Read more about the article Animal Soccer Team Formed By Zoo For Euros 2024
Image shows a round-eared elephant shrew, undated photo. It was picket as a strike in Schoenbrunn Zoo's football team, in Vienna Austria, June 12, 2024. (Daniel Zupanc/Newsflash)

Animal Soccer Team Formed By Zoo For Euros 2024

Soccer mad zoo bosses in Austria have assembled a squad of players for the Euro 2024 that really are a bunch of animals - on and off the pitch. Vienna's…

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Read more about the article Swiss Zoo Welcomes Two Protected Gecko Species To Mark International Day For Biological Diversity
Image shows a standing's day gecko, undated photo. It was brought at the Zurich Zoo, in Switzerland, in May 2024. (Zurich Zoo, Enzo Franchini/Newsflash)

Swiss Zoo Welcomes Two Protected Gecko Species To Mark International Day For Biological Diversity

A zoo in Switzerland has introduced two protected gecko species into their terrarium to mark the International Day for Biological Diversity. The Zurich Zoo, in Switzerland, received the short-headed Day…

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Read more about the article ‘Diversity’ Nursery Bans Father Christmas
Photo shows a post from Kerstin Lechner, undated. Lechner is outraged after Santa Claus is banned from kindergartens in Salzburg, Austria. (Kerstin Lechner/CEN)

‘Diversity’ Nursery Bans Father Christmas

A killjoy kindergarten has banned Father Christmas for its pupils in Austria after heads ruled that Santa breaches the nursery's diversity guidelines. Infant schools across the country traditionally mark the…

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Read more about the article New Lizard Species With Tail Longer Than Its Body
Photo shows a new species of lizard discovered in Otishi National Park in Peru, undated. This new species belongs to the genus Proctoporus (Reptilia, Gymnophthalmidae) whose greatest diversity is found in the Andean foothills and whose specimens are characterized by having a tail longer than the body. (SERNANP/Newsflash)

New Lizard Species With Tail Longer Than Its Body

A new species of lizard with a tail longer than its entire body has been discovered in Peru. The species- named 'Proctoporus titans' - was found in the Andes mountains…

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Read more about the article Newborn Jaguars Snuggle Up To Mum In Adorable New Clips
Picture shows the mother Mbarete with the two cubs born in El Impenetrable del Chaco National Park, in Argentina, undated. The jaguars, (Panthera onca) were born in semi-captivity, and will be transferred with their mother to the Ibera National Park, in Argentina, where they will be released to increase the genetic diversity of that population. (Rewilding Argentina/Newsflash)

Newborn Jaguars Snuggle Up To Mum In Adorable New Clips

In a series of cute videos, two newborn jaguar cubs frolic and play after nuzzling up to each other while suckling from their mother. Proud jaguar mum Mbarete can be…

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Read more about the article Plastic Waste Has Turned Deep Sea Into Trash Can Of Oceans
The scientists detected microplastic particles in each of the sediment samples taken – between 215 and 1596 particles per kilogram of sediment. (AWI/Newsflash)

Plastic Waste Has Turned Deep Sea Into Trash Can Of Oceans

The incredible diversity in the deepest levels of the oceans is being threatened with extinction by micro-plastics, a new study has revealed. The shock findings emerged after scientists studied the…

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Read more about the article Shipwrecks Expand Microbial Diversity, New Study Shows
A dive at the underwater site of the HMS Nasturtium, ship that sank on 28th April 1916, where Heritage Malta completed a net removal project in July, 2021, in Malta.

Shipwrecks Expand Microbial Diversity, New Study Shows

The millions of shipwrecks resting in the world’s oceans are increasing the surrounding areas’ microbial richness, according to new research. There are an estimated three million shipwrecks all around the…

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Read more about the article Scientists Develop Honey-Based Bee DNA Test To Monitor Hive Health
Illustrative image: Honeybee harvesting pollen and carrying it to its pollen basket. (Yannis Varouhakis (instagram.com/varouhakis)/Newsflash)

Scientists Develop Honey-Based Bee DNA Test To Monitor Hive Health

Scientists have developed an innovative method to examine DNA traces in honey which could help with the early identification of health problems in a hive as a deadly new disease…

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Read more about the article First Garden Dormouse Seen In 100 Years Hailed As Sensational Discovery
An illustrative image of a garden dormouse which has been found for the first time after 100 years in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland. (Biosphoto, Frederic Desmette/Newsflash)

First Garden Dormouse Seen In 100 Years Hailed As Sensational Discovery

A garden dormouse has been spotted in the Swiss Canton of Solothurn for the first time since 1909 after a massive search resulting in what experts are hailing as a…

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