Animals

New Hampshire has sworn in a new state official — and she's only in the 5th grade

5:42am January 11, 2024

The state regularly names a kid governor, and Ellie Lively is the latest. After taking her oath, Ellie said her priority is preventing animal cruelty. She says all animals should be loved.

A rare salmon went extinct in a California creek. People are trying to bring it back

4:57pm January 10, 2024

by Danielle Venton (KQED)

Decades ago, salmon in the Pescadero Creek along the California coast went extinct. Now conservationists, farmers and federal money for addressing human-caused climate change are helping them return.

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Researchers comb through data indicating magpies attack balding men more often

5:52am January 10, 2024

The magpie is a little bird that will attack if it perceives you as a threat. An eight-year-old girl in Australia conducted a study, and found the birds tend to attack men with thin or receding hair.

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Pet adoptions are not keeping pace with the number of animals coming in

5:13am January 10, 2024

by Julie Depenbrock

Animal shelters and advocates say overcrowding at animal shelters is due to multiple factors, including a post-pandemic return to work and renewed popularity of "designer" pets from breeders.

2023 was the hottest year on record – by a large margin

4:43pm January 09, 2024

by Rebecca Hersher

2023 was the hottest year on record by a significant margin, according to official European Union temperature data.

Canadian Park officials warn: Please don't let moose lick your car

6:55am January 09, 2024

The animals love the taste of road salt. Watching them lick the vehicle can be fun, but the interaction can cause the moose to lose their fear of cars and people — leading to traffic accidents.

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Wildlife photographer in Wales is surprised by who's been cleaning up for him

5:54am January 08, 2024

When Rodney Holbrook left his workbench a mess at the end of the day, he would discover it was tidied up in the morning. A night vision camera video showed a mouse gathering loose items in a tray.

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Science

January's full moon is known as the wolf moon. Do wolves really howl at a full moon?

5:07am January 08, 2024

The Old Farmer's Almanac says the moon got the nickname because wolves were likely heard howling in mid-winter. Wolf experts say the pack may be howling during full moons for other reasons.

A dolphin swims along the Indus river in the southern Pakistani city of Sukkur. Local legend has it that Pakistan's Indus River dolphin was once a woman, transformed by a curse from a holy man angry that she forgot to feed him one day. This endangered species is seeing numbers revive, with fisherfolk playing a role as citizen-scientists.

Health & Safety

An endangered river dolphin finds an unlikely savior: fisherfolk

12:55pm January 07, 2024

by Diaa Hadid

In Pakistan, illiterate fishermen have become citizen scientists, helping to revive the fortunes of the endangered Indus River dolphin.

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi gives a toast to invited guests after delivering a speech at a reception for Commemoration of the 45th Anniversary of China-U.S. Diplomatic Relations in Beijing on Friday.

China promises pandas for the U.S. on the 45th anniversary of the two nations' ties

12:28pm January 05, 2024

by The Associated Press

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the United States and China must insist on peaceful coexistence and promised that giant pandas would return to the U.S. — specifically California — by year end.