Far from its home in Indonesia, a brightly colored creature moved around in an aquarium. Scientists peered into the tank, studying their pet-turned-specimen — and discovered it was a new species.
The city says it doesn’t track wildlife populations. So the Star asked staff for a different tally: reports of dead animals, through 311 service requests for wildlife cadaver pickups.
The research center said roughly two weeks ago that it had been made aware of the new calf. But on Christmas Eve, it said it was concerned about the calf’s health based on its behavior and that ...