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Animals

Picture of a golden retriever.
Community
6abc

Cherry Hill team taking emotional support dogs to Buffalo after mass shooting

The canines will be there to comfort emergency responders, families and friends of the victims, as well as the community.

3 years ago

Author and animal rescue officer Jess Thedinga (right) at a Philly book event.
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

When she’s not rescuing cats or recording viral TikToks, this Philly animal control officer writes children’s books

Known online as ACO Jess, she just wants people to understand her job.

3 years ago

Three Ankole cattle are seen at the Philly zoo
Community

The Philadelphia Zoo is asking for the public’s help naming 3 new Ankole cattle

The East African breed has massive crescent-shaped horns, which can grow up to eight feet wide and weigh up to 15 pounds each.

3 years ago

Patron poses at an award ceremony in Kyiv, Ukraine on Sunday. The Jack Russell terrier is credited with detecting more than 200 Russian explosive devices since the start of the war. (Efrem Lukatsky/AP)
NPR
Community

Patron the bomb-sniffing dog cements his hero status with a presidential medal

A tiny Jack Russell terrier has won hearts and admirers for helping neutralize hundreds of Russian explosives in Ukraine. Now he's won state honors, too.

3 years ago

Navin Sasikumar, one of the organizers of the City Nature Challenge in Philadelphia, looks for insects. (Sophia Schmidt/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Science

Hey nature nerds, you could help all of us understand climate change in the Philly area

Since 2019, Philadelphians have competed in the City Natural Challenge by logging species of plants and animals. The records are quite useful for scientists.

3 years ago

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Community
6abc

Crews use doughnuts to lure black bear spotted roaming through Drexel Hill, Delaware County

Police urge everyone in the area to keep their distance if they happen to see the animal.

3 years ago

Upclose photo of a chicken walking along.
NPR
Health

The first human case of avian flu in the U.S. is reported in Colorado

The patient is an inmate involved in the culling of poultry that was presumptively infected with H5N1 bird flu at a commercial farm.

3 years ago

orangutang in Close-up Photography
The Pulse
Science

The Fight Against Extinction

Around the world, at dawn, something magical happens. As the sun rises, nature seems to wake up, and different species break into a choru ...

Air Date: April 29, 2022

Listen 48:20
A closeup of wetlands in New Jersey
Science

Wading through muddy wetlands, N.J. conservationists seek to find — and protect — endangered bog turtles

Conservationists from the New Jersey Audubon Society have worked for nearly a decade to track and conserve the endangered bog turtle.

3 years ago

Listen 5:07
Ted Daeschler, a curator and paleontologist at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, holds a raccoon specimen from the collection. DNA samples from specimens can answer questions about environments in history. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
The Pulse
Science

Museums aren’t getting as many animal specimens. Scientists say that’s bad

The decline in new specimens is especially noticeable in the study of mammals. One journal article called it a “perfect storm” for the field.

3 years ago

Listen 9:16
A border collie in northern England chases after a flock of sheep to herd them. A new study finds that only about 9% of the variation in an individual dog's behavior can be explained by its breed. (Edwin Remsberg/Getty Images)
NPR
Science

Your dog is a good boy, but that’s not necessarily because of its breed

A new study based on thousands of DNA sequences and owner surveys finds that less than 10% of a dog's behavior — like howling, herding or retrieving — can be explained by its

3 years ago

In this Oct. 21, 2015, file photo, cage-free chickens walk in a fenced pasture at an organic farm near Waukon, Iowa. (Charlie Neibergall / AP Photo)
Health

Delaware State Fair bans poultry exhibitors amid bird flu fears

The state Dept. of Agriculture said the ban is a precaution to prevent the spread of the serious avian flu spreading across the U.S. in recent months.

3 years ago

Four chickens look at the camera from behind a fence.
Community

How backyard chicken owners are protecting their flocks from the deadly avian flu outbreak

Backyard chicken owners in Pennsylvania are taking extra precautions to protect their birds, which they see as pets, from getting infected from the deadly avian flu.

3 years ago

Listen 1:52
Upclose photo of a chicken walking along.
Science

Bird flu drives free-range hens indoors to protect poultry

Some farmers are wondering if it's OK that eggs sold as free-range come from chickens being kept inside.

3 years ago

Giant pandas Mei Xiang (left) and her cub Xiao Qi Ji eat a fruitsicle cake in celebration of the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, 50 years of achievement in the care, conservation, breeding and study of giant pandas at The Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, Saturday, April 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Community

Pandas devour ice cake to celebrate 50 years at National Zoo

The National Zoo’s most famous tenants had an enthusiastic breakfast Saturday in front of adoring crowds as the zoo celebrated 50 years of its iconic panda exchange agreement.

3 years ago

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