Wildlife
Placeholder while loading article actions On a gray, misty afternoon in May, four people entered the Hudson River. They came to check out a large fry net that catches small creatures. It looks like an open tent with a large tunnel attached to one end. It’s American Snake Migration Season (Anguilla Rostrata). This net, and …
Written by Samantha Chiradsky on May 24, 2022 advertisement After setting an attendance record of one million visitors in 2021, Miami Zoo is upgrading its services. Seven months into this fiscal year, officials say they are close to meeting their goal of hitting 1 million again. New features have been added this year. The Conservation …
Sacramento County public health officials are investigating a possible case of monkeypox, which will be the first reported case in California. The patient still needs to get tested from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the California Department of Public Health to confirm. Health officials said monkeypox is likely dependent on symptoms. If …
More than 40 Australian animals at risk of extinction could be saved in the next two decades — and it would only take a small amount of additional conservation efforts to make it happen, according to new research. A team of Australian scientists has identified 63 vertebrates they believe will likely be extinct by 2041, …
It turns out that many animals know how to alleviate some of their common health problems, and we’re just beginning to get to know them (officially). Dolphins, for example: Indo-Pacific dolphins get skin diseases, too, but they find their cure by standing in line from nose to tail to rub themselves against the reef. In …
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WASHINGTON – The annual number released today of monarch butterflies that wintered in Mexico continues to put them at risk for migratory butterflies. The number of 2.84 hectares (7 acres) of occupied winter habitat this year is up slightly from last year but still below the 6 hectare threshold that scientists say is necessary for …
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Four new cases of monkeypox in the United States are under investigation, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday in a media briefing. The state confirmed its first case of monkeypox this year in a Massachusetts man who had recently traveled to Canada. More recent reports have been of people who have …
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Moss Landing, Monterey County – Sea otters fell on pickle weeds along the estuary, and the pup was holding his mother’s milk while she was trying to take care of him. Soon they were a rolling bundle of shimmering brown fur, the fins and head of each animal indistinguishable from the other. “They are always …
Modern anesthesia is one of the most important medical achievements. Whereas before, patients had to suffer hellish agonies during every operation, today anesthesia enables completely painless procedures. One feels nothing and can remember nothing afterwards. It is already known from electroencephalography (EEG) studies on patients that during anesthesia the brain is put into a deep …
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Sacramento County public health officials are investigating a possible case of monkeypox that appears to be linked to a recent trip to Europe. SACRAMENTO, CA – On Tuesday, May 24, Sacramento County public health officials announced that they are investigating a possible case of monkeypox. Health officials said that based on the patient’s symptoms and …
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