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Two new studies reveal fascinating new information about why some animals are able to live so long. Let me introduce you to five animals who lived over a century, and their remarkable lives.
It’s essential to save the steelworks, but that
s just the start.
One aquarium in Japan has asked the public to make video calls to captive garden eels so they don’t forget about human visitors.
Contrary to dozens of aquariums’ warning signs, flash photography does not affect seahorses.
The release of the movie ‘Finding Dory’ comes with renewed calls to leave fish in reefs – a good idea in this case – but catching some ornamental fish can have a positive impact on reef communities.
The history of displaying exotic animals seems to be one of evolving public expectations about what constitutes acceptable conditions. Is it a case of the more things change, the more they stay the same?
You need only look at the papers or television news to see the reports. Infectious disease outbreaks, weather emergencies and disasters both natural and man-made. They’re all not just threats to human…
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Clinical Instructor of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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