Animals
Disease-causing tapeworm found in Puget Sound coyotes in first confirmed West Coast wild detection
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University of Washington researchers report finding the parasitic tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis in more than one-third of coyotes tested around Puget Sound, the first confirmed detection of the parasite in a wild host on the contiguous U.S. West Coast.
Residents in Björklinge have been disturbed for several months each year by rooks nesting in the trees. Uppsala Municipality is now responding to the complaints and will begin work on an action plan next week.
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The family of the duck Merlín attended President Claudia Sheinbaum’s morning conference at the National Palace on Monday, June 22.
DNA extracted from preserved Arctic ground squirrel droppings has uncovered details of a diverse ice-age ecosystem in the Yukon region dating back hundreds of thousands of years.
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A bear sighted near schools and residential areas in Utsunomiya was captured following a dayslong hunt.
Scientists have used genetic analysis of historic specimens to determine that the crocodiles once found in the Seychelles were not a unique species but an isolated population of saltwater crocodiles. The reptiles likely reached the remote islands after drifting across the Indian Ocean. The population was wiped out within decades of permanent human settlement in 1770.
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Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann announced that stray dogs will be removed from high footfall public spaces across the state in line with a Supreme Court order issued on May 19, 2026.
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