Aug 12 Meet the oldest known vertebrate in the world By Julia Griffin A Greenland shark just took home the gold medal for longest-living vertebrate. This slow-moving native of the Arctic and North Atlantic can live to be 272 years old, according to a new study in Science. Continue reading
May 12 Watch 2:54 Concerts for Cats? Dances for dogs? Yes, it's come to this By PBS News Hour Humans tend to view animals as a source of entertainment, but anthropologist Laurel Braitman is more concerned with entertaining them. That’s why she started putting on music concerts for everything from wolves to miniature donkeys. The only rules: no people,… Continue watching
Apr 26 House votes to designate bison as America's national mammal By Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Make room, bald eagle. The House has voted to designate the bison the national mammal of the United States. Continue reading
Apr 05 Gorilla population decimated by decades of war in Democratic Republic of Congo By Dominique Bonessi The world’s largest population of Grauer’s gorilla, also known as eastern lowland gorillas, have plummeted in the midst of a nearly two-decade civil war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Continue reading
Feb 17 CJ the German shorthaired pointer wins Best in Show at Westminster By Joshua Barajas A German shorthaired pointer named CJ was appointed top dog Tuesday night at the nation’s most prestigious dog competition. Continue reading
Jan 30 Animal 'selfies' show how protecting wildlife habitats is paying off By Andrew Mach Researchers found that of the 244 species photographed, just 22 percent decreased in number – suggesting protected areas can maintain overall biodiversity. Continue reading
Jan 24 Watch 3:58 Photos reveal that protecting animal habitats is improving biodiversity By PBS News Hour For nearly a decade, scientists have used motion-triggered cameras to capture animals living in protected areas around the world. Researchers from the Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring Network have sifted through those pictures, which show that efforts to preserve habitats… Continue watching
Jan 22 Watch 11:31 Why activists are fighting over feral felines By PBS News Hour With an estimated 80 million feral cats in communities across the United States, there is growing a controversy on how to deal with them. Euthanizing cats has been the traditional approach, but many animal rights activists believe that approach is… Continue watching
Jan 08 U.S. wildlife officials propose reclassifying manatees' endangered status By Joshua Barajas Federal wildlife officials announced Thursday that the West Indian manatee, which once drifted close to extinction, will be reclassified as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act. Continue reading
Nov 21 Skull of bear that inspired Winnie-the-Pooh on display in London museum By Andrew Mach The skull of the bear that inspired A.A. Milne’s much-loved character Winnie-the-Pooh is now on display at the Royal College of Surgeons’ Hunterian Museum in London. Continue reading