Animals

Late spring is swarm season, the time of year when bees reproduce and find new places to build hives.

Spring Is Swarm Season, When Beekeepers Are On The Hunt For New Hives

12:54pm June 10, 2016

by Annie Corrigan

While a new neighborhood beehive can be stressful for homeowners, it's an exciting time for beekeepers. They see it as an opportunity to collect more colonies for their apiaries.

"In nature everything is so uniquely itself ... and there is a pace to the natural world and a genius to the natural world that arises out of that state of being." — Boyd Varty

What Wisdom Can We Gain From Nature?

10:00am June 10, 2016

by NPR/TED STAFF

South African writer and conservationist Boyd Varty has spent his entire life among wild animals. He describes how he discovers "new old ways" by observing the natural world.

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Seagull Takes A Dip In A Vat Of Curry And Comes Out Orange

7:14am June 10, 2016

Hospital staff in Wales left some food outside — a vat of chicken tikka masala. A seagull fell in while seeking food. The staff rescued the white bird to find its feathers had turned orange.

Dr. James Allison in his lab at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

A Scientist's Dream Fulfilled: Harnessing The Immune System To Fight Cancer

9:14pm June 09, 2016

Melanoma can be a deadly skin cancer, but 10 years ago biologist Jim Allison figured out a way to tweak the body's immune system to go after those malignant cells. Some patients are now cancer-free.

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A seagull got a day-glo makeover when he fell into a vat of chicken tikka masala in Wales. He was taken to a wildlife hospital that says the bird will be fine.

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Curious Orange: Gull Gets Dyed After Diving Into Vat Of Tikka Masala

6:46pm June 09, 2016

by Bill Chappell

A seagull got the day-glo treatment after it fell into a vat of spicy chicken at a factory in Wales.

While Shepherd Sleeps, Sheep Overrun Spanish City

6:44am June 09, 2016

Police in Huesca rounded up the sheep and delivered them back to the shepherd — before he even knew they were missing.

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The culprit is believed to be a vervet monkey (though not this particular one, photographed in 2012 in Kenya's Maasai Mara).

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Hapless Monkey Single-Handedly Triggers Nationwide Blackout In Kenya

3:04pm June 08, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

A monkey stumbled into the largest hydropower station in East Africa and managed to set off a chain reaction that caused a countrywide blackout lasting more than three hours.

A common house mosquito (Culex pipiens) is about to sink her six-weaponed proboscis into a human arm. This type transmits West Nile virus by biting infected birds, then biting humans.

WATCH: Mosquitoes Use 6 Needles To Suck Your Blood

11:00am June 07, 2016

by Gabriela Quirós

Beyond pesky, mosquitoes kill hundreds of thousands of people worldwide each year. And the bites aren't random. A mouth packed with sensors, drills, spears and straws guides the bug to blood.

Bretagne, shown here at age 13, worked as a search dog at ground zero after the Sept. 11 attacks. She died Monday at 16, the last known surviving Sept. 11 search and rescue canine.

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Last Known Sept. 11 Search Dog, Bretagne, Dies At 16

9:42am June 07, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

The golden retriever was euthanized Monday in Cypress, Texas, near Houston. Searching through the rubble of ground zero was her very first deployment as a search and rescue dog.

Family Won't Be Charged In Gorilla Incident At Cincinnati Zoo

6:38am June 07, 2016

by Tana Weingartner

Local authorities will not charge the mother of the 3-year-old boy who fell into a gorilla exhibit. The gorilla was shot and killed by an emergency response team sent to rescue the child.