Animals

Ivory Crushed In Times Square To Raise Awareness Of Wildlife Trafficking

8:13pm June 19, 2015

by Joel Rose

The U.S. government crushed one ton of ivory in New York's Times Square on Friday. The goal is to raise awareness of elephant poaching and the wildlife trafficking crisis.

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Customs officers in Hong Kong stand guard near several tons of ivory tusks seized during an anti-smuggling operation in 2012. The tusks and other ivory items had been shipped inside two containers from Tanzania and Kenya.

DNA Tracking Of Ivory Helps Biologists Find Poaching Hotspots

5:40pm June 19, 2015

by Christopher Joyce

To stop elephant slaughter in Africa, zoologist Sam Wasser spent years extracting DNA from elephant dung and tissue. Much of the world's poached ivory, he discovered, comes from just two hotspots.

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Removing micropollutants from wastewater isn't cheap or easy.

Hunting Ways To Keep Synthetic Estrogens Out Of Rivers And Seas

1:26pm June 19, 2015

by Jessie Rack

Hormones from medical treatments wind up in wastewater, and that can be a problem. Some scientists think a version of a household chemical, hydrogen peroxide, could be part of the solution.

A crow dives on a researcher during a trial. Crows recognize people who have scared them or wronged them for years afterward.

'They Will Strafe You,' Bird Expert Says Of Seattle's Dive-Bombing Crows

11:02am June 19, 2015

by Bill Chappell

"We had crows literally come down and tap me on the head, trying to scare me," a man says of crows that aggressively swoop at humans.

Seagull Injures Classic Pianist

8:18am June 19, 2015

British classical pianist Paul Lewis was heading into rehearsal when a seagull dove at him. He ducked, stumbled and put out a hand to break his fall. He sprained a finger, and will miss a festival.

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National

County Fairs Cancel Bird Shows But Get Creative Amid Flu Outbreak

8:58pm June 18, 2015

by Sehvilla Mann

Once a staple of county fairs nationwide, bird shows have been cancelled this year amid the avian flu outbreak. But instead of giving up, some groups are getting creative with alternative events.

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Science

Watching Cat Videos Serves Useful Purpose, Research Finds

8:05am June 18, 2015

A survey published in the journal Computers in Human Behavior finds that cat videos can boost a person's mood. Nearly 7,000 people were surveyed about Internet cat videos.

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M.C. Davis, former gambler and businessman, stands in his 54,000-acre preserve, Nokuse Plantation, in the Florida Panhandle. It's the largest privately owned conservation area in the southeastern United States.

Gambler-Turned-Conservationist Devotes Fortune To Florida Nature Preserve

7:22pm June 17, 2015

by Melissa Block

M.C. Davis made millions gambling and buying up land and mineral rights. Now, he's restoring ecosystems destroyed by agriculture and timbering in his private preserve, one of the largest in the U.S.

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Red Crabs Invade Southern California Beaches In Search Of Warm Water

6:48pm June 17, 2015

by Kirk Siegler

Due to warm ocean temperatures, tens of thousands of red crabs are invading beaches in Southern California.

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World News

To Escape Poachers, Rhinos Are Airlifted To Safer Areas

7:19am June 17, 2015

Conservationists in South Africa and Zimbabwe are relocating rhinos by airplane to safer habitats elsewhere in Africa. David Greene talks to Raoul du Toit, who runs Lowveld Rhino Trust in Zimbabwe.

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