
Animals
Philadelphia International Airport celebrates its brigade of stress-busting therapy dogs
Members of the Wagging Tails Brigade of therapy dogs were honored Monday at PHL, marking five years that the dogs have been dutifully working in the airport's corridors.
10 months ago
Woman charged after allegedly caught on video climbing into N.J. zoo enclosure, ‘enticing’ tiger
Police said there is also similar video depicting the same scenario at the bear enclosure the same day involving the same person.
10 months ago
Too many deer are causing too much damage in New Jersey, officials say.
10 months ago
Climate Fixers: Slowing down fashion with a century-old tradition in Collegeville, Pa.
Industrial farms damage waterways and contribute to climate change. But at Pa.’s only certified organic sheep farm in Montco, the sheep do all the hard work.
10 months ago
What should New Jerseyans know about bird flu?
The state’s new avian influenza website is keeping tabs on the spread of bird flu. The risk is low for humans, but it’s dangerous for poultry flocks.
10 months ago
Listen 1:03Workers free mama cat and kittens from SEPTA station in West Philadelphia
A mother cat tucked her kittens away behind a stairwell at 63rd Street Station, where they became stuck.
10 months ago
Philadelphia Zoo debuts ‘critically endangered’ Sumatran orangutan baby
Jambi, of a critically endangered species specific to a shrinking region of Indonesia, has been promised a “happy, healthy” lifespan.
10 months ago
Real groundhog found among stuffed animals inside claw machine in Pennsylvania
Meadows Original Frozen Custard of Hollidaysburg, where the groundhog turned up, is taking suggestions for the groundhog's name.
10 months ago
6 dogs found abandoned with note at Bucks County park
Three of the dogs have already been adopted and officials say the remaining three were taken to the SPCA in New Hope.
11 months ago
‘Creepy crawlies’ fiesta: Philly’s Bug Fest returns
The annual celebration includes all things insect-related. This year, certain events will include American Sign Language translations.
11 months ago
124 animals recovered in Bucks County after SPCA’s largest farm cruelty case
"This person was running a really poor business at the sake and expense of the animals," said the SPCA's communications manager.
11 months ago
Dr. Arik Kershenbaum decodes howls, whistles, squeals, grunts and other sounds of the wild.
Air Date: August 9, 2024 12:00 am
Listen 50:55RFK Jr. admits to dumping a dead bear in Central Park, solving a decade-old mystery
In a video, Kennedy told Roseanne Barr how the dead bear ended up in his van upstate and, ultimately, on top of a bicycle beneath a bush in New York City’s largest urban park.
11 months ago
Amy Tan discovers the joys backyard birding, Philadelphia Inquirer food critic Craig LaBan, and the surprising history behind the Oxford English Dictionary.
Air Date: August 1, 2024 12:00 pm
Listen 51:10Advocates cheer new standards that could save horseshoe crabs from bloodletting
Up to 1 million horseshoe crabs in the U.S. are harvested for biomedical purposes. A synthetic alternative could mean less harvesting of the “living fossils.”
11 months ago
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