Read more about the article KEEP IT IN THE FARM-ILY: Ancient Greeks Married First Cousins To Protect Their Estates
Image shows olive harvesting in the Aegean Bronze Age, undated photo. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, got new insights into Bronze Age marriage rules and family structures in Greece. (Nikola Nevenov/Newsflash)
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KEEP IT IN THE FARM-ILY: Ancient Greeks Married First Cousins To Protect Their Estates

Ancient Greeks kept their estates and farmlands together by arranging for first cousins to marry each other, a new study has revealed. Image shows Bronze Age family harvesting grain, undated photo. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, got new insights into Bronze Age marriage…

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January 17, 2023
Read more about the article RIP: Endangered Monkey Mum Mourns First Baby After It Was Stillborn
Image shows the dead stillborn monkey offspring and its mother, undated photo. The mother reportedly stood over the little one's lifeless body for two days before finally allowing keepers to take him away in the Gruener Zoo Wuppertal in the city of Wuppertal, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on Nov. 6, 2022. (Claudia Philipp, Gruener Zoo Wuppertal/CEN)
Animals

RIP: Endangered Monkey Mum Mourns First Baby After It Was Stillborn

One of the world's rarest primates is seen here mourning the death of her baby shortly after giving birth at a zoo in Germany. Image shows the dead stillborn monkey offspring and its mother, undated photo. The mother reportedly stood over the little one's lifeless body for two days before…

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November 15, 2022
Read more about the article Austrian Zoo Welcomes Its First African Penguin Offspring
The first African penguin chick that was born in the Salzburg Zoo in Austria. (Zoo Salzburg/Newsflash)
Animals

Austrian Zoo Welcomes Its First African Penguin Offspring

https://youtu.be/koX9xGrvSuo An Austrian zoo has welcomed the first African penguin offspring almost one year after its parents were brought from the Netherlands. The new fluffy African penguin (Spheniscus demersus) chick hatched in the Salzburg Zoo in Austria after its parents moved into their newly built enclosure at the beginning of…

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June 21, 2021
Read more about the article Moment First Baby Koala Of Season Appears From Mums Pouch
Baby Koala and her mom enjoying the sun in Wildlife ZOO, Australia. (Wildlife HQ Zoo, @s.u.e.j.o.y./Newsflash)
Animals

Moment First Baby Koala Of Season Appears From Mums Pouch

https://youtu.be/_oa6-7vLNiM This is the moment the first baby koala of the season cuddles its mum and nibbles on a eucalyptus leaf at an Australian animal park. The cute scene was filmn state of Queensland, and the footage was shared on social media. The Wildlife HQ said on Facebook: “Cuteness alert!…

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June 21, 2021
Animals

Fluffy Flamingos Chicks Takes First Bath

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_etqlZjl4w These four fluffy baby flamingos chicks are seen taking their first bath since they hatched. The adorable sight of the newborn chicks was captured in a video recorded at the Pafos Zoo in the city of Paphos, Cyprus and the footage was posted by the park staff on 14th…

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June 20, 2021