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The Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium is experiencing a period of rejuvenation, adding new exhibits and exciting species each year.Until now, rejuvenation has meant taking old exhibits and replacing them with new ones. But this year, the zoo is breaking new ground.On Thursday, the Omaha zoo will open the first phase of Asian Highlands, an 8-acre, $22 million exhibit on a previously undeveloped hillside on the northern end of the grounds. The shady hillside has hosted little more than prairie dogs and the occasional special engagement over the years. So in a way, the zoo is expanding its borders.The project is split into two phases, with the latter set for a spring 2019 opening. A pathway will lead visitors past a downhill stream through replicated ruins modeled after those found in the forests of the Himalayas, the grasslands of northern India and the boreal forests of northeastern China.Visitors will find red pandas lounging in temperature-controlled trees. They’ll see Indian … [Read more...] about What to expect from Omaha zoo’s Asian Highlands, which opens in part this week

POLITICS 06/11/2018 06:25 pm ET Updated 56 minutes ago As officials explore options to manage the population, horse advocates fear relocation could lead to animals being slaughtered. By Chris D'Angelo The Bureau of Land Management is reviewing a pair of proposals to relocate wild horses from the western United States to Guyana and Russia, part of an ongoing effort to manage the growing population. British cowboy and philanthropist Stan Brock told HuffPost he has been working with the governments of the U.S. and Guyana for several years to develop a plan to transport mustangs to the South American country. Brock managed Guyana’s remote Dadanawa Ranch, one of the world’s largest cattle ranches, in the 1950s and ’60s. He later moved to the U.S. and in 1985 founded Remote Area Medical, a nonprofit that provides free medical and veterinary care. He sees importing the horses to Guyana as a way to revive the country’s once-thriving livestock … [Read more...] about Feds Weigh Proposals To Ship Wild Horses Overseas

World The Kremlin has dismissed a report by an investigative website that said a suspect in the poisoning of a Russian spy was a decorated intelligence officer. "Ruslan Boshirov" was identified by British investigators as one of the two suspects wanted for the novichok poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia on March 4. But the website Bellingcat said Boshirov was in fact Anatoliy Chepiga, and he was a colonel who was honored as a hero of the Russian Federation in 2014. It said that Chepiga was born in the Amur region near the Chinese border, was 39 years old and had trained at the elite Far-Eastern Military Command Academy in Blagoveschensk. After graduating with honors, he served in the second Chechen war, as well as in the conflict in Ukraine. Recommended Slideshows 76 The Most Powerful Military Forces in the World 59 The 25 Most Powerful Passports in the World 61 Every World Press Photo Winner Ever: 60 Images That Define Our World Suspect in … [Read more...] about Who Is Anatoliy Chepiga? ‘Hero of Russian Federation’ Unmasked as Real Suspect of UK Salisbury Spy Poisoning

Jan 14, 4:48 AM EST Newsletter Signup BusinessTechnologyWorldNationalMedia & CultureOpinionSportsLuxury World By Pritha Paul @ZiggyZina143 01/14/19 AT 4:47 AM An elderly Russian woman who was declared dead by the police and moved to a hospital’s morgue, miraculously woke up only to die a few hours later.The 62-year-old unnamed woman from Amur, had been heavily drinking at a party in Vasilyevka, Russia, with her relatives when she appeared to have died. The exact cause of death was not known. The police were called on the scene and did not follow proper protocol before declaring her dead."The police officer did not call for an ambulance, as required by instructions. He certified the death on his own, called the undertaker’s and sent the body to the morgue without accompanying documents,” a health official said, New Zealand Herald reported.Instead, the officer called a hearse to take the woman’s “body” to the morgue. When a female morgue … [Read more...] about ‘Dead’ Woman Comes To Life In Morgue, Dies Of Hypothermia Hours Later