June 11, 2024, 5:55am Pets & Wildlife
After a rebound last year from a rock-bottom count the year before, the number of blue crabs estimated in the Chesapeake Bay held fairly steady, according to this year’s winter survey. Read story
June 7, 2024, 6:17am Life
The dog that skyrocketed to internet fame and became the face of the cryptocurrency dogecoin has died. Read story
June 7, 2024, 6:17am Life
Canada geese honk and hiss at us in suburban shopping centers, city parks, and on soccer fields, where players slide tackle through the mess they leave behind. Read story
June 7, 2024, 6:17am Life
Tator the hound can climb trees, if properly motivated. Tator is not nearly as good at getting down. Read story
June 7, 2024, 6:07am Life
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- There’s a broken link in the food chain of California’s brown pelicans, adding a sad chapter to one of conservation’s most striking success stories. Read story
June 7, 2024, 6:03am Life
A North Carolina aquarium that said it had a pregnant stingray with no male companion now says the fish has a rare reproductive disease. Read story
June 4, 2024, 6:01am Health
There’s an old joke that mosquitoes are like family: They are annoying, but they carry your blood. Read story
June 3, 2024, 5:58am Life
New details have emerged that reveal how an army veteran who surprised two grizzlies in Grand Teton National Park walked away from the attack — seriously injured, but alive. Read story
May 31, 2024, 6:04am Life
Three peregrine falcon chicks have hatched in a nest built at the top of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge in New York City, officials said. Read story
May 31, 2024, 6:04am Life
It was late morning when The Morton Arboretum’s Senior Horticulturist Kate Myroup arrived at the Children’s Garden with a special guest: a rare, blue-eyed female Magicicada cassini cicada, spotted earlier in the day by a visitor. Read story
