Officials said this week that an 8-foot alligator that was reportedly seized from a Texas zoo two decades ago and kept as a pet had recently been returned.  According to the zoo and the Texas Game Wardens, the alligator was returned to the Animal World & Snake Farm Zoo in New Braunfels on Friday.  According to Jen Shugert, a spokesman for Game Wardens, it was … Continue reading Texas Alligator

Following years of alleged carelessness, a lack of funding, and animal fatalities that activists highlighted, Puerto Rico is closing the U.S. territory’s sole zoo. Since hurricanes Irma and Maria tore across the island in September 2017, the Dr. Juan A. Rivero Zoo in the western coastal town of Mayaguez has been closed, raising concerns from campaigners about the zoo’s more than 300 animals and their … Continue reading Puerto Rico Zoo’s

On Thursday, an Andean bear at the St. Louis Zoo broke out of his enclosure for the second time this month. This particular bear is physically unique. That’s because of the rings of light fur around its eyes, which can resemble eyeglasses (or spectacles) when compared to the rest of the bear’s black or dark brown fur, which is why the Andean bear of South … Continue reading St. Louis Zoo Escape

No time soon will we see the dodo bird return. Neither will the wooly mammoth. However, a business developing technology to bring back extinct animals has drawn additional investors, despite the fact that other experts are dubious about the feasibility of such an endeavor. Two years after originally announcing its ambitious goal to bring back the woolly mammoth, Colossal Biosciences revealed on Tuesday that it … Continue reading Bringing back the Dodo bird

Dallas Zoo’s emperor tamarin monkeys vanished from their cage and are now missing, according to authorities. This is the latest strange occurrence involving an animal or a habitat at the zoo. After facility employees discovered that their habitat had been “deliberately violated,” the Dallas Police Department was notified about the missing animals early on Monday morning by zoo officials. The zoo stated that the animals … Continue reading Tamarin Monkey’s

Mr. Erhard’s classroom deserves to win a new class set of books because he (as an educator) would utilize not only the books but the material within, which can be a fun and all-around enjoyable experience. The power of books is to convey a strong message which teaches and informs the reader. If Mr. Erhard were to win the class set of books, each and … Continue reading New Books

Identity theft is the fraudulent acquisition and use of a person’s identifying information, usually for financial gain. There are different types of identity theft including online, medical, and economic identity theft. Someone committing identity theft can steal and buy things with another person’s credit cards, steal tax refunds, open credit cards, get medical care, and pretend to be another person when arrested.    Taking some extra … Continue reading Identity theft

Earthworms are terrestrial invertebrates that belong to the phylum Annelida. They exhibit a “tube-within-a-tube body plan,” meaning they are externally segmented with corresponding internal segmentation and they usually have setae on all segments. They live in habitats worldwide wherever soil, water, and temperature allow. Through their activity in the soil, earthworms offer more benefits to humans than many think: increased nutrient availability, better drainage, and … Continue reading Earthworm’s

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released new information that a vaccine has been successfully produced to protect bees against disease. Disease can spread in a beehive  as quickly as three weeks, which can kill the entire hive. This vaccine is the first-ever vaccine for insects. One-third of the world’s food supply relies on pollination, because of this, it’s imperative that the bee population, instead … Continue reading Vaccinating Bees

Stress, as defined in the dictionary, is a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances, or something that causes mental strain. It is your body’s way of responding to threats or any kind of danger, when your body senses danger stress is the body’s way of protecting you. The main causes of stress are feeling under unusual … Continue reading Stress Relief