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A fisher reached Cleveland’s woods after generations without a county record
A January 2025 camera record brought fishers back into Cuyahoga County’s documented wildlife. The wider Ohio comeback began years earlier.
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Animals and nature
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A fisher reached Cleveland’s woods after generations without a county record
A January 2025 camera record brought fishers back into Cuyahoga County’s documented wildlife. The…
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A bald eagle downed Michigan’s drone. Then came the painted eyes.
An eagle brought down Michigan’s shoreline-mapping drone in 2020. The flight logs, lakebed recovery…
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The cow that swam to a Polish island was supposed to be spared
A cow’s 2018 escape to the islands of Lake Nyskie prompted offers to save…
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A grizzly was captured in Bella Coola. Is it the right bear?
After Jennifer Balcarras and her adult daughter Selah Reed were found dead near Bella…
Science and space
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Tula-Tu’s treatment began before the lab confirmed EEHV
Inside Tula-Tu’s EEHV treatment at Oregon Zoo, from the first blood tests and plasma…
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Chernobyl’s wolves may hold clues to cancer protection
Tracking collars and blood samples are helping scientists explore how Chernobyl’s wolves respond to…
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The dairy calves that stay with their mothers for months
Keeping cows and calves together changes feeding, social development and the business of dairy…
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Milani never met her mother. Nearly three months later, she joined a giraffe herd
Milani never got to meet her mother after an emergency C-section. Her path from…
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