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Punch the macaque, an internet sensation, is making strides in monkey society
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (342+ words) Punch, a Japanese macaque, stole the hearts of millions after he was abandoned by his mom and rejected by some of his peers. Now, things are looking up for him. A super-cute baby monkey clinging to a stuffed animal for…...
Remains of lost arctic explorers identified with DNA, nearly two centuries later
20+ hour, 34+ min ago (56+ words) New research shines a light on the lost Franklin Expedition, a 19th century voyage to the Canadian Arctic gone awry. Remains of lost arctic explorers identified with DNA, nearly two centuries later New research shines a light on the lost Franklin…...
British beavers back from extinction to fight floods: State of the World from NPR
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (73+ words) British beavers back from extinction to fight floods NPR British beavers back from extinction to fight floods Climate change is making rainfall in Britain heavier and more erratic, meaning places that used to be dry are flooding regularly. So communities…...
As floods get worse, Britain tries a new solution: beavers
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (1722+ words) NPR is dedicating a week to stories and conversations about how local communities are'moving forward on climate solutions LONDON " Until two years ago, West London's Greenford Tube station used to flood whenever it rained heavily. The train tracks are aboveground,…...
Bees have coexisted with us for over a millennia. Their name remains a mystery
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (789+ words) Bees in a hive in San Diego, Calif. Beekeeping has been a practice for thousands of years. Alan Nakkash for NPR hide caption When Kendal Sager lifts the top of her beehive, tens of thousands of bees waggle across the…...
It takes a village " or a Phoenix suburb " to wrangle a wayward tortoise
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (1396+ words) Rex, the tortoise, at Brian and Sara Westfall's home, who fostered him while they searched for his owner, in Scottsdale, Arizona. Adriana Zehbrauskas for NPR/57999420m hide caption His name was Rex because he looked like a dinosaur. The giant sulcata…...
Timmy the humpback whale found dead off Danish coast
1+ week, 2+ day ago (228+ words) NPR Timmy the humpback whale found dead off Danish coast On April 29, 2026, the humpback whale recovered from a shallow bay off Wismar was being transported towards the North Sea in a flooded cargo ship just before the Danish border in…...
Magnus the Wandering Walrus, who charmed locals across Scotland, arrives in Norway: NPR
1+ week, 2+ day ago (15+ words) Magnus the Walrus has ended his tour of Scotland and has moved on to Norway....
Elephants eat their crops. Farmers strike back. It's a war that's only getting worse
1+ week, 2+ day ago (627+ words) Elephants are revered in Sri Lanka. There are more than 7, 000 of them, and most of them live freely across the island, near villages and farms. But that intermingling is triggering deadly conflict, and the Mideast war is making it worse,…...
Researchers unearth Southeast Asia's largest dinosaur
1+ week, 4+ day ago (505+ words) An artistic illustration of the Nagatitan, the largest dinosaur discovered in Southeast Asia. Patchanop Boonsai hide caption Researchers have identified a new species of dinosaur in Thailand, the largest found in Southeast Asia. It would have been about 90 feet long…...