Animals

Grand Canyon Officials Want To Evict Bison From Park

7:57am May 27, 2014

by Laurel Morales

There's an estimated 350 bison living in Grand Canyon National Park. The herd has grown too big and is overgrazing park land, draining already low water resources and trampling archaeological sites.

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In this image from the June issue of National Geographic, Jose Armenta and his wife, Eliana, relax with their Boston terriers Oreo and Sassy, and Zenit, a German shepherd they adopted from the Marines.

National

Civilian Life Taught This Military Dog Some New Tricks

4:59pm May 22, 2014

As a bomb-detecting dog, Zenit the German shepherd never chased his tail or dug holes. Those are skills he learned after he was adopted by his former professional partner, Cpl. Jose Armenta.

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Border Collies Enlisted To Clean Beaches

8:06am May 21, 2014

Research suggests border collies help keep beaches clean by chasing away gulls that leaving their droppings in the sand and on water.

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When your best friend weighs several tons, sometimes a trunk hug will have to do.

For A Showman Larger Than Life, An Even Bigger Best Friend

12:34am May 21, 2014

by NPR Staff

Growing up, Ivor David Balding said that he would one day own an elephant. A lifetime later, the longtime circus showman leaves behind his best, and biggest, friend: an African elephant named Flora.

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Kentucky Derby contender California Chrome exercises at Churchill Downs on Thursday in Louisville, Ky.

A Black Sheep Crashes The Kentucky Derby

12:33pm May 03, 2014

by Julia McEvoy

California Chrome is a flashy red horse with a big white blaze down his face. Unlike his competition, he's from humble origins, but more important than his breeding is his speed.

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This mako shark looks like its ancient ancestors, but it's probably evolved to be even more terrifying.

Science

New Fossil Takes A Bite Out Of Theory That Sharks Barely Evolved

12:59pm April 30, 2014

by Geoff Brumfiel

A 325 million-year-old fossil find shows that the gill structures of modern sharks are actually quite different from their ancient ancestors.

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Canadian Police Extricate Bear From Jar

8:02am April 23, 2014

Residents in Ontario called police when they spotted a bear bumbling down the street. It was unable to see where it was going because of a large birdseed jar stuck on its head.

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Police Trace Heavy-Breathing Emergency Caller

4:33pm April 16, 2014

Police near London received a troubling call, and all the dispatcher could hear was heavy breathing. Cops found the caller running through a yard. It was a dog with a wireless phone in its mouth.

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Finn Schwarz, president of the Jewish Congregation in Copenhagen, and Benyones Essabar of Danish Halal discuss the new slaughter rule on Danish TV.

Banning Traditional Animal Slaughter, Denmark Stokes Religous Ire

6:48pm April 09, 2014

by Sidsel Overgaard

The country's move to require animals to be stunned before being killed is seen by some as an affront to religious methods of slaughter. But now Jews and Muslims are working together to protest it.

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Which 'Morning Edition' Story Was The Joke?

1:04pm April 02, 2014

It was such an odd day of news on Tuesday that people wrote asking which of our stories was the April Fool's joke? Hint: It was the one about the cat.

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