Animals

When It Comes To De-Stressing, Slovenians Turn To Bees

6:13am August 03, 2020

For centuries, the central European nation has used the sound of buzzing bees to relax its citizens. When students become restless in class, they go listen to the school's bee hive to de-stress.

Queue Listen Now

A bottle containing orange juice and rice cooking wine is set as a trap by Jenni Cena, pest biologist and trapping supervisor from the Washington State Department of Agriculture, in an effort to catch Asian giant hornets, also known as murder hornets.

Scientists In Washington State Have Trapped Their 1st Murder Hornet

6:08pm August 01, 2020

by Christianna Silva

In a move to eliminate murder hornets in North America, the Washington State Department of Agriculture is utilizing a new technique to catch them. In July, trappers found their first one.

Science

Researchers Use Artificial Intelligence To Study Elephant Calls

4:10pm July 31, 2020

The Elephant Listening Project has been listening to elephant calls for 20 years to learn more about animals. But identifying the calls used to be laborious — until scientists used AI.

Queue Listen Now

Scientists In Australia Discover New Insect Called The Deadpool Fly

7:06am July 31, 2020

If you're picturing actor Ryan Reynolds in a fly costume you're not too far off base. The insect is named after his Marvel character. It has markings on its back that resembles Deadpool's mask.

Queue Listen Now

On the left is an unmodified hatchling of a longfin inshore squid (Doryteuthis pealeii). The one on the right was injected with CRISPR-Cas9 targeting a pigmentation gene before the first cell division. It has very few pigmented cells and lighter eyes.

The First Gene-Altered Squid Has Thrilled Biologists

4:33pm July 30, 2020

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

Scientists have modified the genes of a squid, and genetically-altered octopuses could be coming soon.

Queue Listen Now

Emus Banned For Bad Behavior From Hotel In Australia's Outback

6:56am July 29, 2020

Two emus will no longer be able to use their long necks to pluck toast out of toasters. After the birds learned to climb the steps to the establishment, the bar owners put up a rope to keep them out.

Queue Listen Now

A great white shark swims off the shore of Cape Cod, Mass., in July 2019. A woman was killed by a great white in Maine on Monday — the first fatal attack in the state's history.

National

Great White Shark Kills Woman In Maine

10:05pm July 28, 2020

by Matthew S. Schwartz

It's the first fatal shark attack in the state's history, officials say. The woman, wearing a black wetsuit, might have been mistaken for a seal.

An emu named Carol, age 3, walks around behind a fence in Yaraka, a small town in Australia. An Australian Outback pub has banned Carol and her brother Kevin for "bad behavior" after they learned to climb the stairs and created havoc inside.

World News

'Emus Have Been Banned' For Bad Behavior, A Hotel In Australia's Outback Says

6:22pm July 28, 2020

by Bill Chappell

"We put the sign up, but we're not quite sure whether they're able to read or not," Yaraka Hotel co-owner Gerry Gimblett says in an Australian TV interview.

Killer Whale Who Carried Dead Calf 2 Years Ago Is Pregnant Again

4:19pm July 28, 2020

One orca mother carried her dead calf 1,000 miles through the ocean for 17 days two years ago. And now she is pregnant again.

Queue Listen Now

Rare Blue Lobster Discovered At An Ohio Red Lobster

6:31am July 28, 2020

The Akron Zoo quickly sprang into action and rescued the Blue crustacean from the Red Lobster in Cuyahoga Falls. The lobster has been given the name Clawde.