Animals

Also called the yellow-eyed penguin, the endangered hoiho are known to be antisocial. They don't like to nest around other penguins. But when they do socialize, they do so by screaming.

Scientists say their goal was to rediscover a type of chevrotain that had been "lost to science" for nearly 30 years. Chevrotains are the world's smallest hoofed mammal, or ungulate.

The bird has been taking poppies that were laid at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Canberra, and making a nest. A bit of history, pigeons were widely used in World War II to deliver messages.

The Department of Veterans Affairs has long weighed pairing service dogs with veterans who suffer from mental health issues like PTSD. Supporters of the idea want the VA to move faster.

As Cambodia kicks off a three-day water festival, fishermen are struggling to make a living in the face of climate change and hydropower dams.

The invasive Asian Carp is making its way south, impervious to efforts to curb the fish. Now, researchers are trying a new way to halt the spread of the species using an "acoustic fence."

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Texas Tribune reporter Chase Karacostas about a new Texas law that amends the state constitution to allow police officers to adopt their work dogs after the dog retires.

Quilty is a cat at the Friends for Life Shelter in Houston. The shelter wrote on Facebook that "Quilty will not be contained. And he has no shame." A video showing the cat's antics went viral.

NPR's Noel King talks to Jim Chairusmi of The Wall Street Journal about a racehorse suffering a catastrophic injury at the Breeders' Cup Classic on Saturday in Arcadia, Calif.

New evidence from Japan's Lake Shinji suggests that the widely used family of pesticides called neonicotinoids, already controversial for harming pollinators, could pose risks to fish as well.

As the fire engulfed their small farm in the Santa Clarita Valley, Samantha Hull and her family managed to escape. But they lost their home and many of their beloved animals.

Nominally an environmental and social history of the Galápagos Islands, it lays bare the entangled issues confronting us as we attempt conservation efforts while facing a sweeping ecological crisis.