Animals

Sneaky snacker in Australia munches nearly $4,000 worth of seedlings in a nursery

7:09am September 07, 2023

Owner Humphrey Herington told the BBC he'd been mystified until he caught the critter red handed. The culprit was a koala bear — the nursery grows eucalyptus plants to shore-up koala habitat.

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Pets are being sent to shelters because of natural disasters, housing shortages

6:40am September 07, 2023

by Grace Benninghoff

A national housing shortage is impacting some families in unexpected ways. This year animal shelters have seen more people surrendering their pets due to housing instability.

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Music & Culture

More than 150,000 fans — and at least 1 dog — turn out to see Metallica

7:17am September 06, 2023

When Metallica's tour stopped in Los Angeles, a German Shepherd named Storm left her nearby home, snuck into the stadium, and took a seat. Her owners had no idea until they saw pictures online.

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Hurricane Idalia seems to have blown some migrating birds a little off course

6:56am September 06, 2023

Flamingos normally seen around the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean have been spotted farther afield — the Carolinas, Texas and even Ohio. If you see a pink bird standing on one leg, it's not a mirage.

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A stray dog kept showing up at a nursing home — residents finally adopted it

5:10am September 06, 2023

Scout was living at the Antrim County Animal Shelter in Bellaire, Mich., until he repeatedly escaped to a nearby nursing home. Residents there were such a fan that they adopted Scout.

Kipekee, pictured at the Brights Zoo in Limestone, Tenn., is believed to be the only one of her kind on the planet.

National

A rare spotless giraffe gets a name to match

5:00am September 06, 2023

The public has voted and the spotless superstar born at a family-owned zoo in Tennessee has been named Kipekee.

Home Depot in New Jersey gains attention because of Leo the cat

7:38am September 05, 2023

The former barn cat was brought in to the Mt. Laurel location about a year ago to deal with a rodent problem. Now Leo lives in the store, and he's become a social media star.

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Scientists hope to preserve coral by deep freezing it as climate change heats oceans

6:42pm September 01, 2023

by Lauren Sommer

Hotter oceans are threatening coral around the world this summer. A new project is seeking to preserve coral by deep-freezing them, in the hope that one day they can help restore reefs.

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