WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Animal welfare officials in Colombia have begun giving pigeons vasectomies as a humane way to keep numbers down in the capital Bogota. The Institute for the Protection and Animal Welfare of Bogota (IDPYBA) announced that nine pigeons underwent the snip on 9th November. Mauricio Cano, of the…
Police searching for three missing women at a remote Mexican ranch were astonished when they found an endangered Bengal tigress in an enclosure. The incident took place near the city of Rioverde, San Luis Potosi state on 11th November. The Mexican State Coordination of Civil Protection (CEPC) said that the…
This German nuclear fallout bunker with concrete walls that are three metres thick and dating back to the Cold War has gone on sale on eBay for EUR 1.6 million. The 850-square-metre apocalypse survival shelter is located in the town of Xanten, in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia…
The oldest zoo in the world has celebrated Reptile Awareness Day by highlighting a conservation project aimed to ensure the survival of one of the rarest turtle species in the world. Officials from the Tiergarten Schonbrunn Zoo in Vienna, Austria initiated the project to rescue the northern river terrapin (Batagur…
A huge underground Nazi air raid bunker from World War II could be revived as officials study Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The tunnel - sunk at a depth of 17 metres (55.7 feet) - stretches nearly three miles between Westpark and the main station in Dortmund in North Rhine-Westphalia state.…
Japanese boffins have created part insect part machine cyborg cockroaches capable of tackling jobs ranging from monitoring hazardous areas to environmental protection. The project led by researchers at the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research (CPR) has generated a system for creating remote-controlled cyborg cockroaches equipped with a tiny wireless control…
Environmental experts have warned of a poisoning disaster after thousands of dead fish were found in a Polish river. Shocking images of fish floating on the surface of the Oder River have triggered an investigation into the cause of the wildlife disaster. The Provincial Environmental Protection Inspectorate in the city…
Swiss scientists are testing a new COVID-19 vaccine which could lead to complete protection against different strains of the virus. The new treatment is a vector virus, like Johnson & Johnson's vaccine or the AstraZeneca jab. Vector vaccines make use of a ‘vector virus’, a modified, unthreatening version of a…
The owner of a sickening wildlife refuge where emaciated lions are so hungry they chew their own tales has gone on the run, it has emerged. Heartbreaking footage from the Black Jaguar-White Tiger Foundation, based in Tlalpan in Mexico City infuriated animal lovers around the world. Now the actor activist…
This footage shows a Eurasian eagle-owl being released back into the wild after animal lovers healed its broken wing. The touching images show the huge bird of prey being set free in its natural habitat on a hillside in Austria. The owl had been taken in at the Tierparadies Schabenreith…