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California
fromLos Angeles Times
4 days ago

Stealing from the dead: Medical Examiner's investigator pleads to theft charge

Adrian Munoz pleaded no contest to stealing a crucifix from a deceased man, receiving jail time and probation as punishment.
#wildlife-trade
Coronavirus
fromNature
5 days ago

Almost half of traded wildlife carry disease-causing pathogens

Nearly half of wild mammal species traded carry pathogens that can infect humans, linking wildlife trade to major disease outbreaks.
Coronavirus
fromwww.npr.org
5 days ago

How bad for humans is wildlife trade? A new study has answers

The wildlife trade significantly increases the risk of zoonotic diseases transferring from animals to humans.
fromBoston.com
6 days ago

Officer improperly canceled visa of Harvard scholar charged with frog embryo smuggling, judge rules

"The undisputed facts reveal that Ms. Petrova's visa was impermissibly canceled because of the frog embryo samples and for no other reason," Reiss wrote.
OMG science
Agriculture
fromRealagriculture
6 days ago

Bushels & Bytes, Ep 5: Chute-side data is reshaping livestock health management

Technology enhances livestock production by shifting data use from reactive treatment to proactive herd management.
fromNature
1 week ago

How DNA forensics is transforming studies of ancient manuscripts

"It had its own biography, its own deep history. It seemed like an archaeological site between covers," recalls Stinson, who is now a medievalist at North Carolina State University in Raleigh.
History
SOMA, SF
fromSan Jose Inside
2 weeks ago

DA Hires Stanford Grad to Run County Crime Lab

Sandra Burnham Sachs is the new chief of the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Crime Lab, succeeding Dr. Ian Fitch.
Pets
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Reforms must be fair tovets and pet owners | Letters

Increased veterinary costs and reduced services threaten the availability of essential pet care for owners.
DC food
fromTruthout
2 weeks ago

How Maryland's Medical Examiner Helped Conceal Suspicious Deaths

Dr. David Fowler's controversial rulings on deaths in police custody have sparked significant media scrutiny and debate over his use of the excited delirium theory.
#brooklyn
Brooklyn
fromNew York Post
2 weeks ago

Man's body found on rocks at Brooklyn park: NYPD

A man's body was found on the shoreline of Calvert Vaux Park in Brooklyn, with no obvious signs of trauma.
Medicine
fromNature
2 weeks ago

Eye drops made from pig semen deliver cancer treatment to mice

Pig semen-derived eye drops can halt retinal tumor growth and preserve vision in mice, offering a potential treatment for retinoblastoma in children.
Pets
fromNature
2 weeks ago

A Career in Wildlife Medicine Is Its Own Reward | Blog | Nature | PBS

Working as a Licensed Veterinary Technician at a zoo is rewarding, combining joy and challenges while contributing to wildlife conservation.
London politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Dog digs up possible link to notorious 19th-century Devon murder case

A dog in Devon unearthed a bottle linked to a Victorian murder case involving Mary Ann Ashford, who was convicted of poisoning her husband.
Pets
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

Dogs, Cats, and Other Nonhumans Are Not 'Just Animals'

A new book challenges speciesist narratives and promotes deeper respect for animals as sentient beings with powerful social bonds.
OMG science
fromFuturism
3 weeks ago

Scientists Recruit Undergrad to Step Into Room Filled With Ravenous Mosquitoes for "Full-Body Massacre"

Georgia Tech's study reveals how mosquitoes select prey, demonstrating their behavior changes based on visual and chemical cues from targets.
fromPsychology Today
4 weeks ago

When We Assume Psychopathy Is Involved in Serial Murders

When the topic of serial murder comes up, almost reflexively, the diagnosis of psychopathic personality is given as an explanation for the offender's behavior. Question: "Why did he kill all these people?" Answer: "He's a psychopath." It seems that once it is proclaimed that the serial killer is a psychopath, everything is understood. This assertion has gained such widespread acceptance that its validity is never questioned.
Psychology
fromMail Online
2 weeks ago

Scientists explain why entire pack of wolves needed to be euthanised

The charity claims long-term separation was not a viable solution, as wolves' welfare is closely tied to living within a stable pack structure, and isolation can create further welfare concerns.
Pets
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
1 month ago

AI techniques speed up forensic analysis of crucial crime scene larvae

A maggot's age and species can give essential information to forensic entomologists investigating murders. Combing through these fly larvae, investigators can potentially learn when and where a crime happened, whether the body has been moved or whether toxins were involved. For example, blowflies are among the earliest insect colonizers of corpses; they typically sniff out and lay eggs on a dead body within minutes to hours.
Roam Research
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

The Guardian view on vets: there is nothing cuddly about this under-regulated market | Editorial

