Large bear spotted roaming in Monrovia second day in a row

A large bear was spotted early Friday morning in Monrovia, only a day after a bear was reported roaming around the nearby campus of Mayflower Elementary School.

Groups want cows corralled to protect mouse habitat

Environmentalists have accused U.S. land managers of failing to keep livestock and wild horses out of streams and other wetlands in Arizona's White Mountains, resulting in damage to habitat required by a rare mouse species found only in the Southwest.

'Black in Space' takes look at final frontier of Civil Rights

In 1959, Ronald Erwin McNair walked into a South Carolina library. The 9-year-old aspiring astronaut wanted to check out a calculus book, but a librarian threatened to call the police if he didn't leave. McNair was black.

Bronx Zoo elephant isn't 'imprisoned,' judge rules

A Bronx judge dismissed the Nonhuman Rights Project's petition arguing that Happy the elephant is "unlawfully imprisoned" at the Bronx Zoo where she has lived since 1977.

Parasite may have killed Peconic Bay scallops, lab says

The Marine Animal Disease Laboratory spent over 200 hours testing 32 samples of scallops from the Peconic Bay.

Cops use drone to find blind man lost in Connecticut woods

A man got lost in the woods near his home in Connecticut during freezing temperatures this past weekend. Police found him using an aerial drone.

2020 was U.S.?s warmest January in recorded history
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In over 140 years of keeping temperature records January 2020 was the warmest to date in the United States, part of a trend that does not appear to be cooling off any time soon.

Delta to invest $1 billion to cut carbon emissions

Delta said the money would go into things such as boosting fuel efficiency and investing in efforts to remove carbon from the atmosphere by planting trees and restoring wetlands.

Watch the Moon pass between Earth and Mars before sunrise on Tuesday in rare celestial event

If weather permits, you may be able to see a rare celestial event with your unaided eye before sunrise on Tuesday, February 18, 2020. That's when Earth, the Moon, and Mars will all be in alignment, and you'll be able to watch Mars "go behind" the Moon.

700-pound black bear shot in New Jersey sets world record

A bowhunting organization says a 700-pound bear shot in New Jersey last fall has set a world record as the largest black bear killed with a bow and arrow in North America.

So many migratory birds flew over Key West, they showed up on weather radar

So many migratory birds flocked from Cuba to Florida on Sunday night, the National Weather Service said they appeared on radar in Key West.

US scientists say January 2020 was hottest January on record

Last month was the hottest January since scientists began keeping temperature records in 1880, U.S. government forecasters said Thursday.

Habitat loss, light pollution and other threats are putting fireflies closer to mass extinction

A recent study warned that the nearly 2,000 species of fireflies in existence could soon face extinction from a variety of threats including habitat loss, pesticide use and light pollution.

Recovering koala enjoys a belly scratch from Australian Army officer

A koala embodied happiness when it received a comprehensive belly scratch from an Australian Defence Force officer at a wildlife park on Kangaroo Island.

NASA astronaut Christina Koch talks about record 328 days in space

Michigan native turned Galveston transplant Christina Koch has completed the longest mission ever by a woman, for a single space flight.

Drone Video: Right whale and calf spotted near North Myrtle Beach

A drone captured beautiful footage of a North Atlantic right whale and her calf swimming near a beach in South Carolina.