Animals

Japanese firm designs portable stuffed wolf robot to drive away bears while hiking, fishingv

Ohta Seiki Co. plans to sell Monster Wolf Mini on a trial basis around October.

Tampines Changkat to launch initiative to control cicada swarms in HDB estate

Cicadas (left) collected at Block 321 Tampines Street 33 during seasons when they are active.

Man, endangered elephant killed amid growing human-animal conflict in Sumatra

Environmental changes have forced elephants to shift their roaming patterns, bringing them closer to farms and residential areas.

Dog abandoned at Las Vegas airport adopted by responding police officer

The officer who adopted JetBlue, Mr Skeeter Black, and his family had been looking for a dog since September 2025.

Over 2,000 brown bears captured in Hokkaido since April 2025

The number of brown bears captured in the first 10 months of fiscal 2025 was almost twice as much as the number caught during the entirety of fiscal 2024.

Harbin zoo puts Siberian tigers on ‘light fast’ to curb overfeeding by visitors during CNY

The park houses more than 300 Siberian tigers of various ages, of which nearly 200 live in the free-range areas.

Bird flu strikes California elephant seals for the first time

The colony of elephants seals at Año Nuevo is one of the world's most well-studied.

What Punch the baby monkey tells us about emotional attachment

Punch the monkey is not just the internet’s latest animal celebrity – he’s a reminder of how crucial emotional nourishment is to a child's well-being, says the writer.

T. rex ran on its tiptoes ‘like an 8-tonne chicken’, study finds

A model of a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, part of an exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

Rights group slams treatment of Punch, the viral Japanese monkey

Punch became an internet sensation after videos emerged of him getting bullied by other monkeys in a Japanese zoo.

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