Animals

Jimmy Carter made eradicating Guinea worm disease a top mission

Nobel Peace Prize winner Jimmy Carter spent decades waging war against an ancient parasite. Carter tried to rid the world of Guinea worm, which infects people who drink unclean water tainted with larva.

A butterfly collector in Africa with more than 4.2 million seeks to share them for the future

Hundreds gathered in Hong Kong for the city’s first pyrotechnics drone show

Wyoming governor approves $100 million sale of state land to join Grand Teton National Park

Missing dog returned to family home and rang the doorbell

Discarded Christmas trees become seasonal snack for goats in Chicago

Wondering what to do with your Christmas tree now that the holiday has passed? The Urban Growers Collective in Chicago is turning trees into a healthy snack for goats. (AP video: Teresa Crawford)

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Carter Center tackles guinea worm in South Sudan

Booming crow population damages Kenyan economy and ecosystems

The butterfly collector with more than 4.2 million insects seeks a safe haven

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One owl rescued by a Minnesota woman is euthanized; efforts to save the other continue

Cats can get bird flu from raw food. Here’s how to protect them

A Virginia zoo welcomes newborn pygmy hippopotamus as year ends

Snowy owl rescued from car grille by Minnesota woman who saved another bird hours earlier

Biden signs a bill officially making the bald eagle the national bird of the US

Find out where your firewood comes from to prevent the spread of invasive pests

Burt, the huge Australian crocodile who had a cameo in ‘Crocodile Dundee,’ dies at 90

Third entangled endangered whale spotted in span of a week off East Coast

AI will eavesdrop on world’s wildest places to track and help protect endangered wildlife

Wisconsin Gov. Evers finally appoints new DNR secretary after yearlong search

Pandas An An and Ke Ke celebrate their 1st Christmas in Hong Kong

Takeaways from AP’s story on the Miccosukee’s fight to protect the Everglades

Giant sloths and mastodons lived with humans for millennia in the Americas, new discoveries suggest

Activists sue federal government for images of dead orcas entangled by fishing boats

Alaska governor asks Trump to roll back restrictions on oil and gas drilling

California declared an emergency. How serious is bird flu?

Invasive ‘murder hornets’ are wiped out in the US, officials say

Endangered whales found entangled in rope off Massachusetts, and 1 is likely to die

A fur seal’s rare appearance on Rio’s famous beach turns heads

This is the holiday season’s ‘it’ animal

Animal welfare group says bacterial infection killed Sonia the elephant in Pakistan

Forget soccer and samba. This caramel-colored street dog is Brazil’s new national icon

Global demand spurring Indonesia’s mining boom comes at a cost for many communities

Energy chief Granholm warns against ‘unfettered exports’ of liquefied natural gas

Movie Review: Barry Jenkins brings fresh energy, originality to the ‘Lion King’ prequel ‘Mufasa’

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A hunter in Virginia has died after a bear shot in a tree fell on him

Tired of long organ waitlists, these patients hope for a pig organ transplant

Emotional reunion awaits anti-whaling activist Paul Watson after his sudden release

A zoo elephant dies in Indonesia after being swept away in a river

California has a plan for new water rules. Will it save salmon from extinction?