Tag: Animals
Louisiana gator swaps swamp life for Texas beach getaway
PADRE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE, Texas — A young alligator traced to the Louisiana bayous traded swamp scum for a sandy Padre Island beach in...
Three common garden pests — and a 17-year visitor who isn’t
OK, so you’ve got your vegetable and flower transplants in the ground, their roots are reaching out into surrounding soil, and stems are starting...
Carolina Tiger Rescue takes in big cats from Tiger King Park
PITTSBORO, N.C. — A North Carolina big cat sanctuary will temporarily care for four animals seized from the private zoo in Oklahoma featured in...
Wolves scare deer and reduce auto collisions 24%, study says
WASHINGTON — Ecologist Rolf Peterson remembers driving remote stretches of road in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and seeing areas strewn with deer carcasses. But that...
Last cat out of the Tiger King Park bag as seizure completed
THACKERVILLE, Okla. — Federal officials have removed the last of the 68 big cats from the private zoo in Oklahoma that had been the...
Cricket gear donation brings joy to migrants stuck in Bosnia
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Joyful cheers echoed through an asylum-seekers camp in Bosnia this week as dozens of teenagers and young men put their daily...
Activists blockade McDonald’s distribution centers in UK
LONDON — Animal rights protesters are blockading four McDonald's distribution centres in the U.K. in an attempt to get the burger chain to commit...
After an absence, ticks are back, and they’re hungry
PORTLAND, Maine — A late-summer drought virtually eliminated ticks in parts of New England but they're back with a vengeance this spring.
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Sniffing Labrador Retrievers join Thai coronavirus fight
BANGKOK — Thailand has started deploying a canine virus-detecting squad in hopes of quickly identifying people with COVID-19 as the country faces a surge...
Judge halts Georgia dredging plan over threat to sea turtles
SAVANNAH, Ga. — A federal judge ordered an immediate halt on Thursday to plans to dredge a shipping channel on the Georgia coast, citing...
