• Marsupial of the year heats up as koala and glider take on animal that mates itself to death

    Marsupial of the year heats up as koala and glider take on animal that mates itself to death
    The Project hopes competition will raise big money for underfunded organisations working to protect beloved speciesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTense competition is brewing between the greater glider and the koala in Australia’s marsupial of the year vote but there are hopes a silky-tailed species that “mates themselves to death” could win over voters and maybe even save it from heading towards
  • Crocodiles and snakes ‘washed into communities’ as flood hits Nigerian zoo

    Crocodiles and snakes ‘washed into communities’ as flood hits Nigerian zoo
    Park in Borno state says more than 80% of its animals have been killed and urges residents to take precautionsFloods in northern Nigeria have killed more than 80% of the animals in a large zoo housing wildlife from lions and crocodiles to buffalo and ostriches, the facility has said.“Some deadly animals have been washed away into our communities, like crocodiles and snakes,” the Sanda Kyarimi Park zoo added in a statement on the floods in the northern Borno state, urging residents to

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