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The green boxes show portions of the audio spectrogram that artificial intelligence has identified as marine mammal calls.

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  • Animals

A computer program designed to sort mice squeaks is also finding whales in the deep

By converting sounds to images, scientists can use artificial intelligence to quickly find and assess animals' calls, even deep in the ocean.

May 31, 2022
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  • Joe Palca
A young girl pets a comfort dog at a vigil on Wednesday in Uvalde, Texas.

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  • Animals

Comfort dogs have been deployed to Uvalde, Texas, from near and far

At least five organizations in and beyond the state have sent dogs to Uvalde, where they are visiting hospitals, churches and schools. Many have responded to other mass shootings across the country.

May 26, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman
A young girl pets a comfort dog at a vigil on Wednesday in Uvalde, Texas.

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  • Animals

Comfort dogs have been deployed to Uvalde, Texas, from near and far

At least five organizations in and beyond the state have sent dogs to Uvalde, where they are visiting hospitals, churches and schools. Many have responded to other mass shootings across the country.

May 26, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman
Nate Sink, a firefighter based in the Missoula, Mont., cradles a newborn elk calf that he encountered in a remote, fire-scarred area of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains near Mora, N.M., on Saturday.

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  • Animals

Firefighters rescued an elk calf from the ashes of the New Mexico blaze

A firefighter happened upon the motionless animal on the ground of a fire-blackened forest as he patrolled and extinguished hot spots. The calf, dubbed Cinder, is recovering at a wildlife center.

May 25, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
A herd of bison graze near the trail inside the bison range.

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  • Environment

Native tribes celebrate Montana land ownership and bison range restoration

The 18,000-acre bison range is located on land taken away by the U.S. government 100 years ago. Congress passed a law in 2020 giving the land back to the local native tribes.

May 25, 2022
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  • Freddy Monares
Christian Cooper watches distant shorebirds at the Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge in California. The National Geographic channel has announced that Cooper will host a series called <em>Extraordinary Birder</em>. Cooper was in the spotlight after a woman in New York City's Central Park called the police and falsely accused him of threatening her in May 2020.

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  • Television

Bird-watcher wrongfully accused in Central Park video gets a bird-watching TV show

In the series, Christian Cooper will take viewers into the "wild, wonderful and unpredictable world of birds," according to National Geographic.

May 21, 2022
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  • Jonathan Franklin
Eva relaxes in a puddle in 2020.

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  • Animals

Eva, the hero dog, beats back a mountain lion that attacked her owner on a hike

Erin Wilson recounts how her dog saved her from a mountain lion attack while she hiked along a river in remote Northern California. Eva the Belgian Malinois is recovering.

May 21, 2022
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  • Raquel Maria Dillon
Bronx Zoo elephant Happy strolls inside the zoo's Asia habitat in New York in 2018.

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  • Animals

Happy is an Asian elephant. But can she also be considered a person?

Through an attorney, the Bronx Zoo argues Happy is neither illegally imprisoned nor a person, but a well-cared-for elephant "respected as the magnificent creature she is."

May 18, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Jersey is a one-year-old female mixed breed. She is available for adoption at the Pike County Animal Shelter.

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  • Animals

Black shelter animals weren't getting adopted. A photographer had an idea: glam shots

Maggie Epling heard that black cats and dogs often struggle to get adopted. In a push to fix that, she is taking glamour shots of these dark coated beauties at an animal shelter in Pike, Kentucky.

May 18, 2022
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  • Vanessa Romo
Sarah Peper, Missouri Department of Conservation Fisheries Management Biologist, downloads fish tracking data on the Mississippi River in West Alton, Mo.

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  • Animals

Missouri scientists work to save lake sturgeon by electronically tracking them

With a decreasing population of lake sturgeon, nine states have listed the species as endangered. To protect them, scientists are studying where lake sturgeon travel before and after they reproduce.

May 16, 2022
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  • Shahla Farzan
A nest of baby sea turtles walks toward the ocean.

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  • Animals

Sea turtles busy nesting on beaches in Georgia, S. Carolina

Rare loggerhead sea turtles are busy digging nests and laying eggs on beaches in Georgia and South Carolina. Wildlife officials in both states report finding dozens of nests since May 1, considered the unofficial start of the sea turtle nesting season.

May 16, 2022
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  • Associated Press
It is still partially a mystery how Nala, a lost dog, was able to get into the house of Julie and Jimmy Johnson and climb her way into their bed overnight.

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  • Animals

This dog broke into a Tennessee couple's house and snuggled her way into their bed

Julie and Jimmy Johnson woke up to quite the surprise after a night of thunderstorms earlier this month. While they have three dogs of their own, the dog sandwiched between them was a total stranger.

May 16, 2022
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  • Wynne Davis
Msituni, a giraffe calf born with an unusual disorder that caused her legs to bend the wrong way, at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in Escondido, north of San Diego, on Feb. 10.

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  • Animals

A giraffe born with a disorder gets modified leg braces designed for humans

Over the past three decades Ara Mirzaian has fitted braces for everyone from Paralympians to children with scoliosis. But Msituni was a patient like none other — a newborn giraffe.

May 12, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
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  • National

'Succession' star James Cromwell glues his hand to a Starbucks counter in a protest

Actor and activist James Cromwell glued his hand to a midtown Manhattan Starbucks counter on Tuesday to protest the coffee chain's extra charge for plant-based milk.

May 11, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Patron poses at an award ceremony in Kyiv, Ukraine on Sunday. The Jack Russell terrier is credited with detecting more than 200 Russian explosive devices since the start of the war.

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  • Europe

Patron the bomb-sniffing dog cements his hero status with a presidential medal

The tiny Jack Russell terrier is credited with detecting hundreds of Russian explosive devices since the start of the war. His other pastimes include snacking on cheese and napping at press briefings.

May 09, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman
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