Source: Scientific American A new preprint field study reveals that New York City’s rats are not only resilient survivors but also highly social animals with a hidden nightlife. Using wireless ultrasonic recorders and thermal cameras at parks, sidewalks, and subway...

Source: Dispatch Ohio’s deer herd is facing two major disease threats: Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) and Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). EHD, a viral illness spread by tiny biting midges, causes fever, facial swelling, disorientation, and respiratory distress,...

Source: The Conversation Brain worm (Parelaphostrongylus tenuis) is a parasitic nematode that infects white-tailed deer without symptoms but devastates moose, elk, and other ungulates. Once in the nervous system, it causes neurological disorders such as circling,...

Source: The Ithaca Voice Cornell University has proposed building a new Wildlife Rehabilitation Aviary next to the Janet L. Swanson Wildlife Hospital on Hungerford Hill Road in Ithaca. The 6,816-square-foot facility would focus on rehabilitating eagles, raptors, and...

Source: Newsweek Fourteen employees at Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter in Billings, Montana, fell ill after being exposed to methamphetamine-laced smoke when FBI agents incinerated two pounds of drugs in the facility’s crematorium. The incinerator, located in a...

Source: AP News Ghost, a giant Pacific octopus at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, is nearing the end of her natural life cycle and has received an outpouring of affection from visitors and social media fans. After laying unfertilized eggs that will never...

Source: Island News Hawaii Police Department K9 Archer, a six-and-a-half-year-old narcotics detection dog, tragically died after being left in a police vehicle for an “unacceptable” amount of time while his handler was on duty at the station. Interim Police Chief Reed...

Source: DVM 360 The Healthy Trade Initiative (HTI), in partnership with the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine (UTCVM), has launched the Herp Adoption Program, a national initiative providing humane surrender options for reptiles and amphibians....

Source: NBC News The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported six rabies-related deaths in the U.S. over the past year—the highest in years—amid a rise in outbreaks among wild animals such as bats, foxes, skunks, and raccoons. At least 15 likely...

Source: National Geographic Each summer in Vestmannaeyjabær, Iceland—a town neighboring the world’s largest puffin colony—the annual ritual of rescuing misguided puffin chicks, known as pufflings, unfolds. At night, these six-week-old fledglings emerge from dark...