London Zoo’s zookeepers have announced the joyful arrival of the first vulture chick to hatch on their site in over four decades, which they described as “brilliant”. The newly hatched chick, Egbert, is a fluffy grey Ruppell’s griffon vulture, classified as critically endangered.
New ‘giant’ spider found in Australia The arachnid has been named Euoplos dignitas to reflect “the impressive size and nature of the spider,” scientists with the Queensland Museum said. (Queensland Museum) A rare and giant species of trapdoor spider was found in
Vladimir Putin has long followed a macho doctrine and in the late Noughties, he was often photographed in a way to make him depict him as manly. The Russian President was seen bare-chested, flexing his muscles while pulling trout from the Siberian
Chinese pangolin born in Prague zoo, 1st time the endangered species was born in captivity in Europe
A Chinese pangolin has been born in the Prague zoo, the first birth of the critically endangered animal in captivity in Europe, and is doing well after initial troubles, the park said on Thursday. For the first few days after the baby
Rhino poaching in Namibia increased dramatically last year, with nearly twice as many of the critically endangered animals killed than the year before, the country’s environment ministry says. The Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism released figures on Monday showing that 87