An animal lover’s guide to hanging at Happy Hollow Park & Zoo
Even at 16 acres, San Jose’s Happy Hollow Park & Zoo could be considered a hidden gem, tucked as it is behind a gateway along Story Road. First conceived in …
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The hidden disease killing Australia’s wombats
A deep growl rumbles in Dipsy’s throat as the open wounds across his body are treated with cream and antibiotics. Like a burn victim, he’s covered in painful sores, lesions, …
This folk band trekked across Wales by foot in the name of sustainable touring
As It Happens6:29This folk band trekked across Wales on foot in the name of sustainable touring Despite walking 1,400 kilometres across Wales in an effort to make their concert tour …
A wall in a wetland: Inside the growing opposition to expansion of an oilsands mine
When Elder Barb Faichney flips through family photos, McClelland Lake is a recurring theme. Her family’s trapline skirts the banks of the lake north of Fort McMurray, Alta., which has …
The Vampire Bat Is Moving Closer to the US. That’s a Problem
But vampire bats represent a new threat because they feed on the blood of other animals. Their usual victims are livestock, and occasionally wild mammals and birds. Using their sharp …
Roadkill for supper? How a Bay Area tech worker went back to the Stone Age
When former Silicon Valley marketer Jessica Carew Kraft picked up a smelly dead fox from the side of U.S. 101, she knew she was on her way to the new …
To the delight of eager U.K. ecologists, London welcomes its first baby beaver in centuries
Footage from a diligently watched night vision camera revealed a happy surprise to the team monitoring the new beaver enclosure on the Forty Hall Estate in North London this summer. …
Rabies hitched a ride to Canada in dogs flown from Iran. Scientists caught the spread just in time
This story is part of CBC Health’s Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers on Saturday mornings. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you can …
Perth rottweiler attack victim Nikita Piil’s second dog euthanised
The second of two dogs that attacked their owner in Perth’s southern suburbs last month has been put down. Nikita Piil, 31, suffered serious arm and leg injuries when her …
Climate crisis could cause ‘catastrophic harm’ to human health, 200-plus medical journals warn
More than 200 medical journals are calling on the World Health Organization to deem two overlapping environmental crises — climate change and biodiversity loss — as a global health emergency, …