens rescue moose trapped for hours in abandoned well
