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Pale Octopus Octopus pallidus Specimen #9; mantle is 4.5 inches long; Moonlight Bay Resort, Rye, Victoria, Australia

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  • Animals

His job is to actually really stare at octopus, seahorse, jellyfish

Photographer David Liittschwager spent 12 years photographing these underwater creatures at more than 28 locations around the globe with his 500-pound studio.

June 25, 2022
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By:
  • Vanessa Castillo
Pale Octopus Octopus pallidus Specimen #9; mantle is 4.5 inches long; Moonlight Bay Resort, Rye, Victoria, Australia

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  • Animals

His job is to actually really stare at octopus, seahorse, jellyfish

Photographer David Liittschwager spent 12 years photographing these underwater creatures at more than 28 locations around the globe with his 500-pound studio.

June 25, 2022
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By:
  • Vanessa Castillo
Scientists hope the larvae of the darkling beetle — nicknamed "superworms" — might solve the world's trash crisis thanks to their uncanny ability to eat polystyrene.

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  • Science

How 'superworms' could help solve the trash crisis

A new study from Australia shows that larvae of the darkling beetle can eat polystyrene — the material behind plastic foam.

June 23, 2022
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  • Olivia Hampton
Scientists hope the larvae of the darkling beetle — nicknamed "superworms" — might solve the world's trash crisis thanks to their uncanny ability to eat polystyrene.

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  • Science

How 'superworms' could help solve the trash crisis

A new study from Australia shows that larvae of the darkling beetle can eat polystyrene — the material behind plastic foam.

June 23, 2022
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By:
  • Olivia Hampton
Trumpet, a bloodhound, competes for best in show at the 146th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, Wednesday, June 22, 2022, in Tarrytown, N.Y. Trumpet won the title.

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  • Animals

What to know about bloodhounds, after the breed takes best in show at Westminster

Trumpet won out of six other pooches, including a French bulldog, a German shepherd, a Maltese, an English setter, a Samoyed and a Lakeland terrier.

June 23, 2022
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  • Ayana Archie
A dolphin's sense of echolocation allows it to coordinate efforts to hunt prey, see "through" other creatures and form three-dimensional shapes using sound.

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  • Animals

The human sensory experience is limited. Journey into the world that animals know

In his new book, An Immense World, science writer Ed Yong explores the diversity of perception in the animal world — including echolocation, magnetic fields and ultraviolet vision.

June 22, 2022
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  • Terry Gross
GPB News NPR

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  • Animals

Want to hunt pythons in Florida this summer? This professional has tips

Registration has opened for Florida's annual python hunting challenge. The competition is not for the faint of heart.

June 22, 2022
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  • Jaclyn Diaz

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  • Book Reviews

'An Immense World' dives deep into the umwelt of animals

Pulitzer prize-winning science journalist Ed Yong writes in a perfect balance of scientific rigor and personal awe as he invites readers to grasp something of how other animals experience the world.

June 21, 2022
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By:
  • Barbara J. King
Freetown Elementary School students Mason Santos, left, and Mila Talbot, right, pet Hunter the dog after she finishes checking a classroom.

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  • Health

Dogs trained to sniff out COVID in schools are getting a lot of love for their efforts

A school in southeastern Massachusetts latches onto a novel program that uses canines to sniff out COVID on surfaces. The idea is to help protect kids from the virus and keep the school open.

June 16, 2022
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By:
  • Ari Daniel
Freetown Elementary School students Mason Santos, left, and Mila Talbot, right, pet Hunter the dog after she finishes checking a classroom.

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  • Health

Dogs trained to sniff out COVID in schools are getting a lot of love for their efforts

A school in southeastern Massachusetts latches onto a novel program that uses canines to sniff out COVID on surfaces. The idea is to help protect kids from the virus and keep the school open.

June 16, 2022
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By:
  • Ari Daniel
GPB News NPR

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  • Science

A sighting reveals extinction and climate change in a single image

A group of researchers photograph a woolly mammoth tusk on the banks of the Koyukuk River in Alaska.

June 15, 2022
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  • Matt Adams
A kindergarten student releases a turtle back into the wild at the Wetlands Institute in Stone Harbor, N.J., this month.

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  • Animals

This kindergarten class has raised and set free 18 orphaned turtles

A kindergarten class in Stone Harbor, N.J., recently said bon voyage to a group of 18 orphaned turtles as part of a program to save thousands of the reptiles.

June 15, 2022
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By:
  • Gus Contreras and
  • KATHRYN FOX
The monarch butterfly species is one of thousands which states have flagged for conservation, but have limited resources to support.

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  • Politics

U.S. House passes a major wildlife conservation spending bill

The Recovering America's Wildlife Act would create a permanent fund of more than $1.3 billion, given to states, territories, and tribal nations for wildlife conservation on the ground.

June 14, 2022
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  • Laura Benshoff
Bronx Zoo elephant "Happy" strolls inside the zoo's Asia habitat in New York on Oct. 2, 2018.

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  • Animals

Happy the elephant is not a person, a court rules

The 5-2 decision by the court comes in a closely watched case that tested the boundaries of applying human rights to animals.

June 14, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Past measures to tax farmers have met strong resistance, but New Zealand's climate change minister thinks it is a good start

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  • Environment

New Zealand announces world-first plan to tax cow and sheep burps

New Zealand has announced a plan to tax livestock burps in an effort to curb the country's greenhouse gas emissions. It would be the first time a country has done this.

June 09, 2022
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  • Ayen Bior and
  • Ashley Brown
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