Jan 29 Watch 2:34 Reflecting on the lives taken by the Southern California wildfires By Amna Nawaz, Courtney Norris We continue with our remembrances of the 29 people who died in the fires in Southern California. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office continues its work to identify victims, with some still classified as “unidentified Does.” We remember seven… Continue watching
Dec 04 Watch 4:17 The bald eagle was never officially named the national bird. That could soon change By John Yang Despite centuries on the national seal and widespread assumption, the bald eagle has never officially been designated as the national bird. John Yang reports on the effort to change that and why it matters. Continue watching
Aug 12 The growing demand for mini farm animals By Haleluya Hadero, Anne D'Innocenzio, Associated Press Americans are showing more interest in owning miniature cows, miniature goats, miniature donkeys and other diminutive farm animals. Continue reading
Jul 03 U.S. officials plan to kill hundreds of thousands of barred owls to save another species from extinction By Matthew Brown, Associated Press U.S. wildlife officials are embracing a contentious plan to deploy trained shooters into dense West Coast forests to kill almost a half-million barred owls that are crowding out their smaller cousins, the spotted owl. Continue reading
Jun 24 Supreme Court bats down challenge to new anti-doping rules for horse racing By Associated Press The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge from Republican-controlled states to a horse racing safety law that has led to national medication and anti-doping rules. Continue reading
Jun 15 African elephants address one another by unique name-like calls, new study suggests By Mickey Pardo, The Conversation Humans aren’t the only animals that have names for each other − and studying animals that use names can teach researchers more about how human names evolved. Continue reading
Feb 08 Watch 3:59 Monkey theft, leopard escape at Dallas Zoo raise questions about safety of animals By Stephanie Sy, Courtney Norris The mystery of two missing monkeys and the death and disappearance of other animals from the Dallas Zoo has captured the country’s attention over the last couple of weeks. Wednesday at the Houston Zoo, zookeepers are on high alert after… Continue watching
Dec 22 Scientists discover the secret power that makes glass frogs transparent By Christina Larson, Associated Press Using light and ultrasound imaging technology, researchers have discovered how some frogs found in South and Central America have the rare ability to turn on and off their nearly transparent appearance. Continue reading
Dec 17 Key issues unresolved as UN biodiversity summit reaches final days By Michael Casey, Associated Press Negotiators at a United Nations biodiversity conference Saturday have still not resolved most of the key issues around protecting the world's nature by 2030 and providing tens of billions of dollars to developing countries to fund those efforts. Continue reading
Sep 17 Cheetahs reintroduced to India after going extinct in the country 70 years ago By Aniruddha Ghosal, Sibi Arasu, Associated Press Eight big cats from Namibia made the long trek Saturday in a chartered cargo flight to the northern Indian city of Gwalior, part of an ambitious and hotly contested plan to reintroduce cheetahs to the South Asian country. Continue reading