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Western U.S. monarch butterfly population is doing better than expected

4:35pm November 24, 2021

In recent years, monarch butterflies have all but disappeared from their annual Pacific Coast migration. But there are promising signs the population could stage a comeback.

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The New Orleans Audubon Zoo has taken in the 7-month-old jaguar that was rescued from wildlife trafficking. The jaguar was rescued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.

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New Orleans Audubon Zoo welcomes a trafficked jaguar cub

8:44am November 19, 2021

by Vanessa Romo

The 7-month-old spotted beauty was rescued from wildlife trafficking and will be living alongside a 6-year-old male named Valerio. There are only 15,000 believed to be living in the wild.

President Biden is preparing to make his first White House turkey pardon

5:45am November 19, 2021

Turkeys Peanut Butter and Jelly will get the chance to see another day. The two lucky birds' names were revealed, with their videos posted, on the White House Twitter page.

Creatures Under The Water Award: Time for school in Singapore.

Arts

The winners of the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards will brighten your day

6:07pm November 18, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

Among this year's winners are a trio of gossipy raccoons, a joyful bird reunion and an all-powerful prairie dog.

Spider keeper Jake Meney holds the "megaspider" that was turned in to the Australian Reptile Park.

An Australian zoo acquires a venomous, fanged 'megaspider' and is searching for more

10:55am November 17, 2021

by Joe Hernandez

The Australian Reptile Park wants to find the anonymous donor of the megaspider, which may lead them to an area with more unusually large arachnids that could boost the zoo's antivenom program.

A roadrunner rests at Avian Haven, a bird rehab facility on Sunday in Freedom, Maine. The bird hitched a ride in the storage area of a moving van from Las Vegas.

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A stowaway roadrunner hitched a ride in a moving van from Las Vegas to Maine

2:02pm November 16, 2021

by The Associated Press

A wayward roadrunner is on the mend at a bird rehabilitation facility in Maine after traveling across the country for four days in a moving van.

Blair Braverman is a contributing editor to Outside Magazine. She's also appeared on the Discovery reality show Naked and Afraid, in which she and a partner were left in a remote area of South Africa without clothes, food or water for three weeks.

Don't get dragged! Iditarod musher shares tales from the trail

1:17pm November 16, 2021

by Dave Davies

Blair Braverman says if she lets go of the sled, the dogs will race on without her. The question, she says, is not how to get sled dogs to go. Rather, it's how do you get them to stop?

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The ringed antpipit (corythopis torquatus) was among the 77 species examined in the recent study.

Amazon birds are shrinking as the climate warms, prompting warning from scientists

7:43pm November 15, 2021

A new study examined 77 bird species in the Amazon over a 40-year period. It found they were rapidly evolving due to rising temperatures because smaller birds shed heat more efficiently.

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The national reckoning over race and history is playing out in the world of birds

6:03am November 15, 2021

by Melissa Block

The Audubon Naturalist Society is dropping the name Audubon. John James Audubon was a famous ornithologist, who was also an enslaver and a grave robber who seized the skulls of Native Americans.

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Did you know your pet cat may be tracking your every move?

5:53am November 15, 2021

Studies show cats can mentally map out their locations alongside the whereabouts of their owners. Cats can navigate the invisible which is a critical component to their enhanced survival skills.

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