Expert: Rhinos extinct in Mozambique Mozambique's rhinoceros population was wiped out more than a century ago by big game hunters. Reconstituted several years ago, it has again been driven to extinction, or to the brink of extinction, by poachers seeking their horns for sale in Asia.... More
Coelacanth DNA May Tell How Fish Learned to Walk In the hope of reconstructing a pivotal step in evolution — the colonization of land by fish that learned to walk and breathe air — researchers have decoded the genome of the coelacanth, a prehistoric-looking fish whose form closely resembles those seen in the fossils of 400 million years ago. More
South Africa: Elephant overturns vehicle South African officials say an elephant has overturned a vehicle carrying two tourists, injuring one of them. A statement from Kruger National Park says the tourists are of "Chinese origin." The statement says an elephant in the park attacked the vehicle on a road at 6:30 a.m. More
Scientists gain insight into long-extinct South African creature that had mix of human, apelike traits A series of studies released today show that a long-extinct South African creature had an intriguing mix of human and apelike traits. But scientists say they still haven’t figured out where it fits on our evolutionary family tree. The human branch of the evolutionary tree, called Homo, is thought to have arisen from a group of ancient species called australopithecines. More
'Wildlife mothers know best': Officials say leave baby wildlife alone "Mammals such as deer, elk, and pronghorn routinely leave their young in a secure location like a clump of sagebrush. It is normal for them to leave to feed and return later—sometimes several hours ... 04/22/2024 - 1:28 pm | View Link
Sacramento celebrates Earth Day with live bats, salmon life cycle and composting Oh man, you’ve just been eaten by catfish,” California Department of Fish and Wildlife interpreter Molly Shea told 6-year-old Sebastian Alvarez after he spun the salmon wheel of survival for a tenth ... 04/21/2024 - 3:24 pm | View Link
It’s official: Ice is out on Maine’s largest lake The ice is officially out on Moosehead Lake, according to Currier Flying Service, which makes the declaration official each year. Ice-out was declared at 6 a.m Saturday, five days earlier than in 2023 ... 04/20/2024 - 9:09 am | View Link
Top fly anglers gather for reunion to show best flies and why they catch fish in Pa. About a dozen or more expert fly anglers gathered in Seven Springs, Somerset County, to talk about their craft with members of the public. 04/19/2024 - 10:16 pm | View Link
Angler Reels In Alien-Like Surge Wrasse Fish In Florida You don't see this kind of fish every day. Just when you think you've seen it all, you stumble upon a video of an incredible "rainbow fish" that an angler caught in Florida. It looks straight out of ... 04/19/2024 - 5:34 am | View Link
Flying fish The Exocoetidae are a family of marine ray-finned fish in the order Beloniformes, known colloquially as flying fish or flying cod. About 64 species are grouped in seven genera . While they cannot fly in the same way a bird does, flying fish can make powerful, self-propelled leaps out of the water where their long wing-like fins enable gliding ... 04/23/2024 - 12:12 pm | View Website
Flying Fish | National Wildlife Federation Description. Flying fish are ray-finned fish with highly modified pectoral fins. Despite their name, flying fish aren’t capable of powered flight. Instead they propel themselves out of the water at speeds of more than 35 miles (56 kilometers) an hour. Once in the air, their rigid “wings” allow them to glide for up to 650 feet (200 meters). 04/23/2024 - 8:15 am | View Website
Flying Fish Facts Flying Fish Facts. Prey. Plankton, crustaceans, and fish. Group Behavior. School. Fun Fact. Can glide in the air for hundreds of feet. Estimated Population Size. Unknown. Biggest Threat. Overfishing. Most Distinctive Feature. Wing-like fins. 04/21/2024 - 12:14 pm | View Website
Flying fish | Marine, Gliding, Migration | Britannica Flying fish, any of about 40 species of oceanic fishes of the family Exocoetidae (order Atheriniformes), found worldwide in warm waters and noted for their ability to fly. They are all small, attaining a maximum length of about 45 cm (18 inches), and have winglike, rigid fins and an unevenly forked. 04/21/2024 - 12:14 pm | View Website
Flying fish: Real fish, but not really flying | Live Science published 12 December 2020. Flying fish erupt out of the ocean and can be airborne for up to 45 seconds, but they do not actually fly. The flying fish is an excellent in-air glider, but... 04/20/2024 - 9:26 pm | View Website
(MOSCOW) — Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich will remain jailed on espionage charges until at least late June, after a Moscow court on Tuesday rejected his appeal that sought to end his pretrial detention.
The 32-year-old U. S. citizen was detained in late March 2023 while on a reporting trip and has spent over a year in jail, with authorities routinely extending his time behind bars and rejecting his appeals.
Five migrants including a child have died while attempting to cross the English channel, French authorities said on Tuesday. The news comes hours after the U. K. passed a controversial bill that would allow the government to deport some migrants who enter the country illegally to Rwanda.
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The deaths took place after an overcrowded boat carrying around 110 people set out to cross the busy shipping lane from France to England.
PEN America has canceled its prestigious 2024 awards ceremony after nearly half the writers nominated for a prize withdrew their work in protest of the organization’s stance on the war in Gaza.
The group, which is dedicated to free expression, announced on Monday the cancellation of the April 29 awards in New York City.
KUALA LUMPUR — Two Malaysian military helicopters collided and crashed during a training session on Tuesday, killing all 10 people on board, the navy said.
The helicopters were rehearsing at a naval base in northern Perak state for the navy’s 90th anniversary celebration next month when the accident occurred, the navy said in a brief statement.
“All victims were confirmed dead on site,” it said, adding that the remains have been sent to the hospital to be identified.
A video circulating on social media purported to be of the incident showed several helicopters flying low in a formation.
Fresh off his feud with a Brazilian Supreme Court judge, Elon Musk is taking his next fight to the very top of the government down under. The owner of X and self-proclaimed champion of free speech has refused to comply with an Australian order to remove videos of violence from his platform, a move that has solicited the ire of the Prime Minister.
Just days after a knifeman killed six at a mall earlier this month, Australia was rocked by another stabbing incident in the suburbs of Sydney when, on April 15, a bishop and a priest were stabbed during a live-streamed sermon.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — On a recent morning at a hospital in the heart of gang territory in Haiti’s capital, a woman began convulsing before her body went limp as a doctor and two nurses raced to save her.
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They stuck electrodes to her chest and flipped on an oxygen machine while keeping their eyes on a computer screen that reflected a dangerously low oxygen level of 84%.
No one knew what was wrong with her.
Even more worrisome, the Doctors Without Borders hospital in the Cite Soleil slum was running low on key medicine to treat convulsions.
“The medication she really needs, we barely have,” said Dr.