Wildlife

‘Stabby crabby’: Crab goes viral for flashing blade in claw at Florida man and his dog

A now viral Instagram video shows a crab wielding what appears to be part of a pocketknife.

Malaysian angling group claims second red-bellied piranha found in river in Pahang

The group said the latest discovery came about a month after the first specimen was found in the area.

Beaches on Australia’s west coast to remain shut after fatal shark attack

The victim, a male swimmer, died on Sept 18 after being mauled at Sorrento Beach, around 20km from Perth’s central business district.

Baby orang utans in India expose ‘frightening’ scale of trafficking

The situation is exacerbated by wealthy Indians seeking exotic status symbols to flaunt on social media.

Trump administration moves to gut a core endangered species protection

At the centre of the change is what it means to “take” an endangered animal, something that has long been prohibited under the Act.

NParks seizes 101 illegally kept wild animals in largest raid since 2021

(Clockwise from top left) A ball python, a blue beauty anole and a rosy boa that were seized by NParks.

Ship crewman gets 8 weeks’ jail for trying to smuggle elephant tusk into Singapore

The Indonesian man entered Singapore via the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority Keppel entrance crew office and was caught during baggage checks.

Indonesia rescues six orang utans from fires in a week

The apes were saved from plantations in deep rural West Kalimantan province, on the Indonesian part of the island.

Sri Lanka bars tourists from heart of drought-hit park as El Nino looms

From next week, park managers will take emergency measures even further by banning tourists from the watering hole and other busy areas, to give the animals a breather after months without rain.

Trump again seeks to remove protections for wolves

The Wolf Conservation Centre estimates there are around 7,600 gray wolves in the contiguous United States.

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