/tags/animals Animals en-US Copyright Thu, 05 Sep 2024 14:46:57 GMT /2024-09-05/u-s-postal-service-slowdowns-are-so-bad-baby-birds-are-dying-in-transit Backyard and large-scale farmers in the Midwest and around the country report more deliveries that arrive too late for baby birds to survive. The trend is part of complaints about the USPS as it tries to stem budgetary bleeding. Thu, 05 Sep 2024 14:46:57 GMT /2024-09-05/u-s-postal-service-slowdowns-are-so-bad-baby-birds-are-dying-in-transit Kavahn Mansouri /environment/2024-04-19/bear-cubs-video-selfie-asheville-north-carolina-investigation A video of people pulling bear cubs from a tree in North Carolina has prompted an investigation, but a state official says no charges will be filed. The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission says staff responded to a report of people harassing bear cubs at an Asheville apartment complex on Tuesday. Fri, 19 Apr 2024 19:02:06 GMT /environment/2024-04-19/bear-cubs-video-selfie-asheville-north-carolina-investigation Associated Press /2024-04-15/what-happens-to-orphaned-owls-the-carolina-raptor-center-has-a-foster-program-for-that When baby owls are abandoned or their nests destroyed, the Carolina Raptor Center swoops in to rescue them. They provide the chicks with food, shelter and a foster family of sorts. Mon, 15 Apr 2024 19:50:53 GMT /2024-04-15/what-happens-to-orphaned-owls-the-carolina-raptor-center-has-a-foster-program-for-that Nick de la Canal /news/2024-04-08/orange-county-animal-shelter-program-foster-dogs A non-profit is partnering with the shelter to launch the field trip program for large canines. Mon, 08 Apr 2024 15:21:25 GMT /news/2024-04-08/orange-county-animal-shelter-program-foster-dogs Sharryse Piggott /podcast/creep/2022-07-19/season-2-trailer Lionfish and hippos and tegus, oh my! CREEP is back with a new season of discovery about species that are creating a world of new problems in new parts of the world. New episodes coming July 26th. Tue, 19 Jul 2022 13:40:41 GMT /podcast/creep/2022-07-19/season-2-trailer /news/2021-11-22/tiger-king-joe-exotic-moved-north-carolina-facility-butner-netflix Defense lawyer John Phillips says Joe Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, was taken from a federal medical center in Fort Worth, Texas, to a federal medical center in Butner, North Carolina, last week. Mon, 22 Nov 2021 15:07:59 GMT /news/2021-11-22/tiger-king-joe-exotic-moved-north-carolina-facility-butner-netflix Associated Press /science-technology/2021-10-29/ouch-animals-covid-zoetis-vaccine-north-carolina-zoo After COVID-19 outbreaks at other zoos, the North Carolina Zoo registered to receive the Zoetis vaccine — specially developed to protect animals. Fri, 29 Oct 2021 11:13:22 GMT /science-technology/2021-10-29/ouch-animals-covid-zoetis-vaccine-north-carolina-zoo Leoneda Inge /environment/2021-01-22/nc-zoo-welcomes-new-polar-bear-payton North Carolina has a new resident that weighs more than 1,000 pounds.His name is Payton. He is a polar bear.Payton was welcomed to the North Carolina Zoo… Fri, 22 Jan 2021 17:54:43 GMT /environment/2021-01-22/nc-zoo-welcomes-new-polar-bear-payton Mitchell Northam /podcast/creep/2020-07-21/are-coyotes-an-invasive-species-wuncs-creep-debunks-myths-and-misperceptions Creeping, crawling, thriving, surviving … no matter where we look, animal species are living in our midst. Some survive despite the challenges and hazards… Tue, 21 Jul 2020 15:39:46 GMT /podcast/creep/2020-07-21/are-coyotes-an-invasive-species-wuncs-creep-debunks-myths-and-misperceptions Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao /show/the-state-of-things/2020-07-21/are-coyotes-an-invasive-species-wuncs-creep-debunks-myths-and-misperceptions Creeping, crawling, thriving, surviving … no matter where we look, animal species are living in our midst. Some survive despite the challenges and hazards… Tue, 21 Jul 2020 15:39:46 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-07-21/are-coyotes-an-invasive-species-wuncs-creep-debunks-myths-and-misperceptions Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao