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Florida’s iconic manatees are in danger. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission said last week that as of May 21 almost 750 manatees have already died this year, putting 2021 on track to crush a sad record.

Will We Ever Be Able to Talk With Our Pets? Advertisement We’re all familiar with the scene, either straight from the source or through one of thousands of parodies: Lassie bounds up to the farmhand and starts yipping; the farmhand says, “What is it, Lassie?”; Lassie keeps yipping; and eventually the farmhand deciphers, from this undifferentiated noise, some extremely specific message re: someone being trapped in a well or burning house. This fantasy of dog-human communication has, a half...

RALEIGH -- The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services will soon start treating for gypsy moth infestations in areas of Buncombe and Yancey counties.

CDC Warns Against Kissing, Snuggling Backyard Poultry

Fruits and vegetables are vital components of a nutritious diet, and few foods pack a more nutritional punch than blueberries.

This naked little Benjamin Button rat is gonna save us all Photo: Ina Fassbender (Getty Images) Naked mole rats might actually be the best, most perfect mammal to ever grace the animal kingdom with their presence. This is not hyperbole, but one of many takeaways from a wild new story about naked mole rats published by Wired. In it, we meet the world’s oldest naked mole rat: Joe. He’s 39 years young, looks like baby-old man Ben Button, and has literally never aged a day, not once in his dam...

Portland man on mission to save heron habitat on Goat Island Monte Harris and Steve Meisen plan Goat Island ivy removal to save trees, heron habitat A local man has endeavored to save the habitat of 30 pairs of nesting herons on West Linns Goat Island, just off the riverbanks at Burnside Park, by removing the invasive ivy that is slowly killing the islands trees. Monte Harris, a native of Milwaukie and currently a Happy Valley resident, has been on a mission to save trees across the re...

With inland water temperatures rising and aquatic plants emerging, the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control will be treating certain downstate public ponds for the nuisance aquatic weed hydrilla, starting the week of May 24, 2021. Hydrilla is a non-native, invasive plant that likely entered the state through the aquarium trade. Uncontrolled hydrilla can choke ponds and other waterways, crowding out beneficial plant species and preventing fishing and boating a...

RALEIGH -- The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is expected to start treatments June 3 for a gypsy moth infestation in a 2,080-acre block near the Lamsburg community in Surry County.   Bryant Road goes through the middle, with Interstate-77 running along the eastern edge of this block. There are 163 residences in the area. In 2019, a male moth was captured in this block. In 2020, 25 gypsy moths were captured, signifying that a reproducing population is p...

Not a day goes by that I do not think of the wonder and almost spiritual brilliance of mushrooms and other fungi, because I am an ant and an invasive fungus has taken control of my brain. For the rest of you, here’s a reminder that slime mold once figured out Britain’s motorways system by itself. Advertisement Forgive me for not blogging this sooner. It’s one of those transportation facts that you come across and take as a given. But it has been making the rounds again on Twitter, remindi...