Pig transplant research yields pork safe for some with red meat allergy caused by lone star tick ~health medicine Article 502 words 20 votes
The horse nerd’s review of Elden Ring – how Torrent satisfies gameplay needs but fails at horse movement ~games Link 42 votes
High-altitude cave used by Tibetan Buddhists yields a Denisovan fossil ~science Article 580 words 14 votes
Denmark will introduce a levy on farm emissions in what is set to be one of the world's first carbon taxes on agriculture ~enviro climate change Article 77 words 26 votes
Big farms are under pressure to address the problem of dying salmon in Norway's vast fish-farm industry ~enviro Article 913 words 9 votes
Montana man, 80, pleads guilty to creating giant mutant hybrid bighorns ~science biology Article 728 words 35 votes
Researchers were able to isolate the brain from the rest of the body of a pig, and kept it alive and functioning for five hours ~science Link 59 votes
When the great apes at Furuvik Zoo in Sweden broke free from their enclosure last winter, the keepers faced a terrible choice ~life work Article 7479 words 19 votes
Inside the world of guide dog dropouts (2019) ~life.pets Article 1690 words, published Nov 11 2019 26 votes
The Silk Road: Eight goods traded along the ancient network ~humanities.history Article 1322 words, published Jun 29 2023 7 votes
Björk and Rosalía have collaborated on a new song to benefit activists fighting against industrial salmon farming in Björk's native Iceland ~music Article 643 words 6 votes
Aquaculture is bringing jobs and money to rural Icelandic regions, but a huge escape of farmed fish in August could devastate local salmon populations ~enviro Article 1674 words 7 votes
The highest-ranking penguin in the world, Sir Nils Olav III, has been promoted to Major General by the Norwegian King's Guard ~life Link 41 votes
Finland, Europe's leading producer of fox fur, has begun slaughtering 120,000 foxes and mink to stem an outbreak of avian flu that has hit fur farms ~enviro Article 290 words 8 votes
The pork industry’s forced cannibalism, explained ~food meat Article 1667 words, published Aug 5 2023 48 votes
Charles Henry Turner’s insights into animal behavior were a century ahead of their time ~science Article 1976 words 4 votes
A seed survival story: How trees keep 'friends' close and 'enemies' guessing ~science biology Article 1112 words 12 votes
Injection of kidney protein improves working memory in monkeys ~science biology Article 814 words 9 votes
Cash-strapped Finnish zoo is preparing to return two giant pandas on loan from China as it can no longer afford their upkeep ~enviro conservation Link 5 votes
An mRNA–lipid nanoparticle vaccine protects animals from twenty influenza lineages ~health medicine Link 4 votes
More than 1,000 mink farms in Denmark were ordered to close over fears of a Covid mutation – two years on, most will never reopen ~enviro Article 809 words 7 votes
OneWhale charity aims to establish first open water safe haven in a reserve for whales, including a Russian beluga that went viral on YouTube ~enviro conservation Article 677 words 2 votes
Alaska cancels snow crab season for first time after population collapses ~enviro climate change Article 575 words 16 votes
Denmark to allow significantly reduced mink production – limits on the number of people allowed to visit farms ~enviro Article 510 words 5 votes
Danish commission has harshly criticized the country's government for its decision to cull millions of healthy mink at the height of the coronavirus pandemic ~health Article 421 words 5 votes
Danish farmers turn their backs on mink after Covid mutation cull – just a handful of mink breeders express an interest in re-entering fur industry ~enviro Article 555 words 3 votes
Five parrots separated at British zoo after encouraging each other to curse profusely at guests ~science biology Article 307 words, published Sep 30 2020 18 votes
Are plants animals like any other? ~humanities philosophy Article 1819 words, published Apr 5 2021 5 votes
Book review: Are We Smart Enough To Know How Smart Animals Are? ~science biology Article 3631 words 4 votes
Pollution fears over mink buried after Covid culling in Denmark – signs of pollution detected at burial sites but no water contamination ~enviro pollution.ground Article 310 words 9 votes
Denmark will dig up millions of dead mink after a hasty cull and burial intended to stamp out a coronavirus mutation ended with a new contamination risk ~enviro pollution.ground Article 20 votes
Opposition MPs in Denmark have urged the government to dig up millions of mink that were buried in mass graves amid Covid-19 fears ~health Article 42 words 4 votes