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Flamingo Land: Hippos can run so fast they 'fly through the air'
BBC News· 2 days agoHippos can trot so fast they can glide through the air for a period of time, according to animal...
US pays Moderna $176m to develop bird-flu vaccine
BBC News· 4 days agoThe US government has given Moderna $176m (£139m) to develop a messenger-ribonucleic-acid-based (mRNA) pandemic influenza vaccine that would work against...
Why cats meow at humans more than each other
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 4 days agoTo understand this process, we can look at Russian farmed fox experiments. Beginning in the 1950s, Soviet...that selective breeding for tameness could...
Deadly white-nose syndrome found in Alberta bats for first time
Local Journalism Initiative via Yahoo Canada News· 7 hours agoCases of white-nose syndrome, a deadly fungal disease that has been devastating bat populations in North America, have been recorded in Alberta for the first time. In May, researchers from Wildlife ...
The Animal Protection Party of Canada Denounces “Cruelty as Entertainment” at the Calgary Stampede
Digital Journal· 1 day ago“As North America’s first federal political party dedicated solely to the protection of all animals and the environment, we condemn all events at the Calgary ...
Sacred buffalo calf offers hope amid efforts to revive species
BBC News· 2 hours agoAdvocates hope the June birth of a white buffalo calf - an exceedingly rare event - will translate...
An Arizona museum tells the stories of ancient animals through their fossilized poop
National Post· 5 days agoOne way to help tell how a Tyrannosaurus rex digested food is to look at its poop. Bone fragments in...
The son of Asia’s richest man is getting married in one of India’s most anticipated — and lavish —...
CNN via Yahoo Canada News· 3 days agoBillionaire heir Anant Ambani is set to marry his longtime girlfriend Radhika Merchant later this...
Modern grapes exist because the dinosaurs died out, new research finds
CNN via Yahoo Canada News· 10 hours agoWhen an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs, new animals and plants competed to survive on a changing...
Granby Zoo workers vote for strike mandate
Montreal Gazette· 1 day agoUnion members at the Granby Zoo have given themselves a 10-day strike mandate to be exercised when they deem appropriate. The mandate could be divided...
