Animals

Canadian Dog Walker Musters Boxing Skills To Battle Mama Bear

7:22am July 07, 2016

Rick Nelson startled a cub while he was walking his dog. The cub's 300-pound mother came to the rescue. During the altercation, Nelson landed a good underhand punch to the bear's snout.

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Police Use Bananas To Lure Monkey Back To Captivity

7:13am July 06, 2016

A spider monkey recently escaped from his owner in the Ontario town of Innisfil. Mango isn't the first primate to run loose there. In 2012, Darwin was spotted wearing a sheepskin coat at Ikea.

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Science

20 Years Ago, A Cloned Sheep Named Dolly Was Born

4:53pm July 05, 2016

Twenty years ago today, the world's first cloned mammal was born — a sheep named Dolly.

Adelie Penguins In Danger

5:02pm July 03, 2016

A new study says the population of Adelie penguins in the Antarctic could drop dramatically in population by 2099 due to climate change. Megan Cimino, who headed the study, explains why.

Science

Great White Shark Caught On Camera Napping For The First Time

8:05am July 03, 2016

Scientists think they've finally caught on film a shark getting some rest. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Greg Skomal, a marine fisheries biologist, who was part of the team that collected the footage.

These ants are some of the stars of the award-winning film Ant by Rustam Orifi.

Health & Safety

'Ant' Is A Movie About Ants — Or Is It?

7:00am July 03, 2016

by Joe Schottenfeld

The director, a young man from Tajikistan, says he wanted to show a day in the life of an ant. But there may be more to it than that.

Science

The Dark Side To The Firefly's Flare

8:52am July 02, 2016

Entomologist Sara Lewis talks about Photuris, a species of firefly that lures males of other species in and eats them.

How could you evict that little face? Browser the public library cat has been reprieved and will stay on the job in White Settlement, Texas. Here, he sits among a group of children being read to.

Library Cat's Job Is Saved

12:45am July 02, 2016

by Barbara Campbell

Browser can go on delighting patrons and terrorizing rodents at the public library. Amid international outrage, lawmakers in White Settlement in North Texas have decided not to fire him after all.

Demyte "Little Spot" was crowned the winner of Lithuania's goat beauty contest.

There She Is, Probably The Most Beautiful Goat In Lithuania

2:07pm July 01, 2016

by Marc Silver

A video of a Lithuanian goat beauty contest is going viral. But ... what makes a goat beautiful?

One of the frigatebirds that researchers tagged soared 40 miles over the Indian Ocean without a wing-flap. These birds were photographed in the Galapagos.

Nonstop Flight: How The Frigatebird Can Soar For Weeks Without Stopping

6:34pm June 30, 2016

by Christopher Joyce

Scientists have been attaching transmitters on the huge seagoing birds and are astonished by their ability to stay aloft.

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