Animals

A Pittsburgh pooch is finally out of the dog house

5:56am January 05, 2024

A Goldendoodle found $4,000 in cash on a kitchen counter and ate it. Cecil's owners were planning to use the money for a new fence. The dog pooped and the couple got most of the money back.

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A family of 10 orcas has been spotted swimming between Oxnard and San Diego

5:15am January 05, 2024

by Paige Waterhouse

Whale-watchers in Southern California are getting a rare treat, a visit from a pod of orcas.

After 20 years of prepping, a piece of land is ready to host endangered woodpeckers

7:18am January 04, 2024

by Grant Blankenship

It took 20 years to get a piece of land in Georgia ready to host endangered woodpeckers. U.S. Fish and Wildlife recently approved moving some of the birds to the site. (Story aired on ATC on 1/2/24.)

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After 20 years of prepping, a piece of land is ready to host endangered woodpeckers

4:13pm January 02, 2024

by Grant Blankenship

It took 20 years to get a piece of land in Georgia ready to host endangered woodpeckers. U.S. Fish and Wildlife recently approved moving some of the birds to the site.

Alexis Mukwedi tested positive for sleeping sickness during a two-day mobile screening in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He had complained about nervous tics and fatigue.

Health & Safety

Treatment for acute sleeping sickness has been brutal — until now

9:18am January 02, 2024

by Max Barnhart

An oral drug is proving an effective treatment for the acute strain of this potentially fatal disease — an alternative to injections of drugs that posed serious risks to the patient.

Scenes from the year's top global TikToks.

Top global TikToks of 2023: Mr. Bean of math, makeup demo, capybaras!

12:57pm December 30, 2023

by Danielle Preiss

The most popular global TikToks of the year are a mix of the over-the-top, the weird and the wonderful. Here's a closer look at five favorites.

Left to right: Barbies in India; Maya softball players in Mexico; walking on a frozen fountain in the mountains of Pakistan, where efforts are underway to revive the ancient art of glacier mating.

Health & Safety

From glacier babies to a Barbie debate: 7 great global stories you might have missed

9:55am December 28, 2023

by Marc Silver

Here are our editors' picks for stories from 2023 that we wish more people would see: from an elephant safari for teens to mating glaciers in Pakistan to a debate about Barbie's skin tone in India.

Should the Endangered Species Act be updated for climate change accounts?

5:05am December 28, 2023

The Endangered Species Act was signed 50 years ago Thursday. Deborah Sivas, a professor of environmental law at Stanford University, tells NPR's A Martinez why the law needs to be updated.

Chimpanzees and bonobos recognize photos of groupmates they haven't seen for more than 25 years, and respond even more enthusiastically to pictures of their friends, a new study finds.

Science

Apes remember long-lost friends and family they haven't seen in decades

2:35pm December 26, 2023

by Vanessa Romo

Researchers found that chimpanzees and bonobos were able to recognize photos of former groupmates after more than 25 years apart, according to a new study from Johns Hopkins University.

Environment

The Santa Cruz Island Dudleya is an Endangered Species Act success story

9:00am December 24, 2023

by Ayesha Rascoe

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks rare plant biologist Heather Schneider about the Santa Cruz Island Dudleya, an Endangered Species Act success story.

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