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News Articles: Animals

Mohammad Saud (left) is one of two bird-saving brothers profiled in the documentary <em>All The Breathes. </em>Above, he and his employee and friend Salik Rehman tend to an injured kite.

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  • Global Health

Whatever happened to the brothers who save birds whose wings are cut by kite strings

Since their round of fame in the Oscar-nommed documentary All That Breathes, the brothers are gaining worldwide support — and an infusion of donations.

August 28, 2023
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By:
  • Kamala Thiagarajan
Researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute studied female octopuses that nest together off Central California at a depth of about 3,200 meters.

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  • Science

Here's why 6,000 octopuses like to be under the sea at an 'octopus garden'

Over 6,000 octopuses have been found huddling around an extinct volcano deep in the Pacific Ocean near California, and researchers now think they understand why the octopuses find it so cozy.

August 23, 2023
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By:
  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
A reticulated giraffe was born without spots at Brights Zoo in northeastern Tennessee at the end of July. The zoo is asking the public to cast their vote on what to name her.

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  • Animals

A rare spotless giraffe was born in a Tennessee zoo

Brights Zoo in Tennessee is asking the public to help pick a name for the giraffe that was born without spots on July 31. The zoo says she may be the only solid-colored reticulated giraffe alive.

August 22, 2023
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By:
  • Dustin Jones
Marine scientists Jan-Olaf Meynecke attaches video-enabled tracking tags to humpback whales near Brisbane, Australia. While collecting data for a larger project on the whales' migration patterns and climate change, Meynecke and his colleagues discovered a new behavior they call "sand rolling."

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  • Science

This video from a humpback 'whale spa' shows skin care is serious — and social

The footage of humpback whales exfoliating their skin with sand offer new insight into these animals' complex lifestyles deep beneath the ocean

August 22, 2023
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By:
  • Carrie Feibel
In this Aug 25, 2019 photo, a Southern Vietnamese box turtle (Cuora picturata) walks in its pen at a turtle sanctuary in Cuc Phuong national park in Ninh Binh province, Vietnam.

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  • Health

A salmonella outbreak is being linked to pet turtles

Half of the people infected in the outbreak reported having contact with turtle with shells smaller than four inches wide. Owning pet turtles of that size is prohibited by federal law.

August 21, 2023
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Lolita was captured in the Pacific coast near Seattle nearly 50 years ago at the age of 4.

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  • Animals

Lolita, oldest orca held in captivity, dies before chance to return to the ocean

After years of pressure to set the Miami Seaquarium orca free, Lolita was scheduled to spend her final days in her natural habitat sometime next year. On Friday, she died of a "renal condition."

August 20, 2023
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By:
  • Juliana Kim
An illustration of the head and mouth parts of Anopheles sp. female and male mosquitoes. The hairs (or fibrillae) on the antenna of the male enable them to hear the buzz of females in a swarm.

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  • Global Health

A male mosquito's hairy ears tune into mates. New research suggests we can stop that

If the guy skeeters can't hear the buzz of females ... no mating, no new generations. The results of a study on mosquito hearing could lead to a different kind of population control tool.

August 19, 2023
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  • Max Barnhart
The yellow-legged hornet is a prolific predator of honey bees and other pollinators. Now it's been spotted alive in the wild in the U.S. for the first time.

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  • National

An invasive hornet that hunts honeybees is spotted in the U.S. for the first time

The yellow-legged hornet, Vespa velutina, is a close cousin of the northern giant hornet, or "murder hornet." Both of them are very adept in the wholesale destruction of honey bees.

August 17, 2023
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  • Bill Chappell
A spider in the center of its web

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  • Animals

What do venomous spider bites look like? Here’s how to ID them and what to do

Out of the 3,500 spiders in the United States, only two species of spiders are venomous, according to Healthline.

August 14, 2023
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By:
  • Chelsea Madden
A gray wolf is seen in the Sequoia National Forest.

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  • Animals

A new gray wolf pack is found 200 miles south of California's nearest-known pack

Gray wolves used to roam most of North America before being hunted, trapped and driven out of most of the continental U.S. by the early 1900s. They are native to California.

August 12, 2023
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By:
  • Nathan Rott
A Chittenango ovate amber snail moves about its new waterfall habitat after being released into the wild.

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  • Animals

The years-long journey to save a tiny snail you've never heard of

Researchers in upstate New York are working to rehome some tiny, rare snails. Understanding their decline could help mitigate broader climate changes.

August 12, 2023
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By:
  • Tarryn Mento
A female red wolf is shown in its habitat at the Museum of Life and Science in Durham, N.C.

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  • Animals

More endangered red wolves will be released in the U.S. under a legal settlement

There were only an estimated seven red wolves left in the wild when a coalition of conservation organizations decided to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

August 10, 2023
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By:
  • Emily Olson
The fire department in Glendale, Calif., has been hiring Fire Grazers Inc. to help reduce the city's wildfire risk.

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  • Environment

In California, wildfires are prevented by crews of unlikely firefighters: goats

The four-legged creatures with digestive tracts of steel make easy work of consuming vegetation that typically fuels wildfires.

August 10, 2023
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
GPB  NPR

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  • Climate

After decades, a tribe's vision for a new marine sanctuary could be coming true

The Biden administration is moving ahead with what could be the largest national marine sanctuary in the continental U.S. A Native American tribe is hoping to be partners in managing it.

August 10, 2023
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By:
  • Lauren Sommer
A large black bear known as 64F was captured by state authorities in the area around Lake Tahoe, Calif., on Friday after being responsible for at least 21 home break-ins.

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  • Animals

'Hank the Tank,' the bear behind 21 home invasions, has been captured near Lake Tahoe

Bear 64F is believed to be one of three animals who've broken into dozens of homes in South Lake Tahoe in the last year and helped themselves to messy meals, enchanting the internet.

August 07, 2023
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By:
  • Emily Olson
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