Same-Sex Penguin Couple Fosters An Egg In Sydney
The new penguin couple are named Sphen and Magic, and the two males are about to take the leap into parenthood. They are often spotted together, waddling or going for a swim.
Animals
Goats And Sheep (Indirectly) Fight Fires In Heartwarming BBC Video
The animals are part of a collaboration with shepherds and firefighters to stop the spread of wildfires in northern Spain.
Steven Wise: If Chimpanzees Can Feel And Think, Should They Also Have Legal Rights?
Animals like chimpanzees are autonomous beings with rich emotional lives, says animal rights lawyer Steven Wise. He's working to get courts to recognize them as "legal persons" and grant them rights.
Canada's Wild Salmon Caravan Connects Future Of Fish And Indigenous People
Warming oceans and development threaten the West Coast's wild salmon. So activists started a traveling celebration to draw attention to the plight of the sockeye in Canada's Fraser River.
Squirrel Interrupts London Assembly Committee Meeting
It happened to be a meeting of the city's environmental committee. A Green Party member joked the squirrel: "Wanted to make sure there was a voice representing the natural world at the meeting."
Emotional Support Squirrel A No-Go On Frontier Flight
A woman who tried to fly to Ohio from Orlando with her rodent companion ultimately agreed to exit after the other passengers were required to deplane and police were called.
'Her Radiant Rolls' Put Her Over The Top: Alaska Park Names Its 'Fattest Bear'
It's the bear body-positive competition you didn't know you needed.
Giraffes Inherit Spot Patterns From Their Mamas, Study Says
Scientists have previously hypothesized that spots are conferred at random or that they are influenced by environmental factors.
Gecko Makes Phone Calls From Hawaii Animal Hospital
A veterinarian got multiple calls from the hospital but when she answered, no one was there. She later discovered a gecko on the touch screen of an office phone — making calls by tapping its feet.
In Changing Climate, Endangered Right Whales Find New Feeding Grounds
North Atlantic right whales used to turn up large numbers off Maine's coast, but now, adapting to climate changes, they are being spotted further north in Gulf of St. Lawrence.