CHICAGO — A beluga whale died days after it was transported hundreds of miles to a Chicago aquarium from a shuttered Ontario park as part of an ongoing effort to rescue Canada’s last captive whales. The whale, a 23-year-old female named Peekachu, died suddenly Tuesday as caretakers tried to rehydrate her, Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium said
It was just after dawn on Wednesday morning at a maternity ward in the Pakistani capital when a horrific blaze erupted. It would go on to kill 14 infants as parents say they waited hours for help to arrive. Hivsa Walid was near the room at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) hospital with
The Swift space observatory has been in operation since 2004. It specializes in gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), the most energetic electromagnetic explosions known in the universe. Its original mission was supposed to last just two years. More than two decades later, it continues to explore some of the most violent phenomena in the cosmos. Now it
A rare eastern imperial eagle has been rescued from animal traffickers and released back into the wild in Serbia after months in captivity. After leaving the nest last year, Feliks was caught in Syria by poachers who eventually demanded a ransom – which was refused. After protracted talks the bird was taken to a wildlife
It was a “major operation” for the plane to be correctly configured in time by engineers and a design team, who fitted a stretcher in the back. The configuration took 24 hours, Robertson said, but takeoff was then delayed for another 12 hours while the crew waited for a suitable window in the weather. “We
More than 300 people abducted in separate attacks in Nigeria have been rescued, the country’s presidency says, in what it describes as the largest single-day operation by joint security forces. The victims were rescued from the Kainji Lake National Park in Niger state in an operation involving the military, police, intelligence unit and the National
