In a remarkable display of dedication to wildlife conservation, a team of forest officials successfully rescued a rhinoceros calf that was trapped in a swamp. Indian Forest Service officer Parveen Kaswan shared a video of the rescue operation, captioning it: "This is a video from August. When a rhino calf weighing 600-700 kgs was rescued by lifting on shoulders by …
In short: A Tasmanian woman woke to find Neil, a tagged and well-known southern elephant seal, in her front yard, stopping her from going to work. A Tasmanian woman woke to find Neil, a tagged and well-known southern elephant seal, in her front yard, stopping her from going to work. What's next: Ms Harris says she's been told it may …
The demise of Australia's thunderbirds 40,000 years ago has previously been blamed on human nest raiders and crippling bone disease. Key points: New research shows thunderbirds failed to adapt to new climates The earliest and largest species, Dromornis stirtoni, lived seven million years ago Researchers previously discovered bone infections made it difficult for Genyornis to find food and water However, …
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It’s been so long since a plate of deep-fried Bollywood was served up in theatres that I was worried I might have forgotten how these things went. In Rohit Shetty’s last film, Simmba, inspector Sangram got some last-minute help from Singham, the hardnosed cop played by Ajay Devgn in two earlier Shetty films. With him as the joker and Devgn …
A crocodile has been captured swimming in a Northern Territory waterway with an entire cow in its mouth. The hungry beast was filmed on Thursday morning by local boreman Mick Estens, who was travelling by helicopter above the King River. Estens found the four-metre crocodile swimming upstream around 25km from the Katherine Bridge, dragging the large Brahman cow by its …