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Go Back In Time To The Last Appearance Of The Brood X Cicadas

8:56am April 04, 2021

by Peter Breslow

Back in 2004, the last time that the Brood X cicadas emerged in Washington D.C., NPR's Peter Breslow recorded his four-year-old twin daughters amidst the din in his backyard.

A male bonobo at Lola yo Bonobo sanctuary. Only about 20,000 wild bonobos are left, and they are found only in the central rainforests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Saving Endangered Bonobos Teaches A Lesson In Empathy

7:05am April 03, 2021

by Jon Hamilton

At an animal sanctuary in the Congo, young students are learning why the gentle, endangered apes known as bonobos should be seen as a national treasure.

Researchers identified a mummified Blue-Fronted Amazon parrot, recovered from an ancient cemetery in the Atacama Desert.

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Mummified Parrots Reveal 'Sophisticated' Trade In Ancient South American Desert

7:36pm April 02, 2021

Scientists found remains of parrots in the Atacama desert, far from the birds' home in the Amazon. The discovery allowed scientists to reconstruct ancient trading routes used to transport the birds.

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Man Surprised By Thousands Of Bees In Car After Grocery Trip

7:03am April 02, 2021

A New Mexico man got more than he bargained for when returning from a grocery trip to find his car taken over by bees. Luckily, one of the firefighters called on the scene practiced beekeeping.

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Inside Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary's Efforts To Save One Of The World's Greatest Apes

5:00am April 02, 2021

by Jon Hamilton

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, there's an effort to save one of humankind's closest living relatives: the bonobo. This benefits the animals, brain research and the economy of the DRC.

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Mother Bear Tries To Get Her Cubs Safely Across The Street

5:56am April 01, 2021

In Connecticut, a bear tried to get her pack of cubs to follow her across the street. The cubs, however, seemed to want to do anything except the thing she was trying to get them to do.

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Bonobos Offer Clues To Why Humans Evolved To Value Niceness

4:32pm March 31, 2021

by Jon Hamilton

Humans evolved to be nice — at least sometimes. The trait has helped us succeed as a species. But how did it happen? A look at some peace-loving apes in Democratic Republic of the Congo offers clues.

A Most Remarkable Creature: The Hidden Life and Epic Journey of the World's Smartest Birds of Prey, by Jonathan Meiburg

'A Most Remarkable Creature' Introduces The Little-Known, Charismatic Caracara

12:49pm March 31, 2021

by Anna Morris

Through Jonathan Meiburg's inquiring lens, readers will find themselves with a new favorite animal — a bird of prey aptly described as "one of the strangest and most wonderful animals on Earth."

3 Rare Australian Beetles Named After Pokémon

5:55am March 31, 2021

The two researchers who discovered the beetles decided to name them after three extremely rare Pokémon from the popular series: Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres.

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Naturalist Traces The 'Astounding' Flyways Of Migratory Birds

1:40pm March 29, 2021

by Dave Davies

Scott Weidensaul has spent decades studying bird migration. "There is a tremendous solace in watching these natural rhythms play out again and again," he says. His new book is A World On the Wing.

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