Man mauled to death by polar bear before animal is found dead in car park
A polar bear has mauled a camper who was inside his tent to death at a Svalbard campsite, in the ...
Saturday, October 31, 2020
Tag: Wildlife
Shark panic: Coast guard opens fire at shark after it approaches dozens of swimmers
US Coast Guard staff opened fire at a shark this week after the ‘six-to-eight foot' fish began approaching swimmers. The ...
South African conservationist killed by lions he reared
A South African conservationist has been killed by lions he hand-reared. West Mathewson, 69, was walking two white lionesses on ...
Beached whale increase may be due to military sonar exercises, say experts
An unusual series of strandings and sightings of 29 rare beaked whales has taken place around the shores of northern ...
150-pound tortoise back at Tennessee home after 74 days on the lam
He went to shell and back. A 150-pound tortoise is back at his Tennessee home after being on the crawl ...
Little albino kangaroo possibly stolen from German zoo
Authorities said Friday that a baby albino kangaroo who went missing from her home at a German zoo this week ...
Bob Brown launches legal challenge to native forest logging in Tasmania
The former Greens leader Bob Brown has launched a legal challenge to native forest logging in Tasmania, claiming it is ...
Fears for endangered macaw as fire devastates Brazilian wetland
The world’s biggest refuge for endangered hyacinth macaws has been devastated by a historic fire in the Brazilian Pantanal. The Pantanal, ...
Magpie-swooping season could be worse in Victoria this year as face masks confuse birds
Just like the red rag to a bull, compulsory masks could spell a particularly nasty Victorian magpie-swooping season. One birdlife ...
Plan to fence off Nairobi national park angers Maasai and conservationists
Kenya’s oldest national park, which is facing threats from habitat loss, a decline in wildlife species and government infrastructure developments, ...
Supertrawlers ramp up activity in UK protected waters during lockdown
Supertrawlers vastly stepped up their fishing in the UK’s protected waters during the coronavirus lockdown earlier this year, while most ...
Handmade nest lures golden eagles back to Highlands estate
A nest of arm-sized sticks built on a precipitous crag by an octogenarian conservationist dangling from a rope has enticed ...
Murder hornets spotted in Britain — and experts are fearing the worst
Not only do the Brits have COVID-19 and Brexit to contend with —they now have murder hornets on their shores. ...
Three women injured swimming with whales in Australia in space of a week
A woman snorkelling on Ningaloo Reef, on the north-west coast of Western Australia, has become the third person to be ...
England’s first wild beavers for 400 years allowed to live on River Otter
The first beavers to live wild in Britain for centuries are to be allowed to remain in their new home on ...
Throng of new penguin colonies in Antarctica spotted from space
Satellite images have revealed 11 previously unknown emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica, boosting the number of known colonies of the imperilled ...
Millions of animals trafficked from the Amazon annually – report
Millions of wild animals are trafficked within and out of Brazil every year, a new report has found, with its ...
