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News Articles: Animals

Rosy-faced lovebirds (<em>Agapornis roseicollis</em>) are small parrots that are common and colorful household pets. Parrots such as these use unique yellow and red pigments whose expression researchers now show can be modulated through the action of a single enzyme.<br>

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  • Science

How parrot plumage gets its dazzling reds and yellows

Parrots are unique among birds in how they produce the pigmentation that makes their vibrant feathering. It turns out a single enzyme calibrates the reds and yellows of a parrot’s brilliance.

October 31, 2024
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By:
  • Ari Daniel
Toby, an orphaned four-year-old Alaskan coastal brown bear, stands and looks out over the compound at the Fortress of the Bear Center  in Sitka, Alaska, on Aug. 1, 2013.

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  • National

A hunter in Alaska is found dead after being mauled by a bear

The 50-year-old had been reported overdue from a deer hunting trip. At least 30,000 brown bears are estimated to be in Alaska and mainly live along the southern coast.

October 31, 2024
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By:
  • Chandelis Duster
A 2005 electron microscope image shows an avian influenza A H5N1 virion.

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  • Health

Bird flu has been found in a pig for the first time in the U.S.

The discovery of an infected pig at a backyard farm in Oregon raises concerns about bird flu's potential to become a human threat.

October 30, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Box turtles are one of many species looked after by the Turtle Conservancy. The group cares for illegally trafficked turtles once they’re confiscated.

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  • Animals

In a secret location in New Jersey, a turtle whisperer cares for trafficked animals

In an undisclosed New Jersey location, there's a sanctuary for turtles intercepted in the process of being trafficked, and a man devoted to his charges.

October 30, 2024
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By:
  • Ari Daniel
A monarch butterfly

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  • News

More monarch butterflies are dying on their migration to Mexico. It's unclear why

Each year, Georgians see monarch butterflies as they make their way south to Mexico for the winter. But more and more butterflies aren't surviving the trip.

October 28, 2024
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By:
  • Chase McGee
Queenie the dog was adopted after she spent more than two years in a Georgia shelter. Screengrab from the Humane Society of Forsyth County, GA's video on Facebook

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  • Animals

‘Sweet’ dog in shelter for 800 days ‘just wanted to be loved.’ Then came good news

After waiting 800 days in a Georgia shelter, good news finally came for this mama dog.

October 24, 2024
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By:
  • Simone Jasper
Giant pandas eat bamboo at the Smithsonian's National Zoo, May 4, 2022, in Washington, D.C.

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  • Animals

Giant pandas will arrive at D.C.'s National Zoo this week

After an 11-month wait, giant pandas will populate the zoo once again. A pair of pandas, which left China on FedEx's "Panda Express" cargo jet, are expected to arrive in the D.C. area on Tuesday.

October 14, 2024
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By:
  • Willem Marx
New research looks into how the wrinkles on an elephant's trunk helps it feed.

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  • Science

There’s a wrinkle — or many — in the story behind an elephant’s trunk

A bump in the elephant brain stem pointed scientists to the wrinkles on their trunks and the role those folds play in the animal’s life.

October 13, 2024
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By:
  • Ari Daniel
Trooper was found tied to a fence on the side of I-75 in Tampa.

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  • National

Florida dog found tied to fence and abandoned before Milton is safe with rescue group

The pooch was left on the side of I-75, with a third of his body submerged in water, just hours before Hurricane Milton made landfall. A rescue organization said the dog was stressed but recovering.

October 11, 2024
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  • Juliana Kim
This 10-foot great white shark vanished off Georgia in April and resurfaced five months later in the Gulf of St. Lawrence off Canada, OCEARCH reports. OCEARCH Facebook screengrab

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  • Animals

10-foot shark disappears off Georgia, shows up 1,700 miles away, satellite tag reveals

As strange as it sounds, a 10-foot, 3-inch great white shark sporting a satellite tracking tag managed to swim more than 1,700 miles without giving away her location, according to the nonprofit OCEARCH.

October 10, 2024
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By:
  • Mark Rice
<strong>Winner, The Bigger Picture, Wetlands:</strong> <em>The Swarm of Life</em> by Shane Gross, Canada. Western toad (Anaxyrus boreas) tadpoles swim among lily pads in a lake on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

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  • Photography

Lynx, tiger and tadpoles, oh my: See the Wildlife Photographer of the Year winners

A lynx stretching in the sun, tadpoles swimming beneath lily pads and an investigator dusting a tusk for prints are among the winning images from the newest Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards.

October 09, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
In this photo provided by the National Park Service is Grazer, the winner of the 2023 Fat Bear Contest, at Katmai National Park in Alaska on Sept. 14, 2023.

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  • Animals

In a rematch, mama bear Grazer defeats rival that killed her cub to win Fat Bear Week

The annual Fat Bear Week honors bears that have sufficiently bulked up in the months before entering hibernation.

October 09, 2024
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By:
  • Ayana Archie

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  • Science

A jellyfish with a superpower — it can fuse with another and become one

Researchers found that two individuals of a type of comb jelly can fuse and become one with a shared nervous system and digestive system — which has implications for animal regeneration and immune systems.

October 08, 2024
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By:
  • Ari Daniel
Lun Lun

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  • Animals

After two decades, Zoo Atlanta's set to say goodbye to its giant pandas

The zoo's four pandas are set to depart this month, and return to China.

October 07, 2024
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
Nibi, shown above, was found on the side of a road when she was just a baby. Efforts to familiarize her with other beavers were not successful and she preferred to be near humans, according to Newhouse Wildlife Rescue.

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  • Animals

Why Massachusetts loves Nibi the beaver and is fighting to keep her out of the wild

For the past several weeks, the beloved beaver has been embroiled in a court battle over whether she should return to the wild or stay at the rescue center where she has lived since she was a newborn.

October 05, 2024
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  • Juliana Kim
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