2010. Pencil on Illustration Board. 30″ x 40″ — via Martin Kalanda
Australia’s original ‘crocodile hunter’, environmentalist and wildlife documentary maker Malcolm Douglas has been killed in a car crash in Western Australia’s Kimberley — via redwolf.newsvine.com
German scientists said they had discovered a new rare and endangered ape species in the tropical rainforests between Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia by its distinctive song — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Nine people have been arrested and are to appear in a South African court on Wednesday for their alleged role in a rhino poaching syndicate — via redwolf.newsvine.com
There are plenty of studies which show that dogs act as social catalysts, helping their owners forge intimate, long-term relationships with other people. But does that apply in the workplace? Christopher Honts and his colleagues at Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant were surprised to find that there was not much research on this question, and decided to put that right. They wondered in particular if the mere presence of a canine in the office might make people collaborate more effectively. And, as they told a meeting of the International Society for Human Ethology in Madison, Wisconsin, on August 2nd, they found that it could — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A British woman who was caught on camera dumping a cat into a rubbish bin has been charged with causing unnecessary suffering to the animal — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A 73-year-old Polish pensioner was shocked to find a two-metre anaconda peering up out of her toilet bowl Monday in her flat in Wroclaw, south-west Poland, local police said — via redwolf.newsvine.com
This squidtastic fabric pattern is part of the Sepia and Sky collection by Holli Zollinger. It’s available from Spoonflower.com, a marketplace for print-on-demand textiles by independent creators. You can purchase any of the Candy Squid
designs in a variety of fabric types and in sizes ranging from an 8? x 8? test swatch ($5) to multiple yards of cloth ($18-$32 per yard, depending on fabric) — via Indie Squid Kid
This one-of-a-kind, hand sculpted cameo style necklace depicts a single, highly detailed tentacle. The tentacle is sculpted from a slightly translucent polymer clay with a matte black background. The setting is antique copper in color. — by prettypoppet on Etsy
Adorably cute, bite-sized sculptures. Shame he’s completely clueless when it comes to Egyptian gods — via The Adam Binder Club
World leaders will next week consider a target for halting extinctions of animals and plants by 2020 that many experts rate impossibly ambitious given mounting threats such as climate change and loss of habitats — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A multi-million-dollar bequest from an American benefactor has shocked a volunteer wombat rescue program in South Australia.
The man visited Mannum in South Australia to see the work two years ago and has now given $8 million to the Wombat Awareness Organisation — via vanessa-wilson73.newsvine.com
The animal welfare organisation, the RSPCA, says people who suspect their dog has been poisoned should contact their vet immediately — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A “lost” population of tigers has been caught on camera living in the mountains of Bhutan, a discovery that could be crucial for the big cats’ survival. Their discovery has stunned experts, as the tigers are living at a higher altitude than any others known and appear to be successfully breeding. Their presence in the Bhutan highlands has been confirmed by footage taken by a BBC natural history camera crew — via richardfarner.newsvine.com
The Northern Territory-based FrogWatch group says it has found a new species of frog in East Arnhem Land — via ABC News
A newly discovered species of spider living in Madagascar makes the world’s longest known web, spanning 25m. The spider also makes the largest orb web yet found for any spider, and constructs it out of the most tough biomaterial yet known, say scientists — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Several hundred dog lovers and their four-legged friends gathered on the steps of Victoria’s Parliament on Sunday to try to shut down puppy farms — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Not a road, but dead fish. This large fish kill was reported last Friday in Plaquemines parish, Louisiana. Associated Press reports that biologists at the state department of wildlife and fisheries have determined the BP oil spill is not at fault — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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