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Animals

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Community

The clock is ticking: Amid overcrowding concerns, ACCT Philly is paying people to foster dogs and cats

The city’s only open-intake animal shelter is holding a foster drive in an effort to ease severe overcrowding — and save the lives of time-stamped dogs.

1 year ago

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Community

Fishtown Seafood honors neighborhood identity while forging its own path

The seafood industry has been criticized for ethical violations. Fishtown Seafood wants to educate customers about where their seafood comes from.

1 year ago

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The Baby Shark pale ale at Evil Genius Beer Company is the closest shark you'll find in Philly. (Courtesy Evil Genius Beer)
Science
Billy Penn

A Shark Week reminder: You have little to worry about in Philly

The last shark spotted in the Delaware River was in 1960.

1 year ago

dairy cows
Health

Pa. extends human influenza testing into summer amid bird flu outbreak

More cases of avian influenza, or bird flu, are now being detected in livestock like dairy cows and other mammals, including a small number of humans.

1 year ago

A dog smiles while outside
Community

Camden County’s Homeward Bound animal shelter is at full capacity and urgently seeking adopters

The New Jersey animal rescue, like many in the Philadelphia region, continues to see a number of owner surrenders for pets who were adopted mid-pandemic.

1 year ago

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PlanPhilly
Community

Chester County hayfields can be traps for baby birds. A collaboration aims to make them havens

Chester County farmers, conservationists and landowners are working together to help baby birds successfully leave the nest.

1 year ago

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This combo image shows Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, left, March 9, 2024 and President Joe Biden, right, Jan. 27, 2024.
Studio 2
Politics & Policy

Trump and Biden’s 2024 presidential debate face off, Happy Birthday to the Philly Zoo!

Ahead of Thursday's highly anticipated CNN presidential debate, we'll talk about what's at stake for Joe Biden and Donald Trump and how the candidates might perform on stage.

Air Date: June 27, 2024 12:00 pm

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A Louisiana black bear is seen in a water oak tree
Community

Wayward bear’s journey across northern Delaware ends after car strike

The bear affectionately known as “Delabear” on social media met a tragic end after being hit by a car on a Delaware highway.

1 year ago

Listen 1:01
We talk to Peter Sagal about his npr show Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me.
Studio 2
Science

Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me host Peter Sagal, how a hurricane made monkeys nicer, Philly Joy Bank

We talk to NPR host Peter Sagal before a live taping of Wait Wait in Philly. And, a new study found monkeys in Puerto Rico became kinder after Hurricane Maria.

Air Date: June 25, 2024 12:00 pm

Listen 44:14
Ecologist Douglas Tallamy (Photo by Rob Cardillo)
The Connection with Marty Moss-Coane
Science

Creating a Native Landscape in Your Own Yard

Ecologist Douglas Tallamy talks about an approach to conservation that starts with letting your yard grow wild with native plants to save wildlife in 'Nature's Best Hope.'

Air Date: June 14, 2024 12:00 pm

Listen 50:30
salt marshes at Milford Park Preserve
Science

Rare black rail bird spotted in southern Delaware’s salt marshes at Milford Neck Preserve

After two years of assessment, researchers say they’ve found the rare and threatened black rail bird, along with other species, at Milford Neck Preserve.

1 year ago

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George Datto, a beekeeper at the Winterthur Museum, sits on his stool inspecting the Keeper's Hive as he searches for the queen. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

A Delaware inventor wants you to consider raising bees

A unique hive design aims to reduce the physical demands on beekeepers while drastically improving colony survival rates.

1 year ago

Listen 1:23
Vegan chef Rachel Klein, founder of Ms. Rachel’s Pantry, beat food-network chef Bobby Flay in a cooking competition when she prepared a vegan Philly Cheesesteak. (Photo: Instagram @missrachelspantry)
Studio 2
Health

Homicide ‘code of silence’, mainstreaming veganism, Philly’s drug treatment tower

A real estate firm is proposing a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in Univers ...

Air Date: June 6, 2024 12:00 pm

Listen 50:12
Joro Spider on a web
Science

They’re big. They’re colorful. But Joro spiders aren’t nightmare fodder

Populations have been growing in parts of the South and East Coast for years, and many researchers think it's only a matter of time before they spread to much of the U.S.

1 year ago

Pa. State Trooper car
Courts & Law

Judge dismisses cruelty charges against Pa. trooper who hit horse with patrol vehicle in Chester County

A judge dismissed felony charges against Cpl. Michael Perillo, who in 2021 hit the loose animal multiple times and pinned it to the pavement, where it was then euthanized.

1 year ago

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