<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[Animals  - Newslocker]]></title><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/animals_news/</link><atom:link rel="self" href="https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/animals_news/rss/" /><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><description><![CDATA[Find your latest Animals  news with just one click. Don't miss out on anything happening in your profession!]]></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright (C) 2026 newslocker.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 06:00:00 +0100</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Short films made from brain activity of mice aim to show how they see world]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scientists hope results analysed after the mice watched video footage will help them understand their perceptionsScientists have reconstructed short movies from the brain activity of mice that watched videos for a project that aspires to lift the veil on how animals perceive the world.The brief movie clips are grainy and pixellated, but provide a glimpse of how mice processed footage that featured people taking part in various sports from gymnastics to horse riding and wrestling. Continue readin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/animals_news/short-films-made-from-brain-activity-of-mice-aim-to-show-how-they-see-world/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 06:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/animals_news/short-films-made-from-brain-activity-of-mice-aim-to-show-how-they-see-world/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The joys of dogs and anonymous owners | Brief letters]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canine chums | Guardian stirs things up | Bravo, Pedro | Eurovision switch-offWhen Lowry, my 14-year-old black labrador, died last July, fellow dog walkers gave me flowers, plants and even portraits of him. I was particularly pleased when they also gave me sympathy cards, because at last I knew their names (Letters, 8 March). Since then, when I have been out for lone walks, or have been in my front garden, I have been delighted when Pepper, Wilfred, Pippin and Peggy have dragged their still&nbsp]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/animals_news/the-joys-of-dogs-and-anonymous-owners-brief-letters/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 17:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/animals_news/the-joys-of-dogs-and-anonymous-owners-brief-letters/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The joys of dog and anonymous owners | Brief letters]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canine chums | Guardian stirs things up | Bravo, Pedro | Eurovision switch-offWhen Lowry, my 14-year-old black labrador, died last July, fellow dog walkers gave me flowers, plants and even portraits of him. I was particularly pleased when they also gave me sympathy cards, because at last I knew their names (Letters, 8 March). Since then, when I have been out for lone walks, or have been in my front garden, I have been delighted when Pepper, Wilfred, Pippin and Peggy have dragged their still&nbsp]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/animals_news/the-joys-of-dog-and-anonymous-owners-brief-letters/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 17:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/animals_news/the-joys-of-dog-and-anonymous-owners-brief-letters/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pet I’ll never forget: Luke, the blind dog whose unconditional love made me live again]]></title><description><![CDATA[He is an Australian shepherd dog who navigates the world with fearless joy. When I had two heart attacks, his unwavering devotion helped save me<br />
Luke, a blind Australian shepherd, came to us seven years ago, after we rescued him from a working horse farm. Even though he can&rsquo;t see, Luke moves around with a fearlessness that is inspiring.He compensates with his other senses; Luke can smell and hear at an astonishing level, that&rsquo;s how he notices things. But he also seems to understand t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/animals_news/the-pet-ill-never-forget-luke-the-blind-dog-whose-unconditional-love-made-me-live-again/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/animals_news/the-pet-ill-never-forget-luke-the-blind-dog-whose-unconditional-love-made-me-live-again/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Large tortoiseshell butterfly confirmed no longer extinct in UK]]></title><description><![CDATA[Early spring sightings show colourful insect is a resident species for first time in decades, says conservation charityThe large tortoiseshell &ndash; an elusive and enigmatic butterfly that became extinct in Britain in the last century &ndash; is a UK resident species once again, with a flurry of early spring sightings.Britain&rsquo;s list of native butterflies has increased to 60 with the return of the insect after individuals emerged from hibernation in woodlands in Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, D]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/animals_news/large-tortoiseshell-butterfly-confirmed-no-longer-extinct-in-uk/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/animals_news/large-tortoiseshell-butterfly-confirmed-no-longer-extinct-in-uk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How the ‘Galápagos of west Africa’ is plundered by floating fish factories]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Guardian investigation with DeSmog reveals thousands of tonnes of fish are illegally turned into fishmeal and oil off the coast of Guinea-BissauThe only ice factory on Bubaque, an island in west Africa&rsquo;s Guinea-Bissau, is out of service. Local fishers, such as Pedro Luis Pereira, are forced to source ice from factories on the mainland, about 70km away &ndash; a six-hour round trip by boat.&ldquo;The machines have been broken for months,&rdquo; Pereira says, as he pulls in his nets on the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/animals_news/how-the-galpagos-of-west-africa-is-plundered-by-floating-fish-factories/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/animals_news/how-the-galpagos-of-west-africa-is-plundered-by-floating-fish-factories/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Four-year-old clumber spaniel called Bruin wins best in show at Crufts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Owner Lee Cox describes the winner as &lsquo;dog of a lifetime&rsquo; as he claims the crown at prestigious dog contest Bruin, a clumber spaniel, has won the best in show prize at Crufts, which took place at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Birmingham.Owner Lee Cox described four-year-old Bruin as &ldquo;a dog of a lifetime&rdquo; as he won the competition and was met with roaring cheers from the audience. