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Millions of bees fell off a truck in Ontario. Local beekeepers jumped in to help

5:28pm August 31, 2023

Millions of bees spilled onto an Ontario highway Wednesday. Beekeepers sprung into action. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with one of the beekeepers, Mike Barber of Tri-City Bee Rescue, about the effort.

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Beekeeper Mike Osborne uses his hand to look for the queen bee as he removes bees from a car after a truck carrying bee hives swerved, causing the hives to fall and release bees in Burlington, Ontario, on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023.

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5 million bees fall off a truck near Toronto and drivers are asked to close windows

2:00am August 31, 2023

by The Associated Press

Police west of Toronto on Wednesday warned drivers to keep their car windows closed after a truck spilled crates carrying five million bees onto a road.

Indigenous nations still feel the devastating effects of bison's near extinction

5:27pm August 30, 2023

by Darian Woods

In June, members of Blackfeet Nation released their first herd of bison to roam. The program director spoke about why the near-extinction was so devastating and how he's helping to bring them back.

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Students from the Yupiit School District learn how to prepare freshly caught salmon.

An Alaska district aligns its school year with traditional subsistence harvests

4:59am August 30, 2023

by Evan Erickson

Three Alaska Native Villages have changed their school calendar so that students now can take part in things like the fall moose hunt and the spring migratory bird harvest.

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Washington's Lummi people mourn the death of the last captive Southern Resident Orca

7:51pm August 29, 2023

by Bellamy Pailthorp

An Orca whale known as Lolita — the last southern resident killer whale surviving in captivity — died recently. She was captured in 1970 in Penn Cove off Whidbey Island.

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How — and why — scientists created a see-through squid

6:42am August 29, 2023

by Jon Hamilton

Scientists have genetically engineered a see-through squid, allowing researchers to study its brain activity and other biological processes. (Story aired on All Things Considered on Aug. 25, 2023.)

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Scientists have engineered an albino squid that provides a window into the inner workings of the brain.

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How scientists engineered a see-through squid with its brain in plain view

12:13pm August 28, 2023

by Jon Hamilton

A see-through squid is giving scientists an unprecedented view of the brain and other organs in a living animal.

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Beekeepers and gardeners are on alert for the Yellow Legged Hornet

5:09am August 28, 2023

by Benjamin Payne

The Yellow Legged Hornet has been spotted in Georgia for the first time. Officials are asking for help tracking the invasive species, which kills honeybees and threatens the agriculture industry.

Mohammad Saud (left) is one of two bird-saving brothers profiled in the documentary All The Breathes. Above, he and his employee and friend Salik Rehman tend to an injured kite.

Whatever happened to the bird-saving brothers of Oscar-nommed doc 'All that Breathes'?

9:18am August 27, 2023

by Kamala Thiagarajan

Since their round of fame, the brothers, who dedicated themselves to rehabbing birds injured by kite strings in the Delhi sky, are gaining worldwide support — and an infusion of donations.

In Arizona, paleontologists are shifting their focus to microfossils

8:08am August 27, 2023

by Melissa Sevigny

Your whole idea of the Triassic period is about to be disrupted. Paleontologists are shifting their focus from dinosaurs to fossils so small they have to be reassembled under microscopes.