Rescuers have been inundated with calls about sick and dying sea lions and dolphins along California’s central coast. They believe the cause is a toxin produced by a harmful algae.
Tag: Animals
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Animal Rights and the Making of a Revolution
Peter Singer and the modern animal rights movement have had a global impact — but there’s so much left to do.
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Orcas Have Sunk 3 Boats in Southern Europe, Scientists Say
A small group of orcas is ramming into sailboats in waters off the Iberian Peninsula. Researchers say they do not know what is driving the unusual behavior toward boats.
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Google’s Photo App Still Can’t Find Gorillas. And Neither Can Apple’s.
Eight years after a controversy over Black people being mislabeled by image analysis software — and despite big advances in computer vision — the tech giants still fear repeating the mistake.
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Bizarre Sea Creatures Illuminate the Dawn of the Animal Kingdom
A new study bolsters the idea that the first animals were surprisingly complex, perhaps equipped with muscles and a nervous system.