UDINE, Italy – A romantic husband, who was not allowed to visit his wife in the hospital due to Covid-19 regulations, decided to stand on the pavement outside to see her. The wife Giulia Pascutti, 26, was moved by her 36-year-old husband Elia Bilia’s romantic gesture and shared a photo of him standing on the street in front of her hospital room, hoping for a glimpse of the woman. “This is my husband under the window of my hospital room where I have was hospitalized for a week for bad pancreatitis,” she wrote on her Facebook post. “I wrote him…
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CORRIENTES, Argentina — Rare young macaws, born for the first time in Argentina’s wilderness after they went extinct 150 years ago, are now learning to fly under the watchful eye of their parents. Tuco and Pure are the daughters of a captive-born breeding pair that were released years ago, and the two have had previous failures since first trying in 2019. “They were first-time parents in 2019,” said Talia Zamboni, a biologist from Rewilding Argentina informed. “But they did not have the experience, and sometimes those animals break their eggs, and the babies are not born.” Regenerating macaw populations is one…
PORT MACQUARIE, Australia — A giant man-eating crocodile named Shrek was filmed leaping meters into the air to grab his meat meal at the Billabong Zoo, in Port Macquarie, in the Australian state of New South Wales, on March 16. The monster crocodile gave visitors a real show. The zoo shared a video of Shrek on their Facebook page, writing, “Shrek, our monster croc, showing off his strength!” In the video, the giant reptile enjoys the daily attention of animal-loving visitors who watch excitedly as the zookeeper lures him with a piece of delicious raw meat on a stick until he jumps up high…
REHOVOT, Israel — Scientists in Israel have successfully grown mice fetuses with fully formed organs using an artificial womb. This scientific development might eventually lead to human babies being developed outside a mother’s womb. “We have grown hundreds of mice this way, in a method that has taken seven years to develop,” said Stem cell expert Professor Jacob Hanna of the Weizmann Institute of Science in the Israeli city of Rehovot. “I’m still captivated every time I see it.” “This could be relevant to other mammals, including humans, although we acknowledge that there are ethical issues related to growing humans outside the body.” The peer-reviewed journal…
A recent surge in rhinoceros poaching in Botswana has provoked a war of words between the country’s former President Ian Khama, acclaimed internationally as a conservationist, and the present government. In a recent Facebook post, Khama castigated the government of President Mokgweetsi Masisi for its failure to protect rhinos from poachers in the Okavango Delta and criticized its suspension of conservation measures he had implemented during his time in office. “The resources and coordination for anti-poaching are no longer operational. The ability of poachers to be able to continuously poach in the same areas over and over again is an…
MALABA, Kenya — Kenya is in a cross-border crisis with Uganda and Tanzania after banning maize imports from the two countries, allegedly because of high toxin levels in the grain. The ban was reviewed and criticized during a virtual meeting of the East Africa Grain Council on March 9. The stakeholders stated that the ban “was not the appropriate solution to the aflatoxin problem. The blanket ban is counterproductive and has instead created a crisis in the region.” Also, the ban comes as households in Kenya struggle with food shortages as a result of a lack of the staple grain, and…
YAOUNDE, Cameroon — A giant hippopotamus has been rescued from an open gold mining pit in eastern Cameroon just months after the bodies of at least two others were discovered floating in a river near the same area. The region is a major gold field, but the uncoordinated digging of this precious metal, mostly by foreign mining companies, has left the area peppered with countless open pits that have increasingly become death traps for both humans and animals. “Within six months, two hippopotamuses have died in the Kadéï River,” said Justin Kamga, coordinator of mining watchdog Forests and Rural Development. “This…
ALBURY, Australia — A 26-year-old man who made a fortune selling pedigree puppies that didn’t exist was nabbed by police in Albury, an Australian city in southern New South Wales, on March 17. Officers began investigating in February 2020 after being told people across Australia had sent the alleged offender money to secure a pup. Residents in New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia were conned, after seeing advertisements for cavoodle, toy poodle, dachshund, and corgi puppies posted on trading websites. After sending the money, the puppy never arrived and the man cut contact with them. The 26-year-old was arrested and…
SYDNEY — A new tertiary education institution blending features of the university and Technical And Further Education (TAFE) with a strong industry presence will help people into jobs, New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian said. The new Institute of Applied Technology will launch initially in Sydney, with Berejiklian suggesting the model should be picked up by other states and territories. “It is almost a third way,” said Berejiklian. “Eventually we hope this becomes a national scheme.” The new type of institution will offer ‘micro-credentialing’. A student might get a certificate at the end of their first year of study, then an associate degree…
CANBERRA, Australia — Australia has joined a global action group as the federal government prepares a roadmap for environmental change resilience. Environment Minister Sussan Ley said the new national climate resilience and adaptation strategy would be developed before major United Nations talks in Glasgow later this year. Countries have been urged to bring bolder climate action plans to the conference, such as higher emissions’ reduction targets. During a separate UN meeting, Ley said Australia had this week joined the global Adaptation Action Coalition. This new coalition will turn international political commitments made through the United Nations Call for Action on Adaptation…