In recent years, major news outlets have started taking note of the animal movement, and including coverage of animal rights, welfare, and conservation issues on a daily basis. Check out our curated selection of top stories from around the world, updated every day.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
How did the Minnesota raccoon scale that 25-story building? ‘Superpowers’ and ‘insatiable curiosity.’Urban raccoons have stellar climbing skills, no fear of heights and a go-for-it attitude — which doesn't always work as well as it did for #MPRraccoon.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
A photo of a bird in India with its beak shut by an elastic ring went viral. Now it has been rescued.The stork was the latest international symbol of the harm done to wildlife by plastic waste.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
https://www.kqed.org/science/1925619/california-comeback-for-gray-wolf-hits-farthest-point-south
California Comeback for Gray Wolf Hits Farthest Point SouthA female gray wolf has turned up in Nevada County in California's southernmost wolf sighting yet.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months agoBumblebees use perfume patterns to tell flowers apartStudy also suggests they can spot similarities between patterns of scent and those made with colour
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
Spiders can float in the air, and scientists just figured out how they lift offSpiders might even sense the breeze before takeoff, like using a wet finger to test the direction of the wind.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months agoThe week in wildlife – in picturesA colourful sand lizard, a giant baobab tree and a racoon with a head for heights are among this week’s pick of images from the natural world
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months agoChris Packham warns of 'ecological apocalypse' in BritainSpringwatch presenter says Britain is increasingly ‘a green and unpleasant land’
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS A LOT OF WISHFUL THINKING
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jun/12/universal-basic-income-and-rewilding-can-meet-anthropocene-demands?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Green+Light+2016&utm_term=278208&subid=26212650&CMP=EMCENVEML1631How universal basic income and rewilding could save the planet | Simon Lewis and Mark MaslinSimon Lewis and Mark Maslin: Does the arrival of the Anthropocence mean we’re doomed to societal collapse? Not if we break the mould of ever-greater production and consumption
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months agoThe last bat: the mystery of Britain’s most solitary animalThe long read: In a dank Sussex tunnel, a solitary greater mouse-eared bat roosts each winter. Is he the only one left in Britain?
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months agoCan Scotland save its wildcats from extinction?The secretive mammals are fast disappearing from the Highlands but last-ditch efforts to save them are fraught with challenges
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months agoGiant African baobab trees die suddenly after thousands of yearsDemise of nine out of 13 of the ancient landmarks linked to climate change by researchers
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
Opinion | The Ornithologist the Internet Called a MurdererIt’s a scary thing to be the target of online vigilantes who believe in their own righteousness.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months agoIn dark times, we need heroes – this one is a raccoon | Hannah Jane ParkinsonIn the interests of our collective mental health, we need good, fun news as well as bad – so thank you, MPR raccoon, says Guardian columnist Hannah Jane Parkinson
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months agoHuman activity making mammals more nocturnal, study findsResearch involving 62 species found mammals spent relatively less time being active during the day when humans were nearby
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months agoMeerkats: they’re just like us!When a meerkat stands on a high point, scanning the horizon nervously, anxious eyes flicking from left to right, or curious heads pop up as an unusual noise is heard, like neighbours peeping out from behind a curtain, we know immediately what’s going on. It all seems very… well… us.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
Huge snake slithers out of Texas man’s toilet. Deputy wrangles it with her bare handsResponding to the man's call for help, a sheriff's deputy calmly wrangled the blue indigo out of the bathroom with her bare hands.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
Raccoon triumphs over skyscraper in a climb that captivated the internet, celebrates with cat foodThe #MPRraccoon somehow found itself trapped on a building ledge — and apparently decided the only way to go was up.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
Aleph Farms calls on USDA to promote clean meatIsraeli-based Aleph Farms has urged the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to promote the clean meat movement, such as antibiotic- and pathogen-free products, to improve food safety.
