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September 20, 2019

Here's the latest for Friday, September 20th: Climate change protests held across the globe; 23 states sue to keep ...

September 20, 2019

Milwaukee zoo visitors get first glimpse of red panda cub

The public is getting its first glimpse of new red panda cub at the Milwaukee County Zoo. Kiki made her first public ...

September 20, 2019

Novels by Colson Whitehead, Marlon James on awards longlist

Colson Whitehead's brutal narrative of a boys' reform school, "The Nickel Boys," and Marlon James' fantasy epic "Black ...

September 20, 2019

South Korea reports more suspected swine fever cases

South Korea said Friday that it is investigating more suspected cases of African swine fever in farms near its border with ...

September 20, 2019

Colorado driver puts injured bobcat in car next to child

Officials have a warning after a Colorado Springs woman put an injured bobcat in her car, inches away from where her child ...

September 19, 2019

Where have the wild birds gone? 3 billion fewer than 1970

North America's skies are lonelier and quieter as nearly 3 billion fewer wild birds soar in the air than in 1970, a ...

September 19, 2019

Greece: Oxygen-starved fish dying in drought-hit lake

Tens of thousands of dead fish have been found on the banks of a lake in a protected nature reserve in northern Greece after ...

September 19, 2019

Rare California trout species returns to native habitat

For the first time in nearly a century, a rare California trout species is swimming in a mountain creek that is its native ...

September 19, 2019

Utah police use sirens to drive bear up tree for relocation

Utah police used their vehicle sirens to drive a 2-year-old bear up a tree after its presence in a northern Utah town caused ...

September 19, 2019

Feds propose major habitat protections for killer whales

U.S. protections for the waters that a group of endangered orcas call home could soon expand beyond the Seattle area to ...

September 17, 2019

South Korea culls pigs after confirming African swine fever

South Korea is culling thousands of pigs after confirming African swine fever at a farm near its border with North Korea, ...

September 17, 2019

Half of the 147 tigers rescued from Thai temple have died

More than half the tigers rescued three years ago from a Buddhist temple in Thailand where they served as a popular tourist ...

September 16, 2019

LEADING OFF: Cubs' Rizzo to get MRI, Suárez slugs away

A look at what's happening around the majors today: BIG TEST The Cubs are sending star slugger Anthony Rizzo for an MRI after ...

September 14, 2019

California Highway Patrol captures flightless fugitive emu

California authorities have captured an emu after the flightless fugitive led officers down a highway. The Fresno Bee ...

September 13, 2019

France bans shows by sick bear following abuse complaints

French authorities have banned the owners of a sick bear from displaying it in public shows after an inspection found the ...

September 13, 2019

Trump mocks Democrats, vows new tax cut on Baltimore visit

President Donald Trump sought to boost the spirits of Republican lawmakers, mocking Democrats and promising a new tax cut ...

September 13, 2019

Eno the elusive emu dies during capture in North Carolina

Animal control officials in North Carolina are sad to report that an elusive emu has died while being captured. It was the ...

September 13, 2019

US biologists eye unusual deaths of Alaska ice seals

Seals that rely on sea ice off Alaska's northwest coast have been dying at uncommon rates, and federal marine mammal ...

September 13, 2019

Sage grouse numbers stumble in Montana, across US West

Montana's greater sage grouse population has fallen more than 40% over the past three years, mirroring recent declines across ...

September 13, 2019

House votes to bar Arctic drilling; Senate action unlikely

The Democratic-controlled House on Thursday voted to reinstate a decades-long ban on oil and gas drilling in Alaska's Arctic ...