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Fate of Retired Research Chimps Still in Limbo

✇NYT: Science
By: Emily Anthes
23 May 2024 at 05:03
The National Institutes of Health, which owns the chimps at the Alamogordo Primate Facility in New Mexico, has no plans to move the animals to sanctuary, despite a ruling from a federal judge.

© Emil Lippe for The New York Times

Carlee, a chimpanzee living in Chimp Haven, a 200-acre sanctuary in Louisiana that serves as the designated retirement home for federally owned chimps.

A Second Dairy Worker Has Contracted Bird Flu, C.D.C. Reports

✇NYT: Science
By: Apoorva Mandavilli and Emily Anthes
22 May 2024 at 22:46
The new case, in a Michigan farmworker, did not suggest that bird flu was widespread in people, health officials said, adding that the risk to the general public remained low.

© Jackie Katz Cynthia Goldsmith/CDC, via Associated Press

An electron microscope image of an avian flu virion.

Farm Animals Are Hauled All Over the Country. So Are Their Pathogens.

✇NYT: Science
By: Emily Anthes and Linda Qiu
20 May 2024 at 08:27
Tens of millions of farm animals cross state lines every year, traveling in cramped, stressful conditions that can facilitate the spread of disease.

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The exact number of chickens, cows and pigs being transported on trucks, ships, planes and trains within the United States is difficult to pinpoint because there is no national system for tracking the movement of livestock.

Environmental Changes Are Fueling Human, Animal and Plant Diseases, Study Finds

✇NYT: Science
By: Emily Anthes
8 May 2024 at 11:31
Biodiversity loss, global warming, pollution and the spread of invasive species are making infectious diseases more dangerous to organisms around the world.

© Bill Draker/Rolf Nussbaumer Photography, via Alamy

White-footed mice, the primary reservoir for Lyme disease, have become more dominant in the U.S. as other rarer mammals have disappeared, one potential explanation for rising disease rates.

How To Know When a Good Dog Has Gone Bad

✇NYT: Science
By: Emily Anthes
5 May 2024 at 20:15
Gov. Kristi Noem suggested that President Biden should have euthanized the family dog, as she did. Animal experts said that such an option should be a last resort.

© Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press

President Biden’s dog, Commander, a German shepherd, being walked outside the West Wing of the White House last year.

New Photo of Australia’s Sand-Swimming Northern Marsupial Mole

✇NYT: Science
By: Anthony Ham
1 May 2024 at 00:02
Indigenous rangers in Australia’s Western Desert got a rare close-up with the northern marsupial mole, which is tiny, light-colored and blind, and almost never comes to the surface.

They Shoot Owls in California, Don’t They?

✇NYT: Science
By: Franz Lidz
29 April 2024 at 05:01
An audacious federal plan to protect the spotted owl would eradicate hundreds of thousands of barred owls in the coming years.

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Northern spotted owl populations have declined by up to 80 percent over the last two decades. As few as 3,000 remain on federal lands, compared with 12,000 in the 1990s.

Like Moths to a Flame? We May Need a New Phrase.

✇NYT: Science
By: Veronique Greenwood
19 April 2024 at 15:01
Over time researchers have found fewer of the insects turning up in light traps, suggesting they may be less attracted to some kinds of light than they once were.

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Attracting moths and other insects with a light trap at night.

An 11-Year-Old Girl’s Fossil Find Is the Largest Known Ocean Reptile

✇NYT: Science
By: Kate Golembiewski
17 April 2024 at 14:26
When Ruby Reynolds and her father found a fossil on an English beach, they didn’t know it belonged to an 82-foot ichthyosaur that swam during the days of the dinosaurs.

In Australia, ‘Cats Are Just Catastrophic’

✇NYT: Science
By: Emily Anthes and Chang W. Lee
16 April 2024 at 10:17
Feral cats take a heavy toll on the world’s wildlife, especially Down Under. The solution? Smarter traps, sharpshooters, survival camp for prey species, and the “Felixer.”

Dr. Moseby releasing a bettong at the reserve.

Four Wild Ways to Save the Koala (That Just Might Work)

✇NYT: Science
By: Emily Anthes and Chang W. Lee
15 April 2024 at 00:01
To protect Australia’s iconic animals, scientists are experimenting with vaccine implants, probiotics, tree-planting drones and solar-powered tracking tags.

A veterinary nurse treats a koala infected with chlamydia at Currumbin Wildlife Hospital in Currumbin, Australia.
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