Earth: An asteroid from space slammed into the Earth’s surface 66 million years ago, leaving a massive crater underneath the sea and wreaking havoc on the planet. It isn’t the asteroid that doomed the dinosaurs to extinction, but a previously unknown crater 248 miles off the coast of West Africa that was created right around […]
There’s a new approach to tackle climate change is to bring back Wolly Mammoths, the idea is that the Mammoths like elephants – are particularly adept at bashing down forests, which might not sound conducive to helping climate change, but it could create large grasslands in the tundra of Siberia, which could help to preserve […]
New species are discovered and go extinct all the time. Unfortunately, these events are happening at an accelerated rate, between 1,000 and 10,000 times higher than the natural extinction rate, according to the WWF website. In response to this troubling trend, zoos collect DNA samples of animals before they go extinct. Although efforts must be focused […]
AL AIN: As part of its varied projects to preserve the world’s endangered species, Al Ain Zoo has adopted a variety of animal welfare programmes with the aim of protecting and caring for the hippopotamuses that live within its specialised enclosures, all designed according to the highest standards of animal care and best global practices. […]
