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Reward offered for information on who killed endangered Hawaiian monk seal
HONOLULU (AP) — U.S. authorities on Tuesday offered a $5,000 reward for information on who killed a Hawaiian monk seal after one of the critically endangered animals was found dead on Oahu this year. The female seal known as Malama was found dead on March 12 at Ohikilolo, a spot...
Canadian company pleads guilty to shipping banned seal oil to US
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Canadian company has pleaded guilty to violating federal law by illegally selling seal oil capsules to American customers. The oil is made from the blubber of seals and sold as a nutritional supplement with a promise of containing healthy fats. The company,...
Young, wild and free: Wolverine spotted in California for only second time in last 100 years
BISHOP, Calif. (AP) — A wolverine was spotted three times last month in the eastern Sierra Nevada, a rare occurrence for an animal that's only been seen one other time in California over the last 100 years, state wildlife officials said. While wolverines are native to California,...
Field Museum debuts Spinosaurus exhibit featuring largest predatory dinosaur
CHICAGO (AP) — The newest addition to the Field Museum on Chicago's lakefront will give visitors a glimpse of the largest predatory dinosaur yet discovered via a 46-foot (14.02 meter) cast of a Spinosaurus skeleton suspended high above the museum's main hall. Field Museum officials...
Woman walking on California beach finds ancient mastodon tooth
APTOS, Calif. (AP) — A woman taking a Memorial Day weekend stroll on a California beach found something unusual sticking out of the sand: a tooth from an ancient mastodon. But then the fossil vanished, and it took a media blitz and a kind-hearted jogger to find it again. ...
Newly discovered stone tools drag dawn of Greek archaeology back by a quarter-million years
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Deep in an open coal mine in southern Greece, researchers have discovered the antiquities-rich country's oldest archaeological site, which dates to 700,000 years ago and is associated with modern humans’ hominin ancestors. The find announced Thursday would...
A look at some well-known horse deaths in races ranging from the Kentucky Derby to Breeders' Cup
A look at five well-known horse deaths in races ranging from the Kentucky Derby to the Preakness to the Breeders' Cup: MONGOLIAN GROOM Mongolian Groom, a 4-year-old gelding, was euthanized after breaking his left hind leg in the 2019 Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa...
Government body warns of increased health threats from climate change in Germany
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's disease control agency warned Thursday that rising temperatures due to global warming will increase the likelihood of heat stroke, vector-borne illnesses and other health risks in the country. The Robert Koch Institute said lung diseases from forest fires...
Defying taboos, Shiite cleric in Iran takes in street dogs and nurses them back to health
QOM, Iran (AP) — It's rare these days for a turbaned cleric in Iran to attract a large following of adoring young fans on Instagram, but Sayed Mahdi Tabatabaei has done it by rescuing street dogs in defiance of a local taboo. Tabatabaei posts regularly — to his more than 80,000...
Officials: Florida panther struck and killed by vehicle
IMMOKALEE, Fla. (AP) — An endangered Florida panther has died after being struck by a vehicle. It’s the fourth panther death attributed to fatal collisions, out of four total deaths this year, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The...
