Animals

Security footage shows a goat appearing hell-bent on breaking through the Argonics Inc. office doors.

National

WATCH: Security Camera Footage Reveals Rogue Goat At Colorado Office

4:23pm July 19, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

It's worth noting that the goat seems to have no interest in actually entering the office belonging to the polyurethane manufacturer. But it did brazenly destroy two of the office doors.

A driver watches as an unusual sight passes by the side of the car: a herd of bison, recently escaped from a nearby farm in Gilford, N.H. By evening, local police had successfully rounded up the herd.

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WATCH: 'The Wild West?' No, It's New Hampshire — But Those Really Are Bison

2:25pm July 19, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

A small herd thundered free from a farm and wandered through forests and roadways. Eventually, local authorities managed to return the beasts safely — but not before a neighbor caught a video.

Storm, an English golden retriever, rescued a baby deer from the Long Island Sound on Sunday.

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Long Island Dog Rescues Baby Deer From Water

4:08pm July 18, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

Amid the lapping waves, a baby deer was in over its head. Then an English golden retriever came to the rescue.

An African cheetah (acinonyx jubatus lanea) at Inverdoorn Game Reservein South Africa.

Science

New Research Suggests Why Mid-Sized Animals Are The Fastest

7:02pm July 17, 2017

by Christopher Joyce

New research suggests the biggest animals run out of fuel for their fast-twitch muscles before they reach the maximum speed their bodies could achieve. Animals like cheetahs are born to run fast.

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Native Americans Sue After Government Says Grizzly Bears No Longer Endangered

8:03am July 16, 2017

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Ben Nuvamsa of the Hopi Tribe about a lawsuit by Native Americans challenging the federal government's de-listing of the grizzly bear as an endangered species.

Joe Howlett, an expert in rescuing whales from tangled fishing gear, died on Monday. He's seen here off the coast of Canada's Campobello Island in 2015.

NOAA Halts Whale Disentanglement Efforts After Rescuer Dies

3:17pm July 14, 2017

by Bill Chappell

Boat captain Joe Howlett died on Monday after freeing a right whale that was tangled in fishing gear in Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence.

A raven flies in the Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge in Wyoming.

Science

Ravens Surprise Scientists By Showing They Can Plan

5:54pm July 13, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

As recently as 10 years ago, humans were thought to be the only species with the ability to plan. Turns out ravens can too, on a par with great apes.

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Scientists Discover Sneaky Spider That Fools Predators

5:27pm July 13, 2017

by Christopher Joyce

It's a dog eat dog world out there in nature. One way not to get eaten is to look like something else that's not tasty. Now scientists have discovered a spider that fools predators by not only looking like a nasty ant, but actually walking like one.

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If It Walks Like An Ant, You Probably Wouldn't Eat It — Or So These Spiders Hope

4:59pm July 13, 2017

by Christopher Joyce

A scientist discovers how some spiders go undercover as a less delicious species to evade predators.

With an American honeybee queen for a mother and a European honeybee drone for a father, this worker bee has a level of genetic diversity unseen in the U.S. for decades. Researchers at Washington State University hope a deeper gene pool will give a new ge

No Offense, American Bees, But Your Sperm Isn't Cutting It

9:00am July 13, 2017

by Ryan Bell

U.S. bees are in trouble, and one of the major threats is a deadly parasite called varroa mite. So researchers are importing sperm from European bees resistant to mites to toughen up America's stock.