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In this March 2022 photo provided by Alona Shulenko, fellow zoologist Anton Vlaschenko, foreground, and a volunteer transport bats at the Ukrainian Bat Rehabilitation Center in Kharkiv, Ukraine. The team released hibernating bats from their facilities in March. (Alona Shulenko via AP) NY565 NY565

May 7, 2022 at 6:45 pm

Ukrainian scientists see working amid war as act of defiance VIEW

Ukrainians whose labors aren't essential to the war effort, like scientists and academics, want to continue their important work where they can.

April 28, 2022 at 11:17 am

Your dog’s personality may have little to do with its breed

Research confirms what dog lovers know — every pup is truly an individual.

Nation & World

April 27, 2022 at 8:28 am

One-fifth of reptiles worldwide face risk of extinction

A comprehensive new assessment of thousands of reptiles species has found that 21% are considered endangered, critically endangered or vulnerable to extinction.

In this May 2019 photo provided by the Potomac-Chesapeake Dolphin Project, dolphins swim together in the Potomac River between Lewisetta and Smith Point, Va. While friendly close contact is essential to dolphin social bonds, sharing space and air can also quickly spread disease. This photo was made under NOAA NMFS permit numbers 19403 and 23782. (Ann-Marie Jacoby/Potomac-Chesapeake Dolphin Project via AP) NY873 NY873

April 6, 2022 at 10:18 pm

Dolphins’ playful social habits form bonds, but spread virus VIEW

While friendly close contact is essential to dolphin social bonds, sharing space and air can also quickly spread disease.

March 25, 2022 at 11:01 am

Scientists figure out how vampire bats got a taste for blood

Scientists have figured out why vampire bats are the only mammals that can survive on a diet of just blood.

Nation & World

March 9, 2022 at 5:16 am

Endurance: Explorer Shackleton’s ship found after a century

Scientists say they have found the sunken wreck of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance, more than a century after it was lost to the...

In this photo provided by Estelle Shuttleworth in February 2022, bald eagles compete for a deer carcass in Montana. While the bald eagle population has rebounded from the brink of extinction since the U.S. banned the pesticide DDT was banned in the U.S. in 1972, harmful levels of toxic lead were found in the bones of 46% of bald eagles sampled in 38 states, from California to Florida, researchers reported in the journal Science on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. (Estelle Shuttleworth via AP) NY441 NY441

February 17, 2022 at 11:07 am

Nearly half of US bald eagles suffer lead poisoning VIEW

Researchers report harmful levels of lead in the bones of 46% of bald eagles sampled in 38 states. They suspect the lead is from ammunition...

FILE – Elephant tusks are stacked in one of around a dozen pyres of ivory, in Nairobi National Park, Kenya on April 28, 2016. According to a report released on Monday, Feb. 14, 2022, scientists found that most large ivory seizures between 2002 and 2019 contained tusks from repeated poaching of the same elephant populations. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File) NY451 NY451

February 14, 2022 at 9:02 am

DNA analysis of elephant ivory reveals trafficking networks VIEW

A new study suggests that as few as three major criminal groups are responsible for smuggling the vast majority of elephant ivory tusks out of...

January 27, 2022 at 11:11 am

Fake poop helps evicted owls settle into new neighborhood

Scientists have come up with some tricks to make transplanted owls feel like they are not alone in their new digs, playing owl sounds and...

January 10, 2022 at 10:46 am

Rare snowy owl soars over Washington, thrills crowds VIEW

A snowy owl apparently touring iconic buildings of the nation’s capital is captivating birdwatchers who manage to get a glimpse of the rare, resplendent visitor...