One of the biggest changes is that the Department of Transportation would no longer require airlines to consider emotional support animals as service animals, as they have in the past.
Memphis Meats, a startup company that has just raised $161 million, says it has a "clear path" to bringing cell-based meats to market. Yet the company and its competitors face challenges.
Iguanas can fall into a deep slumber in the cold, and it's not uncommon for them to tumble from trees. The reptiles won't necessarily die — as many wake up as the temperatures rise.
Climate change is fueling some big changes under the sea. Tropical reef fish are being found much farther north, far from the tropics. Scientists worry about what the shifts will mean for ecosystems.
In Washington state's Skagit Valley, a conflict is unfolding between Native Americans and farmers. Elk are making a comeback there. Local tribes are thrilled, but the agriculture industry is not.
The podcast features "dog-directed praise and stories" from actors like Ralph Ineson along with soothing sounds and relaxing music. Spotify says if your pet listens it may "bark less and sleep more."
Birds change the shape of their wings far more than planes. The complexities of bird flight have posed a major design challenge for scientists trying to translate the way birds fly into robots.
Some wolf puppies will unexpectedly play "fetch," researchers say, showing that an urge to retrieve a ball might be an ancient wolf trait and not a result of dog domestication.
The daily activity at the Calgary Zoo where you can watch king penguins waddle around was called off because of cold weather. Zoo officials caution these are not Antarctic penguins.
In Texas, 300 vultures are roosting and nesting in a radio tower. The bird droppings are a safety hazard. U.S. Customs and Border Protection is seeking a "vulture deterrence netting system."
The fires are ravaging already vulnerable koala habitats and those of other animals. An ecology professor in Sydney says it is probably the worst fire season on record for native animals.
Researchers found that African grey parrots voluntarily helped a partner get a food reward by giving the other bird a valuable metal token that could be exchanged for a walnut.
Doctors from the University of California San Diego anesthetized Leslie and replaced the lens in her left eye. Now she's back with her troop in the zoo's gorilla habitat.
Cities across California are clearing out brush and invasive grasses on hillsides to help prevent wildfires from spreading. But in some towns, in addition to hired hands, they're also using goats.
Dr. Gundi Rhoades is a veterinarian in New South Wales who's been dealing with tragic numbers of dying livestock and wild animals from the wildfires in Australia. She talks with NPR's Sarah McCammon.
For reasons ranging from climate change to protected zones, fisherfolk who go out in a small boat and use a rod are having a difficult time coming up with a good catch nowadays.
One of Hawaii's most threatened seabirds, the Newell's shearwater, makes its home on the island of Kauai. Conservationists there are fighting to keep the iconic bird from disappearing.
On Christmas Day, a driver in England who had made the trip from Birmingham to London heard something under his hood. He opened it to find a cat, who made the 130-mile trip unscathed.
Cops and transit workers in Brooklyn have been trying to lure the racoon since November. One officer asked the New York Post, "What do you want me to do, grab it with my bare hands?"
A cat that disappeared during Hurricane Irma in 2017 has been reunited with its owner in Tampa, Fla. The sheriff's office was able to trace the cat with the help of a microchip.
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Amy Morris-Hall and Pat Fountain of Potter Park Zoo in Lansing, Mich., about the birth of the zoo's new black rhino calf. The species is critically endangered.
Christmas on Christmas Island typically features tens of millions of crabs making their way to the beaches to spawn, and everyone has a hand in that journey.
