8+ hour, 58+ min ago   (186+ words) Greater Belize Media Belize Launches Five-Year Plan to Save Critically Endangered Hicatee Turtle Belize has launched a five-year national plan aimed at protecting and reviving the Hicatee, one of the world’s most endangered freshwater turtles. The Hicatee Conservation and Action…...

5+ hour, 56+ min ago   (498+ words) Timber rattlesnakes live in mountainous areas of Columbia and Greene counties The rattlesnake was released by environmental control officers into the woods after it was recovered from a Wawaring man’s residence. WAWARSING — A Wawarsing man was charged last month with…...

15+ hour, 43+ min ago   (279+ words) In the humid forests of the Ecuadorian Chocó, scientists officially identified Pristimantis milpe, a frog that for more than 100 years was confused with another species. The discovery, published in the journal ZooKeys, was led by specialists from the Pontifical Catholic…...

6+ hour, 6+ min ago   (513+ words) "I heard it from my older cousin around the time I was in 4th grade of primary school, when I was living in a small town in rural Miyagi Prefecture in Japan's northeast," Remuria relates. "This would have been around 1989 or…...

8+ hour, 7+ min ago   (807+ words) Composite image of animals with the strongest bite forces in the animal kingdom At some point, every young boy wonders ‘which animal would win in a fight?’ pitting apex predators against one another in imaginary battles. While there are some…...

6+ hour, 49+ min ago   (479+ words) A dynamic team featuring man and his best friends is helping track down one of the biggest threats to nesting marine turtles along the region’s coastline – foxes. Tom Garrett and his conservation dogs Cooper and Wally have been putting their…...

6+ hour, 47+ min ago   (212+ words) A New York man is accused of catching a live timber rattlesnake and bringing it home in a bucket. Then an environmental conservation police officer discovered the head of another rattlesnake in his freezer. The case began July 28 when a…...

9+ hour, 11+ min ago   (562+ words) After seeing a recent news report about a Southern California woman who was bitten by a rattlesnake in her yard, it was discovered that the local hospital has anti-venom should a resident need emergency treatment for a snakebite. Valerie Hunter…...

12+ hour, 1+ min ago   (600+ words) Wed 26 Aug 2026 6:47 pm - Jerusalem Time With more than two million Palestinians displaced, hundreds of thousands of them live in dilapidated tents lacking the most basic ground protection, making it easy for scorpions and snakes to infiltrate sleeping areas. This crisis…...

3+ hour, 42+ min ago   (537+ words) FERGUS FALLS — Even if you have an inside animal that is only out a couple of times a day, the city of Fergus Falls reminds residents that your pets still need to be licensed. Every dog and cat over six…...