Animals

China Accuses Panda Of Faking Pregnancies To Get Treats

7:20am August 28, 2014

When pandas have symptoms of pregnancy, keepers put them in private rooms and feed them extra food. When it's clear the pandas aren't pregnant, some maintain the act to keep the better accommodations.

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Elephants, unlike humans or civets, are herbivores. The fermentation happening in their gut as they break down cellulose helps remove the bitterness in the coffee beans. Here, an elephant receives medical treatment from the Golden Triangle Asian Elephant

No. 1 Most Expensive Coffee Comes From Elephant's No. 2

5:27pm August 26, 2014

by Michael Sullivan

A coffee entrepreneur claims his brew is different — and better — than the trendy civet poop coffee. And it starts with the idea that elephants, unlike humans or civets, are herbivores.

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National

Between A Town And Its Bears, A Star-Crossed Relationship

7:53pm August 25, 2014

by Natasha Haverty

Most people in the town of Old Forge, N.Y., want to refrain from feeding black bears. The trouble is, without the bears coming around as often as they do, the town stands to lose a lot of its tourism.

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Environment

Pesticides Used On Florida's Mosquitoes May Harm Butterflies

7:53am August 22, 2014

by Greg Allen

Environmentalists and a South Florida community want to limit aerial spraying for mosquitoes — saying it's ineffective and harmful to wildlife. Two butterfly species were added to the endangered list.

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Sweden's Really Old Eel Dies

8:04am August 11, 2014

The 155-year-old eel died at home, in a well in the small fishing village where he'd been living since 1859.

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Pet Owner Revives Bearded Dragon

11:15am August 08, 2014

In Salem, Oregon, a woman discovered her lizard wasn't moving. She started chest compressions and blew air in its mouth, performing CPR on the lizard until it was revived.

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Elephant Uses VW To Satisfy An Itch

8:09am August 07, 2014

A South African elephant rubbed itself against the roof of a VW Polo. A field guide tells the Daily Mirror that elephants often satisfy their itches against logs and small trees but none were nearby.

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Science

If Dogs Feel Jealousy, It May Run Deeper In Us Than We'd Thought

7:43am July 31, 2014

Dr. Christine Harris co-authored a study that examined whether dogs exhibit jealous behavior, hoping to see if jealousy is an emotion unique to humans. Audie Cornish asks Harris: Does it take complex cognitions to trigger the emotion?

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Scientists previously underestimated the ability of the lionfish to live in less salty water.

Science

Sixth-Grader's Science Project Catches Ecologists' Attention

1:28pm July 28, 2014

by NPR Staff

Florida native Lauren Arrington studied how invasive lionfish, which usually live in the ocean, can survive in nearly fresh water.

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In Tracking Bats, It Helps To Find Them Adorable

11:45am July 19, 2014

by Daniel Potter

Julia Hoeh is a bat tracker. For $350 a week plus basic housing in rural Tennessee, she stays up long after midnight to affix radio trackers to bats and collect samples of their DNA.

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