Hello and welcome to this week’s snapshot from the natural world. In Michigan, wildlife experts finally trapped a black bear with a large lid stuck around its neck—“we don’t know how it fed itself for two years,” they admit—but he’s now safe and recovering. In Brazil, a jaguar growls at rescuers in Jundiaí, pushed from its home by São Paulo’s expanding “stone jungle.” Off the Isle of Man, dolphins dazzle us with their acrobatic leaps. In Corsica, spongy moth caterpillars are defoliating oak woods, while here in the UK two baby roe deer bask and play under the summer sun—our own pair of Bambis. High on the Tibetan plateau, antelopes fashion their long migration through Changtang reserve, and in Antarctica researchers report Weddell seal numbers have plunged by 54% since 1977 as sea ice vanishes. Back in Montana, prairie dogs provide alarm calls that local birds eagerly eavesdrop on for safety. Finally, along Turkey’s Mediterranean coast, volunteers guard loggerhead turtle nests by night—protecting the next generation under starlight. That’s your Week in Wildlife.
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