A pet cat has been infected with the novel coronavirus in Belgium after being contaminated by its owner, Belgian health authorities said Friday. Cases of contamination of pets are rare and authorities ruled out any risk of contamination to humans from home animals. The reports follows ...
The number of suspected animal abuse cases investigated by police across the nation reached 105 in 2019, setting a record, and included some cases in which videos of abuse were uploaded online, police data showed Thursday. The figure has been rising in recent years, according ...
A Tokyo share house where shelter dogs and humans live in harmony
Share houses in Tokyo come in all shapes and sizes, but a nonprofit organization for rescue dogs has taken a fresh approach with a home where abandoned canines are housemates. "Wans Heim," which draws its name from a colloquial Japanese word for "dog" and the ...
Great Danes fatally attack Japanese toddler in family's garden in Toyama
An 11-month-old boy died after being attacked by two Great Danes while in his grandfather's arms at their home in the city of Toyama, police said Saturday. The large dogs, which are 1.2 meters long and weigh 80 kg each, bit Jin Nakamura in the ...
Inside the stout fins of a fish that, about 380 million years ago, prowled the shallow waters of an estuary in what is now eastern Canada, scientists have found what they call the evolutionary origins of the human hand. The researchers were examining a remarkably ...
The tentative recovery of Africa's black rhino population was hailed by conservationists on Thursday as a cause for hopes that ambitious protection efforts could overcome the "acute threat" of poaching. The International Union for Conservation of Nature said the number of black rhinos, which were ...
'Wonderchicken' fossil reveals early ancestor of modern birds
A tiny fossil skull nicknamed "Wonderchicken" is giving scientists a rare glimpse at early ancestors of today's birds and may be the oldest known modern-bird fossil. With a face like those of today's chicken-like birds and a back portion like that of living duck-like birds, ...
Docomo and Hokkaido university plan 5G-based system to monitor cows
Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, NTT Docomo Inc. and others plan to develop a system to monitor dairy cows using fifth-generation, or 5G, wireless networks, aiming for commercialization in 2022. The system will use vast amounts of photographic data to detect early signs ...
53% fewer monarch butterflies reach wintering area in Mexico
The number of monarch butterflies that showed up at their winter resting grounds decreased about 53 percent this year, Mexican officials said Friday. Some activists called the decline "heartbreaking," but the Mexico head of the World Wildlife Fund said the reduction "is not alarming." WWF Mexico ...
Dinosaur prints from mysterious middle Jurassic Period found in Scotland
On a crag of rock called Brother's Point on Scotland's Isle of Skye, scientists have identified two bustling footprint sites that reveal an abundance of dinosaurs that thrived 170 million years ago including an early member of a celebrated group. Researchers on Wednesday said about ...
Are pet owners right to be concerned about virus? Experts say there's little reason to fret
The emergence of the new coronavirus has spurred fears worldwide and many pet owners are wondering whether their furry friends will be impacted. But need they be concerned? Recent news of a dog in Hong Kong returning a "weak positive" test result for COVID-19 and ...
Red pandas, the bushy-tailed and russet-furred bamboo-munchers that dwell in Asian high forests, are not a single species, according to the most comprehensive genetic study to date on these endangered mammals. Scientists said on Wednesday they had found substantial divergences between the two species — ...
