Animals

Freetown Elementary School students Mason Santos, left, and Mila Talbot, right, pet Huntah the dog after she finishes checking a classroom.

Dogs trained to sniff out COVID in schools are getting a lot of love for their efforts

11:53am June 16, 2022

by Ari Daniel

A school in southeastern Massachusetts latches onto a novel program that uses canines to sniff out COVID on surfaces. The idea is to help protect kids from the virus and keep the school open.

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A kindergarten student releases a turtle back into the wild at the Wetlands Institute in Stone Harbor, N.J., this month.

National

This kindergarten class has raised and set free 18 orphaned turtles

5:00am June 15, 2022

A kindergarten class in Stone Harbor, N.J., recently said bon voyage to a group of 18 orphaned turtles as part of a program to save thousands of the reptiles.

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The monarch butterfly species is one of thousands which states have flagged for conservation, but have limited resources to support.

U.S. House passes a major wildlife conservation spending bill

8:24pm June 14, 2022

by Laura Benshoff

The Recovering America's Wildlife Act would create a permanent fund of more than $1.3 billion, given to states, territories, and tribal nations for wildlife conservation on the ground.

Kids can pet this dog visiting their classroom — but only after it sniffs for COVID

5:25pm June 14, 2022

by Ari Daniel

A Massachusetts elementary school welcomes COVID-sniffing dogs. The animals were trained to detect COVID based on research showing that dogs could find a fungus on trees before the trees got sick.

Bronx Zoo elephant "Happy" strolls inside the zoo's Asia habitat in New York on Oct. 2, 2018.

Happy the elephant is not a person, a court rules

4:26pm June 14, 2022

by The Associated Press

The 5-2 decision by the court comes in a closely watched case that tested the boundaries of applying human rights to animals.

A sighting reveals extinction and climate change in a single image

1:22pm June 14, 2022

by Matt Adams

A group of researchers photograph a woolly mammoth tusk on the banks of the Koyukuk River in Alaska.

This kindergarten class has raised and set free 18 orphaned turtles

5:20pm June 13, 2022

A kindergarten class in Stone Harbor, N.J., recently set free 18 orphaned turtles it raised from eggs. They're part of a program that has saved thousands of diamond terrapin turtles over 20 years.

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World News

Cats are getting a curfew in some Icelandic towns

9:18am June 12, 2022

by Ayesha Rascoe

Ayesha Rascoe talks to journalist Egill Bjarnason about the ecological impacts of outdoor cats and the curfews some Icelandic towns have imposed on them.

Robert Brantley washes one of the 13 kittens he rescued along the side of the road in Pioneer, La., on Tuesday.

National

This Louisiana man thought he was rescuing one kitten — then 12 more appeared

7:22pm June 09, 2022

by Wynne Davis

After getting all 13 kittens into his car, Robert Brantley headed back home. He said almost all the kittens have forever homes lined up and are getting checked out by a veterinarian.

Past measures to tax farmers have met strong resistance, but New Zealand's climate change minister thinks it is a good start

Environment

New Zealand announces world-first plan to tax cow and sheep burps

5:38pm June 09, 2022

New Zealand has announced a plan to tax livestock burps in an effort to curb the country's greenhouse gas emissions. It would be the first time a country has done this.

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