Travel NIghtmare: Monkey Business
In the latest story from listeners about their Travel Nightmares, Susan Ford Hoffert tells us about a monkey attack in South Africa.
Animals
Researchers Report More Great White Sharks Along East Coast
A restoration of the seal population in the Northeast means more activity among their greatest predator. Researchers on Cape Cod are studying the their movements and educating the public about safety.
Larry The Lobster, Saved From Stockpot, Dies In Styrofoam Instead
Animal activists had teamed up to save a 15-pound lobster, at least 60 years old, from being dinner. They shipped him to a Maine aquarium — but the story doesn't have a happy ending.
Can Diabetes Alert Dogs Help Sniff Out Low Blood Sugar?
Trained dogs are increasingly being used to help people with diabetes detect hypoglycemia. One study finds the dogs can indeed do that, but aren't as reliable as a continuous glucose monitor.
Sea Slug? Disco Ball? Beautiful Deep-Sea Purple Blob Puzzles Scientists
"I have no idea. I can't even hazard a guess to phylum," one scientist says. The curious orb was found and captured during a recent Nautilus expedition near California's Channel Islands.
Oyster Archaeology: Ancient Trash Holds Clues To Sustainable Harvesting
Modern-day oyster populations in the Chesapeake are dwindling, but a multi-millennia archaeological survey shows that wasn't always the case. Native Americans harvested the shellfish sustainably.
Call It A Cat And Cat Game
Larry, 10 Downing Street's mouser, and Palmerston, the Foreign Office cat, were caught brawling. Then Palmerston snuck into the premier's offices. Authorities intervened, saving Larry further injury.
Mysterious And Known As The 'Raven': Scientists Identify New Whale Species
"There have been a lot of people out there surveying whales for a long time and never come across this," a researcher says. But Japanese fishermen have told stories about this dark whale for years.
'Nose-y' Bacteria Could Yield A New Way To Fight Infection
The search for lifesaving antibiotics is on. Scientists have turned up one promising candidate in an unlikely place — the human nose.
'Sister Clones' Of Dolly The Sheep Are Alive And Kicking
Dolly, the first cloned mammal, had early arthritis and died young, raising concerns that clones age prematurely. But a study confirms the sheep's four sister clones are healthy and aging well.