Animals

Sulfur-Crested Cockatoos In Sydney Learn How To Pry Open Garbage Bins

5:54am July 23, 2021

The journal Science explains how Cockatoos are getting good at opening trash can lids. The birds learn from each other how to open the lid, hold it and walk along the side before flipping it over.

World News

Oh Flock... Clever Cockatoos Are More Culturally Complex Than We Thought

5:51pm July 22, 2021

Cockatoos in Sydney have become expert trash bin burglars. Scientists say birds in different neighborhoods have taught each other different techniques to open the bins, a sign of cultural complexity.

As offices reopen, workers are scrambling to adjust their pets to life outside of the home.

Economy

You Adopted A Pandemic Pet. Now You're Going Back To The Office. What Next?

12:59pm July 22, 2021

by Savannah Sicurella

The luxuries of remote work were temporary for many. As workplaces reopen offices and resume in-person operations, pet owners are scrambling to adjust to a new routine.

Security Guards At Japan's Azuma Sports Park Spot A Brown Bear

6:45am July 22, 2021

Perhaps the bear is an Olympic softball fan and wanted to watch Japan play Australia. Or maybe it was looking for food. Organizers tried using loud music and firecrackers to shoo it away

The National Zoo Needs Help Naming 3 Baby Black-Footed Ferrets

6:05am July 21, 2021

The public can vote on a list of names through July 25. Some options include Aster, Albus and Cottonwood. The ferrets, two males and one female, are living at a conservation unit in Virginia.

National

Bighorn Sheep Count In California Is Canceled After A Volunteer Dies

7:44am July 20, 2021

by Claire Trageser

Extreme heat is causing problems for wildlife researchers. Outside San Diego, a volunteer died from heat stroke and the annual bighorn sheep count is now canceled.

Biologist In Iraq Tracks Leopards Crossing The Border From Iran

6:20am July 19, 2021

by Alice Fordham

Landmines make the northern part of the Iraq-Iran border forbidding for humans, but they also seem to have created space for what's thought to be a growing population of rare leopards.

An Amazon delivery driver is now Tik Tok famous after a video of him killing a spider for a customer gained over 10 million views on the app.

National

An Amazon Delivery Driver Killed A Spider For A Grateful Customer. There's A Video

7:59pm July 15, 2021

by Josie Fischels

Terrified of the "huge" spider on her porch, a woman used Amazon's special instructions section to ask her delivery driver to kill it. He did, and now she's trying to find him to say "Thank you."

Hope, Tobias, Charity, Lizzie, Peace and Mary bring comfort to Surfside first responders and their families.

National

These Golden Retrievers Went To Surfside To Bring Comfort To First Responders

5:00am July 14, 2021

by Dalia Faheid

Nine golden retrievers from the Lutheran Church Charities K-9 Comfort Dog Ministry arrived at the site of the Champlain Towers South collapse to help families and first responders process their grief.

Fish are seen washed ashore at the Sanibel Causeway after dying in a red tide in 2018 in Sanibel, Florida.

At Least 600 Tons Of Dead Fish Have Washed Up Along Tampa Bay's Shore

9:12pm July 13, 2021

by Josie Fischels

The hordes of fish were killed by a red tide, a large "bloom" of toxic algae that appears on Florida's Gulf Coast about once a year. Experts say the bloom shouldn't be happening right now.