The Competition and Markets Authority found that consumers have overpaid roughly £1 billion in veterinary fees over five years, highlighting a significant issue in the market.
Pets
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

Ultrasound waves could help hedgehogs avoid being run over by cars

Hedgehogs possess ultrasonic hearing capabilities that could be leveraged through vehicle-mounted sound repellents to reduce road traffic deaths, addressing a critical conservation crisis affecting one-third of the population.
Medicine
fromNature
1 month ago

Daily briefing: Vaccine-carrying mosquitoes could inoculate bats against rabies

Engineered mosquitoes carrying vaccines in saliva show promise for preventing rabies and Nipah virus transmission from bats to humans, though field effectiveness remains uncertain.
fromNature
1 month ago

Prevent pandemics through One Health commitments

Risks of outbreaks with pandemic potential rise with increasing land-use change, biodiversity loss and climate change. The Pandemic Agreement adopted by the World Health Assembly in 2025 marks a historic shift that establishes the One Health approach as a legally binding obligation for pandemic prevention.
Public health
fromQueens, NY Patch
1 month ago

Possible Human Remains Found In NYC Wildlife Sanctuary: NYPD

Possible human remains were found in the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Thursday night. Police confirmed that the remains were found around 10:30 p.m. near Cross Bay Boulevard along a section of the refuge that connects Howard Beach and Broad Channel.
Miscellaneous
Law
fromAbove the Law
1 month ago

This Is Why Criminal Justice Needs Number Nerds - Above the Law

Data-driven evidence, not ideology, should guide criminal justice reform through incentive-based systems and rigorous testing of policies.
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

Vaccinating bats could be good for people. But how do you vaccinate a bat?

Bats carry a lot of very deadly pathogens like Ebola virus, Nipah, Hendra, coronavirus, and also rabies virus. People are finding more and more bat-borne viruses. When such viruses are transmitted to humans, the results are often fatal so there's a lot of interest in trying to prevent spillover in the first place.
Coronavirus
OMG science
fromNature
1 month ago

Could flies sniff out contraband chemicals?

Mutant insects could potentially detect narcotics and explosives, while ash seeds employ a screw propeller mechanism for dispersal.
Roam Research
fromArs Technica
1 month ago

How moss helped convict grave robbers of a Chicago cemetery

Cemetery officials were caught grave-robbing after becoming reckless, with moss analysis providing crucial evidence for prosecution.
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Woman's death in home prompts murder investigation

This is a tragic incident in which a woman has lost her life. We are working to establish the full circumstances of what happened, and we are keeping an open mind to pursue all lines of inquiry. We urge anyone who was in the area of Bath Road, who may have seen or heard anything unusual, to come forward.
UK news
OMG science
fromMail Online
1 month ago

Scientists solve the mystery of why cats always land on their feet

Cats' ability to land on their feet results from an exceptionally flexible thoracic spine that rotates nearly three times more than their lumbar spine, enabling rapid mid-air body reorientation.
EU data protection
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Met DNA database missing nearly half of officers

The Metropolitan Police lacks DNA records for 46% of officers and fingerprint records for 20%, potentially compromising their ability to identify contamination at crime scenes and investigate internal misconduct.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

How a clump of moss helped convict grave robbers in Illinois

They asked if I knew about moss and brought the evidence to the museum. An investigation by local police had found human remains buried under inches of earth at the cemetery, a site of enormous historical importance. Several prominent African Americans are buried at the cemetery, including Emmett Till, whose murder in 1955 became a catalyst for the civil rights movement, and the blues singer Dinah Washington.
Roam Research
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

Family of grandmother who died from rabies tell jury of loss and devastation'

A grandmother died from rabies after being scratched by a stray dog in Morocco, prompting her family to urge public awareness about seeking immediate medical care for animal bites abroad.
Pets
fromwww.amny.com
1 month ago

Paws and reflect: NYC's Animal Medical Center treated critters from the smallest to the colossal in 2025

NYC's Schwarzman Animal Medical Center treated nearly 60,000 animals in 2025 while completing a $125 million renovation, maintaining 24/7 emergency services throughout construction.
fromNature
1 month ago

The age of animal experiments is waning. Where will science go next?

