Wildlife

Carole Baskin I’m Bunkerin’ Down With My Big Cats … As Hurricane Ian Hits 9/29/2022 12: 45 AM PT Carole Baskin has no choice but to shelter in place as Hurricane Ian passes over her Florida sanctuary … because places like hotels aren’t down to take on 45 big cats onto their property. Carole tells TMZ … her 21 bobcats, 8 tigers, 6 servals, jaguar and leopard — just to name a few — are staying put and riding out this hurricane … some of the other animals like chickens have been moved to a different sanctuary for the time … Read more

‘Stranger Things’ New Owner for Byers House … Show-Themed Airbnb Coming!!! 9/29/2022 12: 30 AM PT The famous house from “Stranger Things” has a new owner who’s going to bring in new tenants … ’cause it’s been sold, and is about to become a cash cow. Of course, we’re talking about the Byers’ house — where Winona Ryder and her onscreen sons lived for the early part of the series, and which featured some iconic scenes. Katie Siplon of TriCounty Real Estate in Savannah, GA tells TMZ … it’s been snatched up by one of her clients. We’re told the … Read more

‘BIG BRO’ MIKE ‘BOOGIE’ MALIN Arrest Warrant Issued, Probation Revoked 9/29/2022 12: 15 AM PT “Big Brother” winner Mike “Boogie” Malin is in legal hot water … a California judge issued a warrant after Mike failed to show up to a court date, and now his probation’s revoked. Sources with knowledge tell TMZ … Mike was MIA from a Wednesday court hearing related to his felony stalking case… so the judge issued a bench warrant, set Mike’s bail at $20k and revoked his probation. It sounds like Mike blew his second chance here … we’re told he was due in … Read more

Guess Who This Lil’ Fairy Turned Into! 9/29/2022 12: 01 AM PT Before this juicebox-sippin’ beauty was “Taking On The World” and acting her heart out, she was just playing dress-up and quenching her thirst, while growing up in Quakertown, Penn. After starring in Disney’s “Girl Meets World,” she was in a drama/crime film and shared the screen with KJ Apa and Regina Hall. When she’s not belting out the high notes, you can find this cute kid roaming around the globe and Instagramming every pit stop on the way. Need one more clue on who this cutie pie is? … Read more

ByElizabeth Anne Brown Published August 5, 2022 • 12 min read It had been more than 140 years since a Rio Grande siren—a slippery, two-legged, foot-long salamander protected by the state of Texas—had been found near Eagle Pass, a town on the United States-Mexico border. But in 2019, biologist Krista Ruppert, now a PhD student at Mississippi State University, realized she didn’t need a siren in hand to prove they were still there. She just needed a pitcher of muddy water to filter. At Eagle Pass, Ruppert found enough environmental DNA—trace genetic material left behind as organisms crawl, swim, or … Read more

ByMichael Greshko Photographs ByPaolo Verzone Published August 5, 2022 • 15 min read For seven years, Bernard Bigot oversaw the construction of a building so ambitious and challenging, and of such significance to humanity, he sometimes thought of it as a cathedral. Rising from a 445-acre plot in southern France, an hour north of Marseille, it’s a very strange edifice indeed. Not many buildings house cavernous vacuum chambers or require sub-millimeter precision during construction. Fewer still would include a 59-foot-tall magnet powerful enough to lift an aircraft carrier, or enough superconducting niobium-tin wire to circle the equator twice. The project … Read more