Scientist Mary Yong Cong holds one of the Giant African Snails she keeps in her lab in Miami, on July 17, 2015 Kerry Sheridan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Toni Okamoto started Plant-Based on a Budget to show people how affordable plant-based eating can be. Toni Okamoto hide caption
A woolly mammoth calf, believed to be female, was found in Canada's Yukon territory buried in ancestral land of the Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin, whose elders named her Nun cho ga, which means "big baby animal" in the Hän language. Government of Yukon hide caption
A bison lays down in front of the Old Faithful geyser in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo., on June 22. A 34-year-old man was gored by a bull bison in Yellowstone this week, suffering an arm injury, park officials said. Matthew Brown/AP hide caption
Working Dogs for Conservation trainer Michele Vasquez clips a vest onto Charlie, a Labrador retriever, to let him know he's working. Dogs like Charlie will help sniff out chronic wasting disease in deer and elk scat. They will also help find mink and otter droppings that can be tested for toxic substances near illegal dumpsites. Aaron Bolton/Kaiser Health News hide caption
On May 3, 2022, a partnership led by the Yurok Tribe released two California condors, called A2 and A3, into the wild as part of a decades-long conservation effort." Matt Mais/Yurok Tribe hide caption
Pale Octopus Octopus pallidus Specimen #9; mantle is 4.5 inches long; Moonlight Bay Resort, Rye, Victoria, Australia David Liitschwager hide caption
Scientists hope the larvae of the darkling beetle — nicknamed "superworms" — might solve the world's trash crisis thanks to their uncanny ability to eat polystyrene. The University of Queensland hide caption
Trumpet, a bloodhound, competes for best in show at the 146th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, Wednesday, June 22, 2022, in Tarrytown, N.Y. Trumpet won the title. Frank Franklin II/AP hide caption
A dolphin's sense of echolocation allows it to coordinate efforts to hunt prey, see "through" other creatures and form three-dimensional shapes using sound. Raymond Roig/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The human sensory experience is limited. Journey into the world that animals know
A Burmese python sits in the grass at Everglades Holiday Park in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in 2019. A yearly competition will begin in August for people to hunt and kill the invasive species. Rhona Wise/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
K-9 Officer Teddy Santos watches Huntah as she checks a classroom at Freetown Elementary School. If she detects COVID, she will sit. Jodi Hilton for NPR hide caption
'Smell Ya Later, COVID!' How Dogs Are Helping Schools Stay COVID-free
The cover of Cylita Guy's children book, illustrated by Cornelia Li, Chasing Bats & Tracking Rats: Urban Ecology, Community Science, and How We Share Our Cities. Annick Press hide caption
Freetown Elementary School students Mason Santos, left, and Mila Talbot, right, pet Huntah the dog after she finishes checking a classroom. Jodi Hilton for NPR hide caption
Dogs trained to sniff out COVID in schools are getting a lot of love for their efforts
A kindergarten student releases a turtle back into the wild at the Wetlands Institute in Stone Harbor, N.J., this month. Wayne Parry/AP hide caption
The monarch butterfly species is one of thousands which states have flagged for conservation, but have limited resources to support. Matt Slocum/AP hide caption
Bronx Zoo elephant "Happy" strolls inside the zoo's Asia habitat in New York on Oct. 2, 2018. Bebeto Matthews/AP hide caption
A mammoth tusk protruding from the riverbank on the Koyukuk River in Alaska. Adrienne Ghaly hide caption
Robert Brantley washes one of the 13 kittens he rescued along the side of the road in Pioneer, La., on Tuesday. Screen grab from video taken by Robert Brantley hide caption
Past measures to tax farmers have met strong resistance, but New Zealand's climate change minister thinks it is a good start William West/AFP via Getty Images hide caption