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Researchers in a rainforest in Indonesia spotted an injury on the face of a male orangutan they named Rakus. They were stunned to watch him treat his wound with a medicinal plant. Armas/Suaq Project hide caption
A two-spot octopus, like the type an Oklahoma family brought home as a pet. Angelina Komatovich hide caption
Terrance the octopus came to live with a family. Then she laid dozens of eggs
A researcher holds up a sandy De Winton's golden mole. Nicky Souness/Endangered Wildlife Trust hide caption
Once lost to science, these "uncharismatic" animals are having their moment
Visitors exit the Miami Seaquarium, Thursday, March 7, 2024, in Key Biscayne, Fla. Marta Lavandier/AP hide caption
Workers prepare Benito the giraffe for transport at the city-run Central Park Zoo in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Sunday. After a campaign by environmentalists, Benito left Mexico's northern border and its extreme weather conditions Sunday night and headed for a conservation park in central Mexico. Christian Chavez/AP hide caption
Hank the Tank is "our big bear friend who has adopted the Tahoe Keys neighborhood as his residential area," police in South Lake Tahoe, Calif., say. Officials with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife say that DNA samples show that at least two other large bears have broken into nearly two dozen homes. Bear League hide caption
Birman kitten playing with mouse Nico De Pasquale Photography/Getty Images hide caption
Parker is all about the task at hand. Haiyun Jiang for NPR hide caption
When disaster strikes, these good boys and girls are your rescue crew
8 loving ways to honor a pet's memory: Write an obit, grow a garden, dedicate a day
Leif Richardson examines a queen bee. Grace Widyatmajda/NPR hide caption
Nets, coolers and courage: A day in the life of a volunteer bee conservationist
Hey, you! You over there! National Park Service hide caption
Carol Buckley works to coax Mundi into the transport cage that will carry her from the Puerto Rico zoo to Buckley's elephant refuge in Georgia. Buckley, an expert on elephants in captivity, arrived on the island two weeks ahead of the May 12 flight so she'd have time to earn the elephant's trust. Erika P. Rodríguez for NPR hide caption
Puerto Rico lost its only elephant — and cracked open a well of emotions
One of the 35 Denver Mountain Park bison stands in a corral as it waits to be transferred to representatives of four Native American tribes and one memorial council so they can reintroduce the animals to tribal lands March 15, 2023, near Golden, Colo. Five of the bison went to the Yuchi Tribe of Oklahoma. David Zalubowski/AP hide caption
A black bear takes a "selfie" on Nov. 24, 2022, in Boulder, Colo. The image was captured on a motion-sensing camera, which was installed so that officials could track, learn about and protect wildlife. City of Boulder hide caption
Ralphie the dog. Niagara SPCA hide caption
A dog dressed in a turkey costume at the 2013 Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade in New York City. Timothy Clary/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Crocodiles are a well known predator. According to Ndiyae's new book, the Nile crocodile has the strongest recorded bite of any animal today. Shutterstock hide caption
Short Wave producer Berly McCoy baked a cake for the podcast's third birthday! Berly McCoy hide caption
NPR's Scott Simon keeps hundreds of compost worms like this one in a bin on his balcony. Scott Simon/NPR hide caption
Registered pharmacist Sapana Patel, loads a syringe with monkeypox vaccine at a pop-up vaccination site on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, in West Hollywood, Calif. Richard Vogel/AP hide caption
Zoos across the country are taking several steps to help animals beat the heat this summer. Eric Gay/AP hide caption
A screenshot of a map showing case counts of COVID-19 reported in different animal species, part of an interactive COVID data tracking dashboard rendered by Complexity Science Hub Vienna. The drawings represent the type of animal, including both domestic and wild; the size of the bubbles reflects the number of cases in each locale. Complexity Science Hub Vienna/Screenshot by NPR hide caption