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Animals

A bald eagle soars over birders at FDR Park durig an outing of the In Color Birding Club. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Eagles are flying high with population on the rise in New Jersey

Eagles have worked hard at repopulating since about 40 years ago, when there was only one nest in the Garden State.

3 years ago

Piping Plover and Chicks
Science

Delaware’s nesting piping plovers show resilience in the face of overall declines along the East Coast

Nesting piping plovers show resilience in Delaware while the shorebirds struggle to maintain their population along the southern Atlantic Coast. Researchers want to know why.

3 years ago

Billi has learned more than 60 words in the two-and-a-half years since owner Kendra Baker started training her using recordable buttons, otherwise known as augmentative interspecies communication, or AIC. She's part of a research project looking into whether animals are capable of using language.
Science

‘Talking’ pets: The citizen science project that could reshape what we know about animals and language

What scientists are learning about the ‘talking’ cats and dogs of Insta

3 years ago

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Cars pass a horse-drawn carriage in Old City
Community

The future of horse-drawn carriage rides in Philly remains uncertain after 76 Carriage Company empties its stables

76 Carriage Company suspended rides as they look to find new stables. Animal rights advocates want the rides banned by the city.

3 years ago

A turtle rests on a red blanket.
Community

The Philadelphia Zoo takes its show on the road again to entertain at airport

The shows are designed to remove some of the boredom involved with waiting for planes.

3 years ago

The Fairmount Park Conservancy’s Public Programs Manager John Sigmund demonstrates the fun Philadelphians will have during the organization’s WinTOUR Scavenger Hunt. For six weeks, the public can download the free app and complete the hunt for prizes. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Arts & Entertainment

Discover the ‘hidden gems’ of Philly’s Fairmount Park via scavenger hunt

The scavenger hunt is a free, self-guided, six-week-long adventure in Philadelphia’s largest park.

3 years ago

Listen 1:56
A dog looks up a the camera, with a cone around his head and a cast on his front left paw visible.
Courts & Law

1 dog killed, 13 rescued in alleged dogfighting ring in Delaware; 5 men charged

Police say they uncovered the dogfighting after being called to the rural Sussex County property to investigate a report of suspicious activity.

3 years ago

A group of people stand around a podium, some holding signs. The ocean is visible in the background.
Community

Groups seek probe of N.Y.-N.J. whale deaths amid wind power prep

Dead whales have been found in Atlantic City, Strathmere and Keansburg in New Jersey, and Rockaway Beach and Amagansett, New York.

3 years ago

A beached whale at the Jersey Shore
Community
6abc

Another dead whale washes up on Jersey Shore beach

A third humpback whale in about a month washed up at the Jersey Shore over the weekend, concerning both residents and conservationists.

4 years ago

2023 PA Farm Show food
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

Best bites at the 2023 PA Farm Show (omg that creamsicle milkshake!)

Two meats and four sweets that show off the commonwealth’s best agriculture.

4 years ago

A close-up of a butter sculpture of a calf.
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

PA Farm Show butter sculpture: 1,000 lbs. and all the stats you could possibly want to know

For the 2023 edition, sculptors carved a multi-generational scene of a dairy farming family, with a keystone backdrop showing a bucolic farm.

4 years ago

Two festive goats hang out at Awbury Arboretum
Community

Philly Goat Project is looking for some Christmas trees to nibble on

A tree isn’t necessary to partake in the fun, but a $20 donations will be required for those wishing to dispose of old Christmas trees.

4 years ago

Two cats snuggle close to each other. Another one looks on from the background.
Community
Billy Penn

Philly’s stray cat population, estimated at 400,000 pre-pandemic, has stayed relatively stable thanks to a grassroots network

A network of animal welfare organizations have been helping pick up the slack since city funding for ACCT was slashed during COVID.

4 years ago

Mosley the dog looks pensive for the camera
Community

‘Filled to the brim’: Philly’s only open-intake animal shelter is in desperate need of adopters, fosters

“It's the first time in ages we are being left with decisions of euthanizing for space,” said Sarah Barnett, “which is something we never thought would really happen again."

4 years ago

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Community
6abc

Firefighters rescue dog from frozen Bucks County lake on Christmas

"They're coming out to save him," the dog's owner said on his video recording of the rescue. "This way, boy!"

4 years ago

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