Last November, the UK government announced a bold plan to phase out animal testing in some areas of research. Animal tests for skin irritation are scheduled for elimination this year, and some studies on dogs should be slashed by 2030. The long-term vision is 'a world where the use of animals in science is eliminated in all but exceptional circumstances'.
Science
Environment
fromFortune
1 month ago

Animal behavioralists saved a rhino with bleeding eyes by giving it eye drops, in a "ridiculous idea" gone right | Fortune

Voluntary training allowed caretakers to safely administer eyedrops to an endangered white rhino in Zimbabwe, preserving vision and protecting a community reintroduction program.
US news
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Genealogical sites have helped solve major crimes. Police in Nancy Guthrie's case might turn to them

Investigators may use DNA genealogy databases to match DNA from Nancy Guthrie's case and potentially identify suspects or relatives when CODIS yields no matches.
Public health
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Dozens of swans dead in Docklands due to bird flu

At least 51 swans died from a highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak at West India and Millwall Docks in east London, with the strain particularly affecting young swans born in spring.
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

Almost half of officers' DNA still missing from Met Police database

Nearly half of Metropolitan Police officers' DNA and over a fifth of their fingerprints are missing from elimination databases, potentially hindering criminal investigations and internal misconduct detection.
fromMail Online
2 months ago

Smartphones are now the most crucial piece of evidence in crime probes

Smartphones are now the most crucial source of digital evidence in solving nearly every criminal investigation, a report has found. Detectives rely on the wealth of information held on the devices in 97 per cent of cases - double the number in which data from laptops was needed. With the devices containing swathes of detailed messages, photos and location data, police chiefs told the Mail the devices had become 'a crime scene in your pocket'.
Digital life
fromTheregister
2 months ago

Tech support detective solved crime by checking the carpark

"A floor manager responsible for production asked me to fix his PC, which was so slow he could literally make a coffee in the time between double-clicking an icon and having the program open," Parker told On Call. The manager's PC was only a year old and ran Windows XP, a combo that at the time of this tale should have made for decent performance.
Information security
Privacy professionals
fromwww.cbc.ca
2 months ago

Why solving cold case killings just got much harder for police | CBC News

Limits on access to Ancestry.com's genealogical data are making police genetic genealogy investigations of cold-case murders significantly harder.
Miscellaneous
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

'Cold blooded' murder was well planned, court told

Four men are accused of planning the 2020 Telford assassination of rapper Tamba Momodu (Teerose); three deny murder, one pleaded guilty to arson.
Science
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
1 month ago

The surprising scientific value of roadkill

Researchers use roadkill as a valuable scientific resource to study wildlife behavior, track species distribution, obtain specimens ethically, and discover new species across diverse research applications.
Pets
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Dog's remains found at scene of Fremont fire

A small fire in a Fremont bicycle lane on Tuesday resulted in the discovery of minimally burned dog remains; the cause of death remains undetermined.
fromBoston.com
1 month ago

Police investigating after piece of a pig turns up in Newton park

Police do not know if the meat was intended "to feed wildlife, to lure animals for hunting, or some other unknown reason," the department said. "Hunting on conservation land and in Newton parks is prohibited under Massachusetts General Law Chapter 131, Section 59, which forbids hunting or harming wildlife on any reservation, park, common, or land owned or leased by the Commonwealth of its municipalities, except under very limited, authorized circumstances," Newton police wrote in a Facebook post.
Environment
fromSFGATE
2 months ago

Body found halfway across country ties back to horrific Calif. criminal

Ronald Joseph Cole was a 19-year-old with a shy smile and a buzz cut in 1965, the year he moved from San Diego to Fillmore, a town about 25 miles from Santa Clarita. He was just starting out in life and, hoping to find a job, moved in with his older half-brother David LaFever. By May 1965, Cole had stopped contacting relatives. He had disappeared.
#animal-cruelty
US news
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

More human remains found in Oakland

Dismembered lower limbs were found in Oakland's Fruitvale; authorities are testing to determine identity, cause of death, and links to earlier remains discovered Feb. 1.
Law
fromAxios
2 months ago

AI is reshaping police detective work, starting with cold cases

AI tools enable detectives to rapidly search and analyze large, multimodal evidence (calls, interviews, photos, social media) to accelerate cold and active investigations.
Science
fromMail Online
2 months ago

Cats and dogs are quietly spreading invasive WORMS through Europe

Invasive flatworms stick to cats and dogs' fur using sticky mucus, enabling pet-mediated spread across Europe and threatening native insects and soil.
Pets
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

UK woman was diagnosed with rabies after psychiatrist raised fears, inquest told

A UK woman died from rabies contracted in Morocco after a dog scratch went untreated; diagnosis came only when a psychiatrist recognized neurological symptoms mimicking mental illness.
fromFuturism
2 months ago

FBI Raids Mysterious Biological Lab

We don't know what exactly investigators found or whether they are in any way harmful. However, we do have an intriguing clue. The property was linked to Jia Bei Zhu, a 62-year-old Chinese citizen who was arrested in October 2023 on charges of manufacturing and distributing misbranded medical devices and making false statements to the FDA, according to NBC News.
US news
#wildlife-trafficking
fromFortune
2 months ago
Environment

