As a top predator, grey wolves can make an important contribution to carbon removal from the atmosphereTim Fitzharris/Minden Pictures/Alamy Restoring the populations of a few important groups of animals could help capture huge amounts of carbon from the air and thereby play a role in limiting global warming. Climate change research has emphasised the importance…
As the world increasingly turns toward natural climate solutions like reforestation and grassland restoration to sequester carbon, it may be overlooking a crucial ally: animals. Protecting existing populations and restoring others to their natural habitats often improves the natural capture and sequestration of carbon dioxide within ecosystems, according to a study published today in the…
Despite being incarcerated in federal prison over several animal-related crimes—and masterminding a plot to kill his conservationist foe Carole Baskin—Tiger King star Joe “Exotic” Maldonado-Passage says his 21-year sentence should not deter Americans from supporting the 2024 presidential wannabe.In an interview with Fox News over the weekend, Maldonado-Passage, who was incarcerated in 2018, spoke to…
Two tigers briefly went missing from a Georgia zoo after a tornado struck the state on Saturday night and damaged the facility’s infrastructure.In a Facebook post on Sunday morning, the Troup county’s sheriff’s office announced that it received a report from the Pine Mountain Animal Safari that a “tiger … is unaccounted for inside the…
Every playable class in Diablo 4 has a unique mechanic that is specific to them. The Rogues have Specializations, the Sorcerers have Enchantments, and so on. In regard to the Druid, players will have access to the Animal Spirits mechanic. While this mechanic is not playable in the Diablo 4 beta, we have enough of…
Make the residents work for you Go-Go Town! has more than a little Animal Crossing about it, as players become mayor of a cutesy fixer-upper town and start doing oddjobs to attract new visitors and inhabitants. It differs in several key ways too, thankfully, from its more urban setting, its tactile power tools, and the…
A rare and unusually powerful strain of a parasite commonly found in cat feces killed four otters on the California coast, a finding researchers described Wednesday as unprecedented and potentially dangerous to humans and other animals.Karen Shapiro, an associate professor of pathology, microbiology and immunology at the University of California, Davis, described the preliminary findings…
For better or worse, humans have sent an ark's worth of other animals into space. This veritable zoo of space travelers includes dogs, mice, fish, tortoises, frogs, spiders and non-human primates.But let's start with some little guys — fruit flies. First Animals in Space: Fruit Flies(Credit:Tomasz Klejdysz/Shutterstock)Fruit flies were the first animals of any kind to…
Five new animals, new scenery, and more. Planet Zoo's slow, steady quest to have all the animals continues on 4th April with the arrival of the management sim's latest paid expansion, the Tropical Pack. As its name suggests, the Tropical Pack - which will be Planet Zoo's 13th paid DLC expansion - is all about…
Home Games Sim Future Games Show Go-Go Town is the adorable new title from the makers of Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles. Prideful Sloth, a studio made up of former Activision and Rocksteady veterans, is trying its hand at an Animal Crossing-esque title with its latest game. It was just announced at the Future Games Show…
