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
The Zurich Film Festival will pay tribute to filmmaker Martin McDonagh as it gives a gala premiere to his latest film, “Wild Horse Nine,” starring John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell. The London-based director will receive the festival’s prestigious A Tribute To … Award in recognition of his “outstanding contribution to cinema,” and will also take
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“Wild Inside” is an enchanting movie, and a haunting one too. It’s a documentary about Flaco, the owl who escaped from the Central Park Zoo and spent a year living in the wilds of New York City. Since that story was widely covered when it happened in 2023, turning Flaco into an international media sensation,
Mysterious black lesions found on brown bullhead catfish (Ameiurus nebulosus) in Lake Memphremagog, straddling the borders of Canada and the United States, turned out to be a type of transmissible melanoma. Credit: Phil Degginger/Alamy Researchers have discovered a contagious cancer in catfish, just the fourth example of tumor cells spreading naturally from one animal to
French animation and visual effects company STIM, whose credits include “The Wild Robot,” “The Garfield Movie” and “Coyote vs. Acme,” is opening a production center in Spain’s Canary Islands, with plans to create more than 100 jobs as it expands its European operations. STIM Tenerife will begin operations in August and expects to employ 60
