Good News Notes: “Six critically endangered red wolves were introduced into the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge in coastal North Carolina. But unlike other wolves, no one brought these new canines to the Outer Banks area as part of a federal program to recover a dying species. For the first time in four years, these…
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Hummingbirds Can See Colours We Can’t Even Imagine, Experiment Reveals
Good News Notes: “Hummingbirds can perceive colours that the human eye cannot, thanks to the addition of an extra cone in the hummingbird’s eye that we don’t possess, new research reveals. The findings, demonstrated in experiments with wild broad-tailed hummingbirds (Selasphorus platycercus) in Colorado, suggest that the ability to discriminate non-spectral colours (including ultraviolet wavelengths) could…
Detroit Zoo welcomes a new polar bear — just in time for mating season
Good News Notes: “It’s almost polar bear mating season at the Detroit Zoo and there’s a new bear in town. The zoo recently brought 19-year-old polar bear Anana to Royal Oak from the Cincinnati Zoo. The female bear came to the zoo at the end of January on a breeding recommendation from Association of Zoos & Aquariums…