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/animals_news/four-year-old-clumber-spaniel-called-bruin-wins-best-in-show-at-crufts/</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 22:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/animals_news/four-year-old-clumber-spaniel-called-bruin-wins-best-in-show-at-crufts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It’s a crowded field for worst Tory leader | Brief letters]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kemi Badenoch | Fantasy homes | Dog owners&rsquo; names | Ferrero Rocher | Useful bed warmers | Tips for staying awakeJohn Crace asserts that Kemi Badenoch is &ldquo;the worst leader of the Tory party in living memory&rdquo; (Badenoch gives a borderline disgraceful performance at PMQs on Iran, 4 March). Really? Worse than Liz Truss?<br />
Roshi Saul<br />
Avening, Gloucestershire&bull; A warm welcome to &ldquo;Britain&rsquo;s newest affordable towns&rdquo; (Revealed: the new affordable commuter hotspots in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/animals_news/its-a-crowded-field-for-worst-tory-leader-brief-letters/</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 17:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/animals_news/its-a-crowded-field-for-worst-tory-leader-brief-letters/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Week in wildlife: a watchful egret, a sun-seeking swan and a procession of caterpillars]]></title><description><![CDATA[This week&rsquo;s best wildlife photographs from around the world Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/animals_news/week-in-wildlife-a-watchful-egret-a-sun-seeking-swan-and-a-procession-of-caterpillars/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/animals_news/week-in-wildlife-a-watchful-egret-a-sun-seeking-swan-and-a-procession-of-caterpillars/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Country diary: Wildcats are here and they’re on the march | Amanda Thomson]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cairngorms: Conservation efforts to help them are working &ndash; numbers are still small, but I&rsquo;ve seen signs in the late winter snowIt is always interesting to see how overnight snow reveals what goes on under the cover of night. Around the granny pines, I see the smaller fore and larger hind prints of a red squirrel. Across the fields and along&nbsp;pinewood paths, there is evidence of hares and badgers, pine martens and deer, before they veered off, back into the heather and blaeberry]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/animals_news/country-diary-wildcats-are-here-and-theyre-on-the-march-amanda-thomson/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 06:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/animals_news/country-diary-wildcats-are-here-and-theyre-on-the-march-amanda-thomson/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Germany moves to legalise wolf hunting in response to livestock ‘bloodlust’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lower house votes in favour of polarising law after rapid increase in population and attack on grazing farm animalsWolf hunting will be allowed in Germany under legislation passed by the lower house of parliament in response to a rapidly growing population and a sharp rise in attacks on livestock.The return and growth of the wolf population in the last three decades has emerged as a wedge issue in Germany, the land of the Brothers Grimm who popularised the spectre of the Big Bad Wolf. Continue r]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/animals_news/germany-moves-to-legalise-wolf-hunting-in-response-to-livestock-bloodlust/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 19:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/animals_news/germany-moves-to-legalise-wolf-hunting-in-response-to-livestock-bloodlust/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Social climber: Punch the monkey starts to outgrow his Ikea plushie]]></title><description><![CDATA[Japanese baby macaque, who appeared to find comfort in the djungelskog toy after being rejected by his mother, seems to be mixing more with his peersPunch, a baby macaque that stole the hearts of animal lovers around the world, is outgrowing his Ikea djungelskog plushie that comforted him after he was initially rejected by his mother and other monkeys at a zoo in Japan.Images of the seven-month-old dragging around a toy bigger than him drew attention to the residents of Ichikawa city zoo near To]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/animals_news/social-climber-punch-the-monkey-starts-to-outgrow-his-ikea-plushie/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 07:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/animals_news/social-climber-punch-the-monkey-starts-to-outgrow-his-ikea-plushie/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘A real dark situation to be in’: thousands of starving seabirds stranded in biggest ‘wreck’ in a decade]]></title><description><![CDATA[Puffins, guillemots, razorbills and terns are washing up on shores across Europe, after a string of storms affected their ability to find foodThe two puffins washed up among seaweed and bits of plastic on a beach in Newquay, Cornwall, on a damp February morning. Normally, these much-loved seabirds pull in crowds of tourists eager to see their courtship rituals, but these were rolling in the surf, dead. Most people walking past probably missed them.Their breast bones were sticking out, they had n]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/animals_news/a-real-dark-situation-to-be-in-thousands-of-starving-seabirds-stranded-in-biggest-wreck-in-a-decade/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/animals_news/a-real-dark-situation-to-be-in-thousands-of-starving-seabirds-stranded-in-biggest-wreck-in-a-decade/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Specieswatch: is the world’s wildlife entering its ‘samey’ era?