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A Virginia Tech entomologist named a new millipede species after Taylor Swift

6:14am April 20, 2022

Derek Hennen is a huge fan of Taylor Swift. When his team discovered a new species of millipede in Swift's home state of Tennessee, he named it after her. It's called: "Swift Twisted-Claw Millipede."

A common moth pest had a slur in its name; now it's getting a makeover

5:05am April 18, 2022

by Jane Lindholm

An invasive moth responsible for hundreds of millions of dollars damage has a new name. Up until now, this moth's common name contained a derogatory term for Romani people.

A dolphin stranded on Quintana Beach in Texas died after being harassed by beachgoers.

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A dolphin stranded on a Texas beach dies after beachgoers attempted to ride it

8:01am April 16, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

Rescuers say attempts to reach the dolphin and rescue it failed.

The ivory-billed woodpecker is not extinct, researchers claim

6:07am April 15, 2022

They spent three years combing Louisiana's swampy woods with drones, cameras and audio recorders. They've got grainy photos and eyewitness accounts. The bird hasn't been definitively seen since 1944.

This Jan. 5, 2020, photo shows a bald eagle in Philadelphia.

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Bald eagles around the U.S. are contracting the bird flu

6:15pm April 14, 2022

by Rina Torchinsky

At least three bald eagles who contracted bird flu are dead.

Encore: How do you give a whale a pregnancy test? One way — check its poop

4:20pm April 14, 2022

by Eve Zuckoff

The orange excrement of the critically endangered North Atlantic right whales — so called because they were once seen as the right ones to hunt — can give researchers a window into their health.

Missing cockatiel is identified with the help of a TV show's theme song

5:57am April 14, 2022

Lucky was found on a church porch in Pennsylvania — he had escaped from his family three earlier. The family knew Lucky was theirs when he started whistling the theme to The Andy Griffith Show.

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A pack of wolves in Yellowstone National Park are spotted from a wildlife tracking plane

A record number of Yellowstone wolves have been killed. Conservationists are worried

11:34am April 13, 2022

by Nick Mott

States neighboring Yellowstone National Park have eased rules on hunting wolves, resulting in the most being killed in nearly a century

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A spike in wolf killings around Yellowstone has conservationists worried

6:11pm April 12, 2022

by Nick Mott

Last year, two neighboring states loosened restrictions on hunting wolves outside Yellowstone, resulting in a spike in deaths. Locally that's politically popular, but biologists see problems.

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If life gives you lemons, make lemonade and sell it to help animals in need

6:04am April 11, 2022

Ben Miller is a 9-year-old cat-lover from Boise, Idaho, who — a couple of years ago — opened a stand to sell lemonade, cookies and dog treats. He's raised almost $2,000 for the Idaho Humane Society.