One way AI won't ruin the world: tools to crack down on the $23 billion animal trafficking trade | Fortune

fromFortune
2 months ago
Environment

One way AI won't ruin the world: tools to crack down on the $23 billion animal trafficking trade | Fortune

fromABC7 San Francisco
2 months ago

Bay Area veterinarians report spike in deadly, contagious disease affecting dogs

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Health departments across California are sounding the alarm about a highly contagious bacterial disease that can be deadly in dogs if not treated. And in rare cases, it can spread to humans. It's called leptospirosis -- and it's actively spreading right now in the Bay Area and parts of the state, including Los Angeles. 7 On Your Side's Stephanie Sierra's dog, Bubba, contracted the disease and fought it for weeks.
Public health
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

'Gore fanatic killed woman with hunting knife'

Family handout A man described as a "gore video fanatic" bought a hunting knife online then fatally stabbed a woman 18 times as she waited at a north London bus stop, a court has heard. Several members of the public allegedly saw Jala Debella carrying out the "senseless attack" on 66-year-old Anita Mukhey on Edgware Road on 9 May 2024 before "casually walking away". On Monday, jurors at the Old Bailey were told that Debella, 24, was unwell and could not attend court.
Miscellaneous
Science
fromFuturism
2 months ago

Scientists Suddenly Discover That Cow Tools Are Real

A cow spontaneously selected, adjusted, and used a broom handle to scratch itself, demonstrating tool use and suggesting cattle possess underestimated cognitive abilities.
US news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Accused US grave robber allegedly admits he sold human remains online

Jonathan Gerlach allegedly stole over 100 human remains from Mount Moriah cemetery and admitted to selling some of them online.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

An injured seabird pecks at an emergency room door, prompting its own rescue

Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
Environment
Miscellaneous
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Piper James autopsy finds evidence consistent with drowning and injuries consistent with dingo bites'

Autopsy found drowning-consistent physical evidence and dingo bite injuries; pre-mortem bites unlikely fatal, extensive post-mortem bites, and no evidence of other persons involved.
fromianVisits
1 month ago

Tickets Alert: Animal Dissection Live!

Hosted at the Royal Institution, the lion, which died of old age and was then donated to science, will be dissected to demonstrate how animal biology works. Medical and veterinary students will be used to seeing such demonstrations, but doing the same for the voyuristic public might not seem very scientific, but it certainly does tick the classic idea of public demonstrations of science to educate the curious.
Science
Miscellaneous
fromIndependent
2 months ago

Three forensic reports examined as inquiry into Kelly Marie Lynch's death nears completion

Kelly Marie Lynch, 23, found dead in the Ulster Canal with 93 injuries; Garda peer review of three pathology reports nears completion.
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

The Hidden Lives of Lab Animals and the Need for Reform

Countless millions of nonhuman animals (animals) of all sorts are used in a diverse array of laboratory research. Their treatment varies from being unspeakably inhumanely abused to being treated with kindness, depending on the questions at hand and the values and attitudes of the researchers themselves. The lives of these animals truly are hidden, and most people are incredulous when they learn that laboratory rats and mice still are not considered "animals" under the current federal Animal Welfare Act.
Science
Science
fromAxios
1 month ago

The narrow slice of data that worries biosecurity experts

Certain biological datasets that materially increase misuse risk should be governed like sensitive health records while most biological data remains openly accessible.
fromSilicon Canals
2 months ago

Vets can tell which dogs are truly thriving and which are just being "managed"-here are 7 signs they notice right away - Silicon Canals

Remember that moment at the dog park when you see two golden retrievers, with one bouncing around with bright eyes and a glossy coat, and the other just going through the motions with a dull expression despite being perfectly groomed? Both dogs are clearly loved and cared for, but something deeper separates them: It's the difference between a dog that's genuinely flourishing and one that's simply being maintained.
Pets
Pets
fromScary Mommy
2 months ago

Is Preserving A Beloved Pet After Death "Creepy" - Or Just Another Way To Grieve?

A grieving owner chose pet taxidermy over cremation to preserve her dog's appearance after aggressive cancer and death.
Pets
fromSlate Magazine
2 months ago

I'm Considering Doing Something Wildly Elitist to Keep Our Cat Alive

Cat dental surgery may cost $800–$2,000; untreated dental disease will worsen, impair eating, and adoption entails ongoing financial responsibility.
fromPortland Monthly
2 months ago

How Doulas and Dog Trainers Help Find Oregon's Dead People

Whenever Moriah Berthrong receives a new batch of placentas, she gets creative. She buries them, tosses them in fields, hangs them from trees. She immerses them in water. She burns them. She rubs them on towels and then runs those towels through the washing machine. She hides them in closets and in abandoned cars. She once encased a placenta in a concrete brick. Sometimes she ages them first-the better to train her dogs to find human remains.
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