Read more about the article SWARM-AGGEDDON: Alien Invader Wasp Threatens North America’s Forests With Females Capable Of Producing 1,000 Offspring
Sirex noctilio, also known as the Sirex woodwasp. (Flora Krivak-Tetley/Newsflash)
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SWARM-AGGEDDON: Alien Invader Wasp Threatens North America’s Forests With Females Capable Of Producing 1,000 Offspring

A superwasp able to produce 1,000 offspring is threatening vast forests in North America, a new study has revealed. The Sirex woodwasp lays its eggs on pine trees in a mucus and a fungus that are both deadly to the host. The species - native to Asia, Europe an North…

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June 24, 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)
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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 Two Black And White Ruffed Lemur Offspring Born In The Heidelberg Zoo In Germany
The two Black-and-white ruffed lemurs that were born in the Heidelberg Zoo in Germany in April. (Heidelberg Zoo/Newsflash)
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Two Black And White Ruffed Lemur Offspring Born In The Heidelberg Zoo In Germany

https://youtu.be/gcBKaTnEbf8 New black-and-white ruffed lemur offspring that were born in a German zoo in mid-April have received their first visitors in the outdoor enclosure. Two black-and-white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata) babies endemic to the African island of Madagascar were born for the third time in the Heidelberg zoo in Germany…

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June 1, 2021
Read more about the article Offspring Of Lion-Tiger Cross And Lion Is Unique Liliger
Pic Shows: The liger eating; Safari park workers in Russia have discovered this big cat thought to have been a liger is actually a much rarer species, a liliger- a liger crossed with a lion.
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Offspring Of Lion-Tiger Cross And Lion Is Unique Liliger

Story By: Ginger Mahotchina, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News Video Credit: CEN/@safaripark25.TV Safari park workers in Russia have discovered this big cat thought to have been a liger - the offspring of a male lion with a female tiger - is actually a much rarer liliger- a liger crossed with a lion. Staff at the Primorsky…

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October 24, 2019