Dr Kresen Pillay, clinical veterinarian at the Johannesburg Zoo and UP alumnus, does a final check of Makoko before he was offloaded from the helicopter. A 210kg gorilla from the Johannesburg Zoo had to get a CT scan of his nasal passages as they were almost entirely blocked. Since road transport would take too long, the…
Environment 28 April 2020 By Michael Marshall Pine Island glacier is a weak point in the Antarctic iceNASA Goddard A major Antarctic glacier is at risk of disintegrating irreversibly if it passes a key tipping point, which could trigger the collapse of the entire West Antarctic ice sheet – and we can’t say when it might happen.…
Published: April 17, 2026, 7:30 pm On April 10 the Washington State Department of Health advised the FDA of a recall of certain shellfish because of norovirus-like illnesses associated with consumption of raw oysters. The recall includes all species of shellstock from Gomez Shellfish LLC (WA-1724-SS), harvested on March 22 through April 9, from a
11 min read This article was featured in MH Flex , our monthly newsletter recommending the one in-depth interview you need to flex your pop culture knowledge. Sign up here to get it first. TOM BLYTH NEVER thought this interview would happen. During the U.K. press cycle for his latest project, director Cal McMau’s prison
The E. coli matches that from patient samples from an outbreak in 2025 Published: April 17, 2026, 12:05 am Federal inspectors have found E. coli contamination in raw cheddar cheese produced by Raw Farm LLC of Fresno, CA. The dairy is linked to an ongoing E. coli outbreak that has sickened nine people across three