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BEING bitten by a Black Widow Spider, threatened by a two-metre tall kangaroo, wounded by a cassowary and handling bluebottles for a TV drama were…

Baby penguins Mars and Rover, Photo Credit: Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Gardens From monkeys, to turtles, to dogs, and more (for better or worse) humans have used animals to test different aspects of space travel since its earliest days. This week, Dean and Anna discuss some of those missions along with the their pitches for what signs of life we are most likely to potentially discover within our own solar system as well as what they hope we might find some day. We are also joined by Head Keepe...

Salina cat reunited with family after short stay at Rolling Hills Zoo After months of searching, a Salina couple has found their missing black cat. Kiara, a black shorthair cat, had been found at the Rolling Hills Zoo, 10 miles away from home. Salina couple Matthew and Kathleen Reyna are animal lovers with two dogs and two cats, and Kiara had been part of the family since Kathleen adopted her as a kitten from a friend.  As the Reynas have indoor-outdoor cats, it wasnt unusual for the two cat...

Viscount Brookeborough with Prince Philip. HIS Royal Highness, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, was descended from the Danish and the Greek royal families and joined the Royal Navy. He was recognised for bravery at the Battle of Matapan, which they won against the Italians. He might well have risen to the top of the highest rank, had he not met and married Princess Elizabeth, which was to lead to a lifetime of service to our country. He first visited Northern Ireland in 1947 with the...

The Salina Journal Rolling Hills Zoo announced Sunday that Darius, an 18-year-old male Amur leopard, has died. The zoo said Darius has been treated for renal failure over the past year, with his kidney function declining. Over the last week, Rolling Hills said, blood work indicated he was in Stage 4 kidney failure. According to the zoo, kidney failure is common as part of the aging process for big cats and is not reversible. The leopard was humanely euthanized after he became more lethargic an...