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scientists are calling loss of biodiversity the &lsquo;homogenocene&rsquo;, where niche species are pushed out by generalists like pigeons and ratsPlants and animals are disappearing at an alarming rate across the planet, with some estimates suggesting a loss of up to 150 species every day. Meanwhile, the versatile species that thrive alongside humans, such as pigeons, rats and cockroaches, expand to fill the vacant gaps. Some scientists are calling this loss of biodiversity the &ldquo;homogenoc]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/animals_news/specieswatch-is-the-worlds-wildlife-entering-its-samey-era/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/animals_news/specieswatch-is-the-worlds-wildlife-entering-its-samey-era/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Polite men do still walk among us | Brief letters]]></title><description><![CDATA[Making room on the street | Trump&rsquo;s rash | Cognitive shuffling | Belling bed-warmers | Neighbours&rsquo; dogRegarding your letters on men pushing women in the street (20 February), I have just returned from an hour&rsquo;s walk, and I&rsquo;m pleased to say that, on two separate occasions, men walking towards me voluntarily changed their trajectory to let me past. I just kept walking in a straight line.&nbsp;Maybe they read the Guardian, or maybe men in Bradford are considerate.<br />
Jane Thewl]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/animals_news/polite-men-do-still-walk-among-us-brief-letters/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 18:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/animals_news/polite-men-do-still-walk-among-us-brief-letters/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wild-born birds recruited to teach critically endangered regent honeyeaters their lost songs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Researchers hope restoring the original song will improve breeding prospects for birds released into the wildGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastScientists have rescued the lost song of the critically endangered regent honeyeater &ndash; one of Australia&rsquo;s rarest birds.Regent honeyeaters were once seen in vast flocks across south-eastern Australia, with a distribution that ranged from Queensland to Kangaroo Island in South Australia. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/animals_news/wild-born-birds-recruited-to-teach-critically-endangered-regent-honeyeaters-their-lost-songs/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/animals_news/wild-born-birds-recruited-to-teach-critically-endangered-regent-honeyeaters-their-lost-songs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Australian wildlife in ‘harm’s way’ with volunteers left to ‘pick up the pieces’ amid climate crisis, fires and floods]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ken Henry leads push for federal government to do more to protect animals as biodiversity declinesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLabor is being pushed to introduce tough new national rules for protecting threatened species exposed to disasters including bushfires and floods, with the former Treasury boss Ken Henry among advocates warning that risks to wildlife could reach a point of no return.Months after a major rewrite of environment laws passed parliament, a consor]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/animals_news/australian-wildlife-in-harms-way-with-volunteers-left-to-pick-up-the-pieces-amid-climate-crisis-fires-and-floods/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/animals_news/australian-wildlife-in-harms-way-with-volunteers-left-to-pick-up-the-pieces-amid-climate-crisis-fires-and-floods/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pet I’ll never forget: Harvey, the most human of cats who helped me through grief and illness]]></title><description><![CDATA[He could use door handles and steal catnip from the kitchen cupboards. And, when I became very unwell, he would pace around me like a doctor on call Harvey came into our lives during a year of loss. It was 2004, and my grandmother had just died, quickly followed by our beloved cat Skeet (Manx English for &ldquo;nosy&rdquo;). With the family thrown into mourning, the house became eerily quiet and still, and my mother was grieving.I was only 11, and did not know how to take care of her, but I did]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/animals_news/the-pet-ill-never-forget-harvey-the-most-human-of-cats-who-helped-me-through-grief-and-illness/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/animals_news/the-pet-ill-never-forget-harvey-the-most-human-of-cats-who-helped-me-through-grief-and-illness/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I love midges because I know what their hearts look like’: is the passion for taxonomy in danger of dying out?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Insect taxonomist Art Borkent has described and named more than 300 species of midges but fears his field of science is dying out, despite millions of insects, fungi and other organisms waiting to be discoveredOnce Art Borkent starts speaking about biting midges, he rarely pauses for breath. Holding up a picture of a gnat trapped in amber from the time of the dinosaurs, the 72-year-old taxonomist explains that there are more than 6,000 ceratopogonidae species known to science. He has described a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/animals_news/i-love-midges-because-i-know-what-their-hearts-look-like-is-the-passion-for-taxonomy-in-danger-of-dying-out/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/animals_news/i-love-midges-because-i-know-what-their-hearts-look-like-is-the-passion-for-taxonomy-in-danger-of-dying-out/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shark culls brought in after fatal attack causes division and anger in New Caledonia]]></title><description><![CDATA[Authorities say capture of bull and tiger sharks necessary to protect lives as environmentalists launch urgent legal challengeSome beaches in areas of New Caledonia are closed to swimming and the authorities have begun shark culling off the capital, Noum&eacute;a, after a fatal attack in the popular tourist spot &ndash; prompting a legal challenge to stop the operation and reigniting debate over public safety and marine conservation.The culling operation began on 23 February, after a man from Ne]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/animals_news/shark-culls-brought-in-after-fatal-attack-causes-division-and-anger-in-new-caledonia/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 05:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/animals_news/shark-culls-brought-in-after-fatal-attack-causes-division-and-anger-in-new-caledonia/</guid></item></channel></rss>