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It’s baby-animal season in the towns north of New York. But with many of the mothers gone missing, humans are stepping in to help out.Fawns rescued by Animal Nation, a nonprofit animal-rescue group in Rye, N.Y. When the facility is overcrowded, Patrick Moore, the group’s volunteer president, harbors baby deer in his home shower.Supported byText by…

A vintage postcard from Patt Morrison’s collection shows big cats at the California Wild Animal Farm in Los Angeles.(Patt Morrison / Los Angeles Times)…

JUMP TO: Life cycle Are they poisonous? Where do they migrate? How do they navigate? Are monarch butterflies endangered? Additional resources With their bright orange hues and lengthy migration, monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) are one of the world's most iconic insects. But their population has…

SharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingimage copyrightEPAUS climate envoy John Kerry has called on China to increase the speed and depth of its efforts to cut carbon.Without sufficient emissions reductions by China, Mr Kerry said, the global goal of keeping temperatures under 1.5C was "essentially impossible".Mr Kerry said he was…

Even when we mean them no harm, deer tend to be wary of humans. When we approach, they usually raise their heads, prick their ears and stand very still. It's how these creatures stay vigilant against predators. But what happens when humans are always around?Researchers in Pennsylvania have found the presence of people threatens…

KHARTOUM, SUDAN - Hundreds of women displaced by recent inter-communal fighting in the Al Geneina town of West Darfur are suffering from anxiety and depression as they shoulder the responsibility of caring for their families without husbands, say women's rights activists in Sudan's western region.The fighting that erupted in April left more than…

A KAIST research team and collaborators revealed a newly developed hydrogel-based flexible brain-machine interface. To study the structure of the brain or to identify and treat neurological diseases, it is crucial to develop an interface that can stimulate the brain and detect its signals in real time. However, existing neural interfaces are…

Tools that helped booksellers endure the pandemic are set to last. The New Children’s Bookselling Even as parts of the United States emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic, the retail outlook for children’s booksellers remains…

Venomous snakebites cause tens of thousands of deaths each year. But homegrown apps are coming to the rescue – and protecting reptiles from reprisals A large-scaled pit viper, one of 62 venomous or semi-venomous snakes in India, where an estimated 58,000 people a year die from snakebites. Photograph: Sandeep DasA large-scaled pit viper, one of 62…