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Scientists estimate Vasuki indicus was up to 15m long, weighed a tonne and would have constricted its preyFossil vertebrae unearthed in a mine in western India are the remains of one of the largest snakes that ever lived, a monster estimated at up to 1…
Read MoreThe use of AI and ‘animal flyovers’ could prevent hundreds of wild elephants dying each year as railways cut through their habitat, say wildlife expertsLying on a mound of soft sand inside the nursery, Bani looks like a spoilt child being indulged. Two…
Read MorePrimates are symbol of Lopburi but residents have had enough as monkeys resort to violence to get foodMischievous long-tailed macaques are, for many, a symbol of the Thai city of Lopburi. Tourists flock to the city’s ancient temple to feed the macaques…
Read MoreConservationists plead for coexistence as shrinking forests drive conflict, with elephant deaths doubling in a decadeSetting out from home to collect firewood on a cool spring morning last year, Harshini Wanninayake and her mother had no idea only one …
Read MoreControversy in West Bengal centres around Akbar and Sita, named for a Hindu deity, being placed in the same enclosureAn Indian Hindu nationalist organisation has launched a court petition to stop two lions named after a Hindu deity and a 16th-century M…
Read MoreA woman has been charged with illegal possession of a lion cub in Thailand after a video of the animal cruising in a Bentley went viral. The police ordered an investigation after the video gained more than 2.6m views online. Sawangjit Kosoognern was ch…
Read MoreSawangjit Kosoognern charged with illegal possession after video showing animal being driven around Pattaya gains 2.6m viewsA Thai woman has been charged with illegal possession of a lion cub, police said on Friday, after a video of the animal cruising…
Read MoreNational assembly votes to end trade in dog meat, thanks to its canine-loving leadersLike most young South Koreans, Annie Ko rarely ate dog meat, but her annual visits to a restaurant serving the dish did little to trouble her conscience. And she was o…
Read MoreAnimal welfare campaigners hail decision as ‘historic victory’ after years of pressure at home and abroadSouth Korea’s parliament has voted to ban the production and sale of dog meat, in a decision campaigners hailed as a “historic victory” for animal …
Read MoreAnimals have been popping up on golf courses and surfing contests in Dunedin as they reestablish a foothold on the South IslandA growing population of sea lions in the New Zealand city of Dunedin is provoking “overlapping chaos” as their breeding seaso…
Read MorePhotograph taken at wildlife reserve shows baby nestled with his mother after his return A baby elephant who was separated from his mother and the rest of his herd in a wildlife park in Tamil Nadu, south India, has been reunited with them by park offic…
Read MoreCameras capture 120 tigers in year to April 2023, but extinction risk remains in neighbouring countriesThe number of tigers spotted by hidden cameras in the core of Thailand’s biggest conservation area rose last year, while a rare sighting of a mother …
Read MoreThere are now seven known species of soft-furred hedgehogs, which look like a cross between a mouse and a shrewScientists have identified five new species of soft-furred hedgehogs from south-east Asia.Two of the species discovered are entirely new to s…
Read MoreDozens of the animals died after they were treated with anti-parasitic medicineA Japanese zoo has launched an investigation after apparently killing 31 of its 40 squirrels by mistake with treatments meant to kill parasites, officials said.Keepers at th…
Read MoreAtsushi Ozawa accused of using car to kill common pigeon, which vets said died of traumatic shockTo some, they are another species of feathered friend; to others, they are rats with wings whose droppings deface historic buildings.But in Japan, pigeons …
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