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Injured Tricarinate Hill Turtle rescued from Brahmaputra, released after treatment: Himanta - Injured Tricarinate Hill Turtle rescued from Brahmaputra, released after treatment: Himanta -
1+ hour, 3+ min ago (128+ words) Assam’s community-led conservation efforts recently helped rescue an injured Tricarinate Hill Turtle that had been swept away by upstream floods, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Sunday, August 23. In a post on X, Sarma said the turtle was rescued…...
First case of bird flu in mammal confirmed in SA
9+ min ago (47+ words) Australia has recorded its first case of bird flu in a mammal after a fur seal tested positive in South Australia. August 23, 2026 — 7:32pm...
Trump rule strips habitat protections, putting Vermont's endangered species at new risk
20+ min ago (492+ words) "You can damage habitat while a species is not there and still imperil the species." Concern is rising in Vermont over a rule change by the Trump administration that could clear the way for more development and extraction in wildlife…...
Driftwood Outdoors: National Wildlife Refuges now offer more places to hunt and fish | Jefferson City News-Tribune
5+ hour, 40+ min ago (328+ words) One of the biggest challenges facing hunting and fishing today is access. The Department of the Interior claims to have just completed the largest expansion of hunting and fishing opportunities in the history of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The…...
Elephants are among the few animals shown to recognise themselves in a mirror, a test most species fail entirely — and when researchers painted a white X on one elephant’s forehead, she reached for herself, not the reflection
22+ min ago (424+ words) The moment an elephant recognizes herself in the mirror, the question shifts from whether she has self-awareness to what that consciousness means for how we treat her. Published August 23, 2026 · How we edit Happy was 34 years old the first time anyone…...
Protecting Asian elephants: New resource highlights threats facing the keystone giants
3+ hour ago (412+ words) Mumbai: What does the idiom 'the elephant in the room' mean vis-à-vis elephants? The “endangered” status of elephants is “the elephant in the room” in wildlife protection — a big problem everyone knows about but doesn't always discuss. As per the…...
Do other animals call each other by name?
41+ min ago (917+ words) Rigorously fact-checked science, expert commentary and an ad-free experience built for those who want to go beyond the headlines No ads on any Live Science articles. No pop-ups. Full access to everything. Trusted, in-depth, pro-science features that are available only…...
Arkansas Outdoors column: Bad behavior at meeting a black eye for hunters | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
3+ hour, 5+ min ago (535+ words) Some hunters do more damage to our sport and to the sporting culture than the entire anti-hunting movement combined. A glaring example is the mob that attended the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission's monthly committee meetings Wednesday in Little Rock....
Tiny monarch caterpillars steal the show at South Carolina's free pollinator garden class
10+ hour, 41+ min ago (352+ words) Monarch caterpillars made a perfectly timed appearance at a South Carolina gardening workshop in August, giving attendees a live example of the kind of wildlife a pollinator-friendly garden can support. In a video shared by a South Carolina nursery on…...
Injured Tricarinate Hill Turtle rescue highlights Assam’s conservation challenges
1+ hour, 12+ min ago (305+ words) Guwahati: The rescue and rehabilitation of an injured Tricarinate Hill Turtle from the Brahmaputra has drawn attention to the conservation concerns surrounding one of Assam’s relatively little-known and threatened turtle species. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on X…...