Animals

Chimpanzee Ai, known for high literacy skills, dies in Japan

A female chimpanzee in Japan, known for her ability to recognise numbers, has died at the age of 49.

New fossil unearths tiny dinosaur with weaponised hand for stealing eggs

NParks drawing up advisory on how to shield marine mammals from coastal development noise

The carcass of a critically endangered dugong found off Pulau Hantu on Oct 9, 2021.

Vet Talk

Work of a vet: Going beyond treatment to include pathology and biosurveillance

Dr Lee Heejun is a veterinarian for the Animal & Veterinary Service.

Zoo visitors in Malaysia thrilled as panda enclosure opens to public

Zoo Negara's Giant Panda Conservation Centre with its star residents Chen Xing and Xiao Yue was officially opened to the public on Jan 10.

Field Notes from Tokyo

Beware of bears: Japan’s 2025 kanji character reflects worries over attacks on humans

Visitors take photos next to a bear warning sign at Shirakawa-go, a popular tourist spot and one of Japan's UNESCO World Heritage sites, on November 15.

Ozempic for humans, ‘Meowzempic’ for cats? Pharma companies race towards fluffy new frontiers

A biopharmaceutical company has begun a pilot study of a weight loss drug for cats with obesity.

Taxidermied polar bear, shark bones among wildlife imports approved by Singapore in 2024

This handout photo realeased by Polar Bears International on December 17, 2025, shows a wild female polar bear and her two cubs, one of whom she adopted, at Hudson Bay in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada, on November 11, 2025. Researchers in northern Canada have observed a rare case of polar bear adoption, capturing video footage of a wild female bear caring for a cub that was not her own. "Cub adoption is relatively rare in polar bears. We've documented 13 cases in our study population over the last 45 years," said Evan Richardson, a scientist with Canada's ministry for environment and climate change. (Photo by HANDOUT / POLAR BEARS INTERNATIONAL / AFP)

China praises Indonesia on first ever panda cub’s birth

Chinese ambassador to Jakarta Wang Lutong referred to the panda cub's birth as a symbol of deep friendship between China and Indonesia.

50 sheep go on baa-zarre adventure through German supermarket, before ewe-turning and leaving

A supermarket representative said that the sheep stayed “exclusively in the checkout area of the store”.

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