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News Articles: Animals

The 2023 National Dog Show Best in Show winner is a Sealyham terrier named Stache. Ahead of this win, Stache was the No. 2-ranked Terrier and No. 12-ranked All-Breed show dog in America. He has won 49 Best in Show prizes.

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  • National

Stache the Sealyham terrier wins the National Dog Show

Stache lives in Honey Brook, Pa., not far from where he picked up today's prestigious Best in Show award. The Kennel Club of Philadelphia hosts the annual contest that's televised on Thanksgiving Day.

November 23, 2023
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  • Jackie Northam

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  • Animals

Georgia’s wild turkeys were once considered a conservation success but now are in decline

The majestic gobble of the wild turkey no longer echoes as loudly through Georgia’s Piedmont region as it once did.

November 21, 2023
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By:
  • Ross Williams
When army ants encounter obstacles, they link together to build living bridges.

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  • Animals

Army ants use collective intelligence to build bridges. Robots could learn from them

As army ants travel over uneven terrain, they link their bodies together to create bridges — a system that might give engineers insight into controlling robotic swarms.

November 21, 2023
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By:
  • Kai McNamee
Bonobos (pictured) and chimpanzees are our closest relatives. A new study looks at how a community of bonobos behave when they encounter a different group of bonobos. It's markedly different from the way chimps treat strangers.

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  • Animals

Unlike chimps, bonobos offer hope that maybe we can all get along

Chimps are notorious for hostility toward chimps from another group. Is that part of the human makeup as well? A new study of bonobos, our other closest relative, offers a more cooperative vision.

November 16, 2023
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By:
  • Ari Daniel
Rice's whales are one of the most recently discovered whale species in the world — and already one of the most endangered. But protections for the Gulf of Mexico species have been repeatedly delayed.

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  • Investigations

Only 51 of these U.S. whales remain. Little has been done to prevent their extinction

Rice's whales are one of the world's newly discovered whale species – and already one of the most endangered. Protections for the whales in the Gulf of Mexico are not coming fast.

November 16, 2023
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By:
  • Chiara Eisner and
  • Nick McMillan
Pūteketeke are pictured in Lake Alexandrina on South Island, New Zealand, in this undated handout photo.

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  • Animals

With a boost from John Oliver, pūteketeke soars to first in New Zealand bird contest

The water bird was named a conservation organization's Bird of the Century after the Last Week Tonight host took out billboard ads across the globe and hyped the threatened species on his show.

November 15, 2023
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  • Joe Hernandez
The Key deer is the smallest deer species in North America. The deer live only in the low-lying Florida Keys. They are considered federally endangered, with an estimated population of around 1,000.

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  • Climate

A tiny deer and rising seas: How far should people go to save an endangered species?

The Key deer is losing the only place it lives, raising uncomfortable questions for the people tasked with keeping endangered species alive.

November 12, 2023
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By:
  • Nathan Rott and
  • Ryan Kellman
Attenborough's long-beaked echidna, spotted on camera for the first time, was the star finding for researchers during a month-long expedition in the Cyclops Mountains of Papua, Indonesia.

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  • Research News

Researchers rediscover an echidna named after David Attenborough

Attenborough's long-beaked echidna, a mammal with a unique evolutionary history, was caught on camera for the first time. Researchers hope their find advances conservation efforts in remote Indonesia.

November 11, 2023
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  • Emma Bowman
heels and a package

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  • National

Escaped owls, mystery shipments and high-heeled politics: It's weekly news quiz time

Wasn't there, like, some elections or something? Or was it a debate? A trial, perhaps? If that sounds familiar — AND you're up on animal doings — you could earn an 11/11 for once.

November 10, 2023
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  • Holly J. Morris
A dog in a red sweater

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  • Animals

Georgia in Play Preview: Atlanta dog boutique sells luxury canine fashion as an expression of family

This Friday on Georgia in Play: Does your dog wear designer? Host Leah Fleming spoke with Ashley Carestia, founder of Bark Fifth Avenue, a luxury clothing company tailored for man's best friend.

November 08, 2023
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By:
  • Leah Fleming and
  • Chase McGee
A pair of orcas swim off the west coast of Vancouver Island in 2018.

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  • Animals

A pod of orcas have sunk a yacht in the Strait of Gibraltar

The pod rammed the boat's rudder for about 45 minutes. Authorities were able to get crew members to land safely, but their yacht was irreparably damaged.

November 07, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
An epaulette shark pup that hatched from an apparent parthenogenesis is now on display at Brookfield Zoo, in a Chicago suburb.

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  • Animals

No Daddy Shark in sight: Zoo greets a cute shark pup after apparent parthenogenesis

What if the song "Baby Shark" stopped after just two stanzas? There's no Daddy Shark in sight at a Chicago-area zoo where an epaulette shark pup hatched this summer.

November 07, 2023
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
A team of wildlife officials collaborated with whale experts to free a humpback whale off the coast of Gustavus, Alaska last month.

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  • Animals

How wildlife officials saved a humpback whale found 'hogtied' to a 300-pound crab pot

The juvenile whale was seen swimming in a clockwise circle, making unusual noises and trailing two buoys. A team of wildlife experts had to move fast, but with plenty of patience, to save its life.

November 06, 2023
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By:
  • Emily Olson
This June 7 image provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows the female Mexican gray wolf F2754 during a health check before being released into the wild in southeastern Arizona.

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  • Animals

A rare Mexican gray wolf is wandering out of bounds. She may be looking for a mate

Experts say the endangered animals have a natural inclination to roam and the female wolf's journey illustrates the species can thrive outside designated boundaries in New Mexico and Arizona.

November 03, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Do you know this goose? Researchers have developed a new facial recognition tool for geese that can ID them based on their beaks.

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  • Technology

Enhance! HORNK! Artificial intelligence can now ID individual geese

Yes, that's right, somebody has developed AI for goose faces.

November 02, 2023
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  • Geoff Brumfiel
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