Vol. 3 Issue 7, July 2021

Urban Fox Evolution

An intriguing study in the United Kingdom found that urban foxes exhibited differences in the shape of their skulls compared to rural foxes. The skull shape of the urban foxes showed characteristics also observed in the process of domestication.

Bear Bile Farms Are Being Phased Out in Vietnam
In the last decade, bear bile farming has ended in nine of the sixty-three provinces and municipalities in Vietnam. There are now only seven provinces with more than 10 bears in bile farms. Animals Asia is nearing its goal of ending bear bile farming in the country. READ MORE

A Ruby-throated Hummingbird’s Travel Journal
Follow Maria, a Ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris), as she migrates from her winter home in Costa Rica to her summer home in Potomac, Maryland where she will raise a new family. READ MORE