Scientists have revealed that acorns and rust could be perfect green substitutes for tie-dying cotton clothes. Although many kits are available for people to brighten up their clothes with colourful tie-dye patterns, US expert Julian Silverman says even common garden finds could help get the same results. In the peer-reviewed…
Over one in five reptiles species are in danger of extinction but no one seems to care because they are “less charismatic” than mammals or birds. During the 15-year research project, 961 scientists from 24 countries were involved. The results were published in Nature on 27th April. The project found…
A leukaemia sufferer who had 85 positive COVID-19 tests has finally hugged his grandchildren after spending 14 months in quarantine. Muzaffer Kayasan, 56 - from Sariyer, in the Turkish province of Istanbul - first tested positive for the virus in December 2020. He explained earlier this year: "I had a…
The self-proclaimed world's oldest zoo has achieved great conservation and breeding results with over 70 extremely rare chameleons that were stuffed into socks and ice-cream boxes and smuggled in a suitcase from Tanzania last year. https://youtu.be/IDNdRnPP6UU Tiergarten Schonbrunn/Newsflash The Tiergarten Schoenbrunn Zoo, located in Austria's capital Vienna, provided home for…
A terminally ill British woman with leukaemia now has a chance to be saved after an Austrian man registered as a stem cell donor and the two matched in a rare case, with odds of them being compatible at 1 in 500,000. The donor, who has been named only as…
Microplastics have been found for the first time in fish from the Peruvian Amazon. The announcement was made by the Peruvian Ministry of the Environment, which detailed an investigation that has identified microplastics in the stomachs of fish from the River Amazon. The fish in whose stomachs the plastic was…
Chinese zookeepers have discovered that this chubby wild cat has been snacking on frogs and rodents between meals after it arrived overweight and was put on a diet a year ago that yielded little results. https://youtu.be/fSMKXLCgY4g Nanjing Hongshan Forest Zoo/AsiaWire The serval, a wild cat native to Africa, arrived at…
Lions and tigers have tested presumptive positive for COVID-19 at the National Zoo in Washington DC, in the United States. Final testing results are expected within days. Six African lions, a Sumatran tiger and two Amur tigers are being treated for COVID-19. The National Zoo said in a statement that…
A French scientist says he has found an effective treatment for the coronavirus with "spectacular results" showing that “we know how to cure the illness". The treatment named Plaquenil is believed to be based on chloroquine, a drug normally used to treat malaria and professor Didier Raoult, who initiated the…
The mother of the American girl with a ‘Batman’ birthmark on her face has revealed the results of the tot’s latest successful surgery with a large bit of the mark now removed from Luna’s forehead. The girl, Luna Tavares Fenner, was born in south Florida in the United States with…