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Joe Hollins lying down in grass facing Jonathan the giant tortoise to feed him from a metal bowl with white building in background

The tortoise and the caretaker

 Environment
• August 7, 2023

Meet Joe Hollins, the recently retired veterinarian who cared for a record-breaking 190-year-old tortoise named Jonathan in his remote island home

An African cheetah

Cheetahs will soon return to India – but for how long?

 Environment
• August 26, 2022

Decades after the last Indian cheetah was killed, 36 will soon be imported from Africa. Conservationists aren’t sure it will work

A disgruntled cat peaks out from an open cellar door on a NYC sidewalk.

Everybody wants to help a cat

 Environment
• February 3, 2022

People across New York City care for tens of thousands of feral cats while also working to reduce their population

A very cute cat walks outside among bushes and grass. He is wearing a harness and leash, and looking back over his shoulder.

COVID-19 made me reconsider my cats’ housebound lives

 Life Science
• August 18, 2021

Under pandemic lockdown, those lucky enough to stay home got a taste of pets’ confinement

Neill Holland holds a crab trap dipped in water and stands on a white boat

Chasing ‘ghosts’ in the bay

 Environment
• July 2, 2021

A Florida captain’s creative solution to the global problem of marine debris: Let’s rodeo 

An adult bald eagle feeds two small eaglets in a nest

Webcams offer citizens a peek into the lives of bald eagles

 Environment
• June 16, 2021

Growing public awareness and engagement have played a part in the birds’ recovery, experts say

Squid-like robot swims through a tank

Bio-inspired soft robotics are making a splash in ocean research

 Tech
• March 17, 2021

A squid robot is among the latest to take to the seas

Two vaquitas pictured in the water. The right one has their back and rear fin visible, and the left one's face is visible.

Don’t blame genetics if we lose the world’s rarest marine mammal

 Environment
• March 3, 2021

About 10 vaquitas are left on the planet, but a new study confirms fishing nets pose a much bigger extinction threat than inbreeding

Honeybee perches on purple and yellow flower gathering nectar

Roundup may harm honeybee gut health

 Environment
• January 25, 2021

The popular weed killer could impair honeybees’ immune systems, leaving them vulnerable to infections

Small yellow and grey bird sits on branch, one of many birds that can be seen by people birding in New York City

Birding provides escape for the pandemic-fatigued

 Audio
• December 30, 2020

Watching for resident and migratory birds has provided people an outlet during the COVID-19 shutdowns

A large black bird, called a large-billed crow, perches on the back of an empty public park bench. Other benches and greenery are visible in the background. Japanese characters are visible on a post in the backgorund.

Birds might be listening to your conversations

 Life Science
• November 19, 2020

You’ve heard of the fly on the wall, but what about the crow in the city?

Growing number of whales return to New York City shores

 Video
• August 13, 2020

Clean waters have attracted large marine mammals to feed on a rising source of plankton and fish

Mitten Crab Image

The mystery of the mitten crabs

 Environment
• May 22, 2020

Wildlife-police raids and customs inspections are trying to halt this highly invasive species

Female Ochlerotatus notoscriptus mosquito feeding on a human arm.

Catching the next pandemic early: the coronavirus is one example

 Health
• April 21, 2020

Machine learning may boost disease hunting, but not everyone’s convinced

Cats playing outside

Surprisingly common virus in domestic cats raises concerns

 Life Science
• November 12, 2019

Feline foamy virus is widespread in domestic cats, a new study finds, which could make them more susceptible to other viruses known to be deadly to domestic and wild cats

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