Watch giant pandas Mei Xiang and Tian Tian sliding and rolling around in snow in their habitat at Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington in this video. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/watch-giant-pandas-frolic-in-snow-national-zoo-video…
Tag: Lions
Mars, Pleiades, and Andromeda over Stone Lions
Three very different — and very famous — objects were all captured in a single frame last month. Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html…
Mountain lions in Los Angeles are so inbred they have L-shaped tails
A few dozen mountain lions are trapped in a rural patch of Los Angeles by highways that limit their movement, and have become so inbred they developed kinks in their tails Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2254332-mountain-lions-in-los-angeles-are-so-inbred-they-have-l-shaped-tails/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Lions Are Less Likely To Attack Cattle With Eyes Painted on Their Backsides
An anonymous reader shares a report: The predation of livestock by carnivores, and the retaliatory killing of carnivores as a result, is a major global conservation challenge. Such human-wildlife conflicts are a key driver of large carnivore declines and the costs of coexistence are often disproportionately borne by rural communities in the global south. While current approaches tend to focus on…
No one knows why decapitated sea lions keep turning up in Vancouver, Canada
It’s unknown who or what is killing these sea lions on Canada’s Pacific coast. Source: https://www.livescience.com/sea-lion-decapitations.html
How are zoo animals handling the coronavirus shutdown?
How captive animals are coping with the sudden emptiness of the world’s zoos and aquariums Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/zoo-aquarium-animals-coronavirus-shutdown…
Meet Regulus, the Lion’s Heart
The bright star Regulus is very prominent in the evening sky in May. It looks like a single point of light, but is really 4 stars. It’s the brightest star in the constellation Leo the Lion. Source: https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/best-regulus-the-heart-of-the-lion…
Ready, set, explore Earth from home
We’re at home. How about you? But we just discovered these virtual tours, galleries and live webcams from around the world, which we wanted to share. Stay home, and have some virtual fun … Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/ready-set-explore-earth-from-home…
Chinese New Year 2020 falls on January 25
Chinese New Year 2020 falls on January 25 in Asia (January 24 in the west), beginning the Year of the Rat. China’s public holiday will be January 24-30. In Beijing this week, Chinese health officials expressed concerns about a coronavirus now spreading during this heavy travel season in Asia. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/chinese-new-year-lunar-new-year…
Two Lion Cub Mummies Discovered in Egypt for the First Time
Two mummified lions, dating back about 2,600 years, have been discovered in a tomb full of cat statues and cat mummies in Saqqara, in Egypt. Source: https://www.livescience.com/lion-cub-mummies-saqqara-egypt.html