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At top, a panoramic image shows what Driftwood Beach on Jekyll Island, Georgia, may look like through the eyes of a sea turtle facing inland. The bottom image shows the same perspective as humans see it.

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  • Environment

Researchers are generating a ‘turtle's-eye view’ of the beach to save Georgia's baby sea turtles

Pinpointing sources of light pollution could help conservationists save sea turtle hatchlings.

October 11, 2023
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
<strong>Portfolio Award Winner: </strong><em>The ancient mariner. </em>Pangatalan Island, Palawan, the Philippines. The tri-spine horseshoe crab has survived for more than 100 million years but now faces habitat destruction and overfishing for food and for its blood, used in the development of vaccines.

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  • Photography

Wildlife Photographer of the Year winners show the beauty — and precarity — of nature

The winning photographs star different species from around the world, all highlighting the interplay between animals and humans. The two grand titles went to shots of a horseshoe crab and barn owls.

October 11, 2023
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Workers at the Chicago Field Museum inspect the bodies of migrating birds that were killed when they flew into the windows of the McCormick Place Lakeside Center.

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  • Animals

Nearly 1,000 migrating birds died after crashing into Chicago building

The songbirds died late last week after smashing into McCormick Place Lakeside Center, a mostly glass building.

October 09, 2023
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By:
  • Clare Marie Schneider
Clockwise from top left: Pushinka, a gift to President John F. Kennedy from Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev; Bo, President Barack Obama's Portuguese water dog; Commander, President Biden's German shepherd; and Socks, President Bill Clinton's cat.

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  • Animals

Presidential pets can breed controversy. A dog was once suspected of being a spy

Historically, pets — everything from birds to cats to dogs — have been part of the White House. And Biden's dog Commander isn't alone. More than a few have ended up embroiled in some controversy.

October 07, 2023
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
GPB News NPR

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  • Animals

Researchers want to see through the eyes of baby turtles

To figure out what baby turtles see when they hatch, researchers in Georgia are collecting images from their point of view.

October 06, 2023
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Jenny Gusse and Doug Inglis worked together doing scientific research at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, a government agency. In their free time, they were avid outdoors enthusiasts.

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  • Animals

The couple killed by a bear in Banff were able to send an SOS text: 'Bear attack bad'

The two backpackers in Canada's Banff National Park seem to have emptied a can of bear spray, trying to get the animal to leave their camp. When rescuers arrived, the bear charged at them.

October 06, 2023
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
President Biden's dog Commander sits on the Truman Balcony at the White House on Sept. 30, 2023. The German shepherd is not staying at the White House at the moment after a series of biting incidents.

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  • Politics

Biden's dog Commander has left the White House

The Bidens are trying to "work through solutions," a spokesperson said, after Commander bit a series of Secret Service agents. In the meantime, the German shepherd is staying somewhere else.

October 05, 2023
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By:
  • Tamara Keith
A study published in the journal <em>Nature</em> found that the status of amphibians globally is "deteriorating rapidly," earning them the unenviable title of being the planet's most threatened class of vertebrates. Here, an endangered Agalychnis annae, commonly known as a Blue-Sided Leaf Frog, is seen at National Biodiversity Institute of Costa Rica, INBio, in Heredia, Costa Rica.

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  • Climate

Scientists looked at nearly every known amphibian type. They're not doing great

A new global assessment of the world's amphibians finds that more than 2 of every 5 known species is at risk of extinction. Habitat loss, disease and climate change are the main drivers.

October 04, 2023
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  • Nathan Rott
A giant panda called Po takes a rest inside his exhibit at Zoo Atlanta, Tuesday, July 2, 2013, in Atlanta.

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  • Animals

Zoo Atlanta may soon be the last place to see giant pandas in US

The National Zoo's three giant pandas are set to return to China in December with no public signs the 50-year-old exchange agreement struck by President Richard Nixon will continue. The departure of the bears from the nation's capital would mean the only giant pandas left in America are at the Atlanta Zoo — and that agreement expires next year.

October 04, 2023
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  • Associated Press
32 Chunk, known for his girth and a scar on his muzzle, has become one of the most dominant males on the Brooks River. But is that enough for him to win Fat Bear Week?

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  • Animals

Chonky and they know it: Voting starts in Fat Bear Week

Explaining the draw of gawking at massive bears, a park ranger says, "You can follow the bears for years and really get to know their lives and their personalities and their soap operas."

October 04, 2023
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
A festival goer gets to hold a tarantula in the education pavilion at the second annual Tarantula Festival in La Junta, Colorado.

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  • Animals

Tarantulas in Colorado are on the move, and they're looking for love

Fall is tarantula mating time in the plains of southeastern Colorado. The small city of La Junta is celebrating the spiders' season of romance with its second annual tarantula festival.

October 04, 2023
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By:
  • Shanna Lewis
Frederick Moorefield Jr., deputy chief information officer for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, was charged last month with dogfighting. If convicted, he could face up to five years in a federal prison.

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  • Law

A Department of Defense official faces up to 5 years in prison in dogfighting case

Frederick Moorefield Jr., a deputy chief information officer for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, allegedly used an encrypted messaging app to discuss dogfighting with people across the U.S.

October 03, 2023
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
A fisherman stands on his boat as he navigates near thousands of dead fish awash on the banks of Piranha Lake due to a severe drought in the state of Amazonas, in Manacapuru, Brazil, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023.

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  • Environment

More than 100 dolphins found dead in Brazilian Amazon as water temperatures soar

Experts believe high water temperatures are the most likely cause of the deaths in the lakes in the region. Temperatures since last week have exceeded 102 degrees Fahrenheit in the Tefe Lake region.

October 03, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Visitors canoe on Lake Minnewanka in Banff National Park in Banff, Alberta, Canada, on May 23, 2023.

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  • Animals

A grizzly bear kills 2 people in Canada's Banff National Park

Authorities received a GPS alert of a bear attack, and once on the scene, found two deceased individuals and an aggressive bear.

October 02, 2023
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
U.S. President Joe Biden's dog, Commander, is walked on the south side of the White House before a signing ceremony for the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 on August 9, 2022 in Washington, DC.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Who's a bite-y boy?

The Biden's German shepherd, Commander, is a bit bite-y.

September 30, 2023
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By:
  • Scott Simon
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