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After killing millions of animals worldwide, the highly contagious H5N1 avian flu has arrived in Australia and New Zealand. Experts warn it could push some unique and native species to extinction.
NPR's Eyder Peralta talks to the care team of Rhossi, a sea turtle from the Gulf of Mexico that was returned to Texas this week after getting swept up in an ocean current that took him to Wales.
Jackie, who was one half of the famous mated eagle pair Jackie and Shadow, died this week. The birds' eagle-cam livestream has fans across the world.
Vann Newkirk, senior editor at The Atlantic , loves butterflies, especially monarch butterflies. He sat down with NPR's Juana Summers to dig into a trip to Mexico that helped him explore his passion.
Loggerhead turtles are having a record nesting season in the U.S. but still struggle in other parts of the world.
In Spokane, pets and livestock have been evacuated from fire-threatened areas along with people. The Spokane Fair and Expo Center is housing dozens of horses, a donkey, and an emu.
The internationally acclaimed horseman defied the conventional method of breaking horses and developed his own gentler approach — based on horses' non-verbal language. Roberts spoke with Fresh Air in 1997.
Snails are slimy. But there's more to that goo of theirs than meets the eye. It's a fact that may help inspire the creation of new materials.
At a time of increased conflict between elephants and humans, as elephant habitats are converted to intensive agriculture, the Hurulu Eco Park is a place where the animals can graze unimpeded.
Thirty beluga whales are being transferred out of Marineland, a shuttered aquarium in Canada.
Marine biologists off of Baja California recorded one orca teeing up another to smash a sunfish into pieces. Scientists say there could be a reason for this behavior — or it could be just for entertainment.
