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Nearly Every Shelter Animal in Delaware Now Makes It Out Alive. Here’s How the State Did It
Delaware's animal shelters were once places where most animals never left alive. What changed, and whether it can work anywhere…
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Chicago’s Raptors Are Making Themselves at Home on Streetlights and Cell Towers
Hawks hunting from highway light poles and ospreys raising chicks on cell towers might look like wildlife winning against urban…
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The Online Pet Advice Vets Want You to Question
A top veterinary officer sees pet owners make the same preventable mistakes every day, and most of them start with…
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Why Dogs Sniff So Much on Walks and When It Might Mean Something More
You clip on the leash, step outside, and expect a quick walk around the block. Your dog has other plans.…
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A Lost Dog Was Hiding 40 Feet Up Inside a Dead Tree, and a Thermal Drone Found Him
When more than 60 first responders searched for three days and found nothing, one man with a drone located the…
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What Every Pet Owner Needs to Know About Fly Strike
A fly landing on your pet might seem harmless, but within 24 hours it can trigger a cascade that kills.…
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A New Australian Mammal Was Found in a Museum Drawer
Scientists suspected something odd was hiding inside a group of tiny Australian marsupials, but the proof sat quietly in a…
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When Your Dog Stops Sniffing: What It Might Be Telling You About Their Brain
A dog that loses interest in sniffing on walks might be brushing off a whole world of smells for reasons…
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How Wildlife Crossings Save Animals and Lower Your Insurance Costs
Millions of wildlife-vehicle collisions happen every year, and warning signs are not stopping them. The solution reshaping roads across the…
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You Found a Baby Wild Animal. Now What?
Spotting a baby wild animal in distress feels like an obvious call to action, but wildlife rescue experts warn that…
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What a Tiny 300-Million-Year-Old Fish Brain Fossil Reveals About the Ancestors of Modern Fish
A 300-million-year-old fish fossil unearthed from a coal field in England has preserved something paleontologists almost never get to see,…
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That “Guilty Look” Isn’t Guilt — Here’s What Your Dog Is Really Saying
That cowering, tail-tucked look your dog gives you after a mess feels like a confession, but science suggests your dog…
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Do Dogs Really Have a “Sixth Sense”?
When my dog started shadowing my every move, I wrote it off as quirky behavior until I remembered my childhood…
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Inside the Extraordinary Effort to Save a Premature Giraffe Calf at Tanganyika Wildlife Park
When a premature giraffe calf arrived by emergency C-section after her mother's organs began shutting down, the team at Tanganyika…
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Do Animals Know They’re Pregnant?
When a pregnant elephant goes into labor, other females gather around her in ways that suggest something far beyond instinct.…
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A Day in the Life of a Hoofstock Keeper at the Brookfield Zoo Chicago
Before the zoo opens, the hoofstock team at Brookfield Zoo Chicago is already racing through a three-hour window that determines…
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How to Stop Summer Flies Before They Ever Come Inside
Flies aren't showing up in your kitchen by accident, and according to pest experts, most homeowners are solving the wrong…
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What’s on the Menu? Warming Waters May Change What Tiny Freshwater Animals Eat
A tiny, nearly invisible crustacean is quietly reshuffling the food webs of European lakes and rivers, and new research suggests…
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Mice Don’t Just Look, They Move to See Better
Mice have notoriously blurry vision, and scientists long assumed they relied on smell and whiskers to navigate their world. But…
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How Great Ape Laughter May Help Explain Human Speech
Scientists have long assumed speech appeared suddenly in human evolution, but a new study found a crucial clue hiding somewhere…
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This 15-Pound Bass Just Rewrote Tennessee’s Record Books
When Darren Nunley pulled a massive largemouth bass from Nickajack Reservoir, he had no idea it would trigger a chain…