Animals

Decades-long dispute between Mi'kmaq community and commercial lobstermen escalates

5:09pm December 10, 2021

by Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi

The waters of Nova Scotia, Canada, hold one of the world's most lucrative lobster fisheries. A conflict over how to balance native treaty rights with commercial fishing rules is coming to a head.

U.K. researchers develop a questionnaire to find if your cat is psychopathic

5:51am December 10, 2021

Researchers adapted human tests for cats, Vice reports. Owners answer yes or no to statements like: My cat meows loudly for no apparent reason or my cat doesn't appear to act guilty after misbehaving.

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New sounds show how life is back in recovered corals reefs

5:02pm December 09, 2021

A new study shows that restoring coral reefs can bring ecosystems back to life — and with them, their sounds.

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A pelican in Naples, Fla., tried to digest a sheepshead fish for dinner

6:00am December 09, 2021

Rescuers with the Conservancy of Southwest Florida came across the pelican and saw it was having trouble breathing. An exam showed an oversized fish skeleton lodged in the pelican's esophagus.

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New research says baboon breakups are mutual

5:59pm December 08, 2021

Just like humans, groups of baboons sometimes break off relations. Scientists have studied the dynamics of such breakups and say baboons tend to split up in a cooperative, egalitarian way.

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Asian lady beetles are swarming parts of the Northeast and Western U.S.

8:16am December 07, 2021

Beetles that look like ladybugs are sweeping through parts of the country. They can bite, but are they harmful?

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A snake adds new meaning to the phrase: curling up on the sofa

5:27am December 07, 2021

A man in Clearwater, Fla., pulled back the cushions on his sofa to find a five-foot snake. The sofa was carried outside and a red-tailed boa constrictor was extracted.

Kentucky Derby winner and Preakness entrant Medina Spirit is bathed ahead of the Preakness Stakes on May 12, 2021 in Baltimore, Maryland.

Sports

Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit collapsed and died after a workout in California

3:43pm December 06, 2021

by Tien Le

The 3-year-old colt, whose Derby win is under dispute, died suddenly from what appears to have been a cardiac event, said an on-site veterinary team at Southern California's Santa Anita racetrack.

A gray wolf in Oregon's northern Wallowa County in February 2017. Officials in Oregon are asking for help locating the person or persons responsible for poisoning an entire wolf pack in the eastern part of the state earlier this year.

National

8 wolves were poisoned in Oregon. Police are asking for help finding who killed them

10:24am December 04, 2021

by The Associated Press

The animals, including an entire wolf pack, were found poisoned earlier this year. "All investigative leads have been exhausted," says Oregon State Police Capt. Stephanie Bigman.

Why Orcas have been lingering longer in the Arctic

5:18pm December 03, 2021

Orcas are lingering longer in the Arctic Ocean, as sea ice there shrinks. The whales often travel to access varieties of prey, but it's likely there are now more hunting opportunities in the Arctic.