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Yang Yang, a giant panda, at Zoo Atlanta

Giant Pandas Ping Ping and Fu Shuang Land in Atlanta on a 10-Year Loan

Nearly two years after Lun Lun and Yang Yang went back to China, Zoo Atlanta has giant pandas again. Ping Ping and…Sep 28, 2026

A Wellfleet Bay volunteer holding a small cold-stunned Kemp's ridley sea turtle

Cape Cod’s Turtle Patrol: 200 Volunteers Walk Winter Beaches to Save Cold-Stunned Sea Turtles

Every year from November into January, trained volunteers patrol Cape Cod Bay at high tide, in the dark and in the cold,…Sep 28, 2026

A red panda resting on a tree branch

Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo Welcomes Its First Red Panda Cub

A male red panda cub born June 24 to first-time parents Ponya and Pilot is the first of his kind ever born…Sep 27, 2026

A row of front-loading washing machines in a laundromat

Laundry Love: The Ventura Idea That Turned Laundromats Into Places of Dignity

A man living on the streets of Ventura told a group of friends that clean clothes would change how people treated him.…Sep 26, 2026

A black and white Border Collie with one blue eye and one brown eye

Venezuela Honors Tsunami, the Shelter Dog Turned Rescue Dog, With a Bronze Statue

Adopted from a Caracas animal shelter, Tsunami the Border Collie helped locate at least 26 survivors after Venezuela's June earthquakes. Maracaibo has…Sep 26, 2026

A family meets an adoptable dog at a pet adoption event

Nearly 400 LA Shelter Dogs Got a Day Out, and 23 Went Home for Good

Volunteers checked out nearly 400 dogs from Los Angeles' six city shelters for a few hours on September 19. Twenty-three were adopted…Sep 25, 2026

Northern elephant seals resting on the beach at the Piedras Blancas rookery near San Simeon, California

Eight Survivors to 25,000: The Elephant Seals That Took Over a Highway 1 Beach

An 1892 expedition found eight northern elephant seals left on Earth. Today more than 25,000 haul out each year at Piedras Blancas,…Sep 24, 2026

A sable Shetland Sheepdog standing in grass

Firefighters Who Revived Milo the Sheltie in a Pasadena House Fire Got to See Him Again

Milo was alone and unconscious under a table when firefighters reached him in a burning Pasadena house. An oxygen mask brought him…Sep 24, 2026

Ai Bao, a giant panda at Everland in South Korea

South Korea’s Newest Giant Panda Cub Has a Name: Shu Bao

Born June 3 at Everland to Ai Bao and Le Bao, the pair's fourth cub was named Shu Bao on her 100th…Sep 23, 2026

Sirocco, a green kākāpō parrot, on the forest floor

Kākāpō Comeback: New Zealand’s Flightless Night Parrot Tops 325 After a Record Season

Once down to 51 birds, the critically endangered kākāpō reached 325 this month after 90 chicks from the 2026 breeding season were…Sep 22, 2026

A tabby cat resting and looking toward the camera

FIP Was Once a Death Sentence for Cats. New Guidelines Call It Frequently Curable

For decades, a diagnosis of feline infectious peritonitis usually ended with euthanasia. Updated guidelines from the European Advisory Board on Cat Diseases…Sep 22, 2026

Bosco, an African giant pouched rat trained by APOPO to detect landmines, at the visitor center in Siem Reap, Cambodia

The Hero Rats of Cambodia: A Gold Medal for Magawa and a World Record for Ronin

African giant pouched rats trained by the charity APOPO sniff out landmines in Cambodia. Magawa was the first rat to win the…Sep 21, 2026