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News Articles: Animals

Attenborough's long-beaked echidna, spotted on camera for the first time, was the star finding for researchers during a month-long expedition in the Cyclops Mountains of Papua, Indonesia.

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  • Research News

Researchers rediscover an echidna named after David Attenborough

Attenborough's long-beaked echidna, a mammal with a unique evolutionary history, was caught on camera for the first time. Researchers hope their find advances conservation efforts in remote Indonesia.

November 11, 2023
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  • Emma Bowman
heels and a package

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  • National

Escaped owls, mystery shipments and high-heeled politics: It's weekly news quiz time

Wasn't there, like, some elections or something? Or was it a debate? A trial, perhaps? If that sounds familiar — AND you're up on animal doings — you could earn an 11/11 for once.

November 10, 2023
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By:
  • Holly J. Morris
A dog in a red sweater

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  • Animals

Georgia in Play Preview: Atlanta dog boutique sells luxury canine fashion as an expression of family

This Friday on Georgia in Play: Does your dog wear designer? Host Leah Fleming spoke with Ashley Carestia, founder of Bark Fifth Avenue, a luxury clothing company tailored for man's best friend.

November 08, 2023
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By:
  • Leah Fleming and
  • Chase McGee
A pair of orcas swim off the west coast of Vancouver Island in 2018.

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  • Animals

A pod of orcas have sunk a yacht in the Strait of Gibraltar

The pod rammed the boat's rudder for about 45 minutes. Authorities were able to get crew members to land safely, but their yacht was irreparably damaged.

November 07, 2023
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
An epaulette shark pup that hatched from an apparent parthenogenesis is now on display at Brookfield Zoo, in a Chicago suburb.

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  • Animals

No Daddy Shark in sight: Zoo greets a cute shark pup after apparent parthenogenesis

What if the song "Baby Shark" stopped after just two stanzas? There's no Daddy Shark in sight at a Chicago-area zoo where an epaulette shark pup hatched this summer.

November 07, 2023
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
A team of wildlife officials collaborated with whale experts to free a humpback whale off the coast of Gustavus, Alaska last month.

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  • Animals

How wildlife officials saved a humpback whale found 'hogtied' to a 300-pound crab pot

The juvenile whale was seen swimming in a clockwise circle, making unusual noises and trailing two buoys. A team of wildlife experts had to move fast, but with plenty of patience, to save its life.

November 06, 2023
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  • Emily Olson
This June 7 image provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows the female Mexican gray wolf F2754 during a health check before being released into the wild in southeastern Arizona.

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  • Animals

A rare Mexican gray wolf is wandering out of bounds. She may be looking for a mate

Experts say the endangered animals have a natural inclination to roam and the female wolf's journey illustrates the species can thrive outside designated boundaries in New Mexico and Arizona.

November 03, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Do you know this goose? Researchers have developed a new facial recognition tool for geese that can ID them based on their beaks.

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  • Technology

Enhance! HORNK! Artificial intelligence can now ID individual geese

Yes, that's right, somebody has developed AI for goose faces.

November 02, 2023
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  • Geoff Brumfiel
Parker is all about the task at hand.

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  • Animals

When disaster strikes, these good boys and girls are your rescue crew

FEMA has 280 certified detection dogs trained to find people in disasters, and it has another 80 that look for human remains. And they are the goodest boys and girls.

November 02, 2023
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By:
  • Erika Ryan and
  • Scott Detrow
GPB News NPR

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  • Science

These American birds and dozens more will be renamed, to remove human monikers

The official naming organization for birds in the U. S. is making a bold move, after concerns were raised about birds being named after people with questionable histories.

November 02, 2023
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By:
  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
GPB News NPR

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  • Technology

Using AI to follow one goose in a flock could help with conservation efforts

Artificial Intelligence is coming to the animal kingdom. Researchers have used advanced facial recognition techniques to track individual geese in a population, and other animal species too.

November 01, 2023
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel
A Georgia Sea Turtle Center researcher holds a baby loggerhead sea turtle on Jekyll Island.

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  • Environment

Sea turtles enjoy ‘much more successful year than expected’ in Georgia, as hatching season ends

A sea turtle researcher says the animals are “on the road to recovery.”

November 01, 2023
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Charlie the superdog is the only member of the King family who got two Halloween outfits this year. His other costume is a doughnut.

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  • Business

We're spending $700 million on pet costumes in the costliest Halloween ever

More U.S. shoppers are buying into Halloween this year, scaring up a new spending record for costumes, decorations, candy and cute outfits for pets.

October 31, 2023
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  • Alina Selyukh
GPB News NPR

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  • Sports

White-tailed deer can cause farmers millions of dollars worth of damage

Financially farmers are dealing with a lot right now, and that includes damage by white-tailed deer. (Story aired on All Things Considered on Oct. 23, 2023.)

October 30, 2023
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
GPB News NPR

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  • Animals

Some police stations are using dogs to help victims and officers with trauma

Police departments find that keeping specially trained dogs on hand — to comfort crime victims and officers alike — can make a real difference in traumatic situations.

October 25, 2023
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  • Ciara Hulet
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