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Bakari the boss: Meet 400-pound silverback gorilla set to lead Disney’s Animal Kingdom gorilla troop – 5 things to know

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Bakari the boss: 5 thing about Disney's new silverback gorilla at Animal Kingdom (Pexel - representational image)

A new leader has finally arrived on the Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail at Disney’s Animal Kingdom – Bakari, a 21-year-old, 400-pound western lowland gorilla. Bakari the boss: 5 thing about Disney’s new silverback gorilla at Animal Kingdom (Pexel – representational image) Bakari is a silverback gorilla. According to Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, ““Silverback” refers to … Read more

A 14-year-old Australian turns discarded tools into animal sculptures and has sold a scrap-metal wolf for $8,000; he is now the youngest artist in a major open-studio event

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A 14-year-old Australian turns discarded tools into animal sculptures and has sold a scrap-metal wolf for $8,000; he is now the youngest artist in a major open-studio event

Charlie was given his first drill at two years old. A glimpse of the scrap-metal wolf made by him. In a workshop filled with discarded tools, broken machinery and pieces of scrap metal, 14-year-old Charlie Guiver has found the raw materials for an unusual artistic career. The Dunsborough teenager turns unwanted objects into detailed animal … Read more

Scientists rebuilt oyster reefs in Florida; within 18 months, the wider marine animal community began returning

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Scientists rebuilt oyster reefs in Florida; within 18 months, the wider marine animal community began returning

Restoring damaged oyster reefs can bring back the small marine animals that depend on them. A study examined restored, living, and dead oyster reefs in Florida’s Indian River Lagoon to track how their macroinvertebrate communities changed after restoration. The researchers collected 20,087 marine invertebrates representing 41 species from 14 families. Over time, the communities on … Read more

Scientists analysed thousands of animal genomes and found hidden “evolutionary highways” stretching back 600 million years

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Scientists analysed thousands of animal genomes and found hidden “evolutionary highways” stretching back 600 million years

Scientists have traced hidden pathways through animal evolution by comparing thousands of genomes and following pieces of chromosomes that have survived for hundreds of millions of years. The study examined 5,821 chromosome-scale genomes from 4,454 species across 19 animal phyla, using 29 ancient linkage groups as markers of chromosome history. Every one of the 406 … Read more

Brazil’s polluted Rio mangroves were disappearing under waste; then local fishers restored 18.2 hectares and more than 60 animal species returned

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Brazil’s polluted Rio mangroves were disappearing under waste; then local fishers restored 18.2 hectares and more than 60 animal species returned

Local fishers collect waste from Guanabara Bay as part of a mangrove restoration and cleanup effort in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Decades of pollution, untreated sewage, industrial activity and waste have placed heavy pressure on the mangroves around Rio de Janeiro’s Guanabara Bay in Brazil. Yet in one of the bay’s remaining protected mangrove areas, … Read more

Archaeologists found a 7,000-year-old pit packed with beaver bones; it reveals how Europe’s first farmers used animal fur

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Archaeologists found a 7,000-year-old pit packed with beaver bones; it reveals how Europe's first farmers used animal fur

PC :State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology Saxony-Anhalt Archaeologists in Germany have uncovered a Stone Age pit near Alsleben, Saxony-Anhalt, containing the bones of at least twelve beavers, offering an unusually vivid window into how Europe’s earliest farmers exploited animal fur. The roughly 7,000-year-old feature was first unearthed in 2024 during surveys ahead of … Read more

Why Pakistan’s donkeys are becoming valuable in China: What is driving a surprising demand for the humble animal

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Why Pakistan’s donkeys are becoming valuable in China: What is driving a surprising demand for the humble animal

A traditional medicine is driving demand for hides and reshaping an unusual export trade A donkey race in Karachi may look like an odd bit of local entertainment. But behind those small carts and cheering crowds is a story that stretches far beyond the streets of Pakistan. Donkeys have become increasingly valuable in Pakistan, partly … Read more

In 2006, Joel Sartore began photographing one animal at a time; 18,000 species later, his Photo Ark has become a global conservation movement fighting to save wildlife from extinction

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In 2006, Joel Sartore began photographing one animal at a time; 18,000 species later, his Photo Ark has become a global conservation movement fighting to save wildlife from extinction

Joel Sartore started the project with a simple but powerful idea: to photograph animals one species at a time, creating a visual record before they are gone. (Image: Instagram/joelsartore) In a world where species can disappear before most people even know they exist, photographer Joel Sartore has spent two decades making sure wildlife is seen. … Read more

Meet Tina Jin, the 15-year-old Massachusetts student who turned animal bones into a new material for cleaning polluted water

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Meet Tina Jin, the 15-year-old Massachusetts student who turned animal bones into a new material for cleaning polluted water

A 15-year-old Massachusetts student is exploring an unusual way to make polluted water cleaner: using discarded animal bones. Tina Jin, a student at Phillips Academy in Andover, developed a filtration system that uses ground cow, lamb or pig bones arranged in multiple layers to target different contaminants in water. Her research focuses on places where … Read more