Australia

Little piece of Australia in Columbia, how Riverbanks Zoo is hoping to inspire people to help

Animals are losing their homes and their lives because of the Australian brush fires, which aren't expected to slow down anytime soon.

  Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) – Animals are losing their homes and their lives because of the Australian brush fires, which aren’t expected to slow down anytime soon. There’s a little part of Australia at Riverbanks Zoo and Garden, where staff say they hope their Australian animals inspire people to help. “We don’t know the impact, but we know it’s going…

Shark Gives ‘Virgin Birth’

(CNN) – A leopard shark at the Reef HQ Aquarium in Australia has given birth to three offspring without contact with a mate. Categories: National News, News Tags: Australia, Leopard Shark, Pathenogenesis, Reef HQ Aquarium, Townsville, Virgin Birth, Virginia Aquarium

Siri Called Ambulance for Baby Who’d Stopped Breathing

When an Australian mother discovered that her 1-year-old daughter, Giana, had stopped breathing, she reportedly turned to her iPhone’s Siri for help. “I picked her up and sat down with her on the floor,” Stacey Gleeson told Australian 7 News. “And as I checked her airways, I looked over and remembered my phone.” Gleeson had dropped her phone in a…