March 21, 2017 First endangered bee in the United States named The rusty patched bumblebee is the first native bee to become an endangered species in the United States.
March 16, 2017 Sea lion who thwarted rescuers in California canal heads home A young sea lion spotted in a Northern California farmland canal was feasting on carp as it made its way home Wednesday, a day after rescue crews tried to get him out to be evaluated.
March 16, 2017 Search is on for 10-foot crocodile who ate a man while fishing in Mexico The attack was reported by three of the victim’s friends who were there and watched the whole thing unfold.
March 14, 2017 A newly spotted habit of humpbacks is puzzling researchers Humpback whales, which humans have long observed to be solitary creatures, are gathering in large groups to feed, and it's kind of astounding the scientists who study them.
March 13, 2017 Sweaters for chickens: Retirees knit clothes for chilly poultry The unusual project began after members of a knitting club at Fuller Village, a retirement home in Milton, Massachusetts, heard about the hardships that some chickens suffer this time of year.
March 13, 2017 South Africa ready to greenlight plans to expand rhino horn trade Draft regulations would allow a foreigner with permits to export "for personal purposes" a maximum of two rhino horns. Critics argue that any exported horns would be hard to monitor and likely would end up on the commercial market, defying global agreements to protect threatened rhino populations.
March 9, 2017 Rhinoceros shot, killed for horn at French zoo A zoo director says a 5-year-old rhinoceros at the wildlife park he runs near Paris has been shot three times in the head by assailants who stole the animal's horn.
March 8, 2017 Blind dog lost for days in California mountains is found A blind dog that was lost in the thick woods and steep terrain of California's Santa Cruz mountains was missing for more than a week before she was found.
March 7, 2017 Mystery solved: why pandas are black and white It's a question that has bedeviled kindergartners, and now apparently PhDs have the answer: Why do giant pandas have spots?
March 6, 2017 It wasn't booze that killed the famous swimming pigs When a spate of unexplained deaths among the famous swimming pigs of the Bahamas made headlines last week, one of the wilder theories was that tourists were getting them drunk on alcohol in fatal quantities.
