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Is Texas' most famous endangered bird finally making a comeback?
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (430+ words) A new survey estimated 540 whooping cranes wintered on the Texas coast during the 2025-2026 season. Whooping cranes are showing up in places Texans don't normally expect to see them. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reported Wednesday that an estimated 540 whooping cranes…...
Research to help dogs live longer, healthier lives could unlock secrets for people to age better, too
3+ mon, 6+ day ago (1865+ words) Updated on: June 7, 2026 / 7:00 PM EDT / CBS News This is an updated version of a story first published on March 422, 2026. The original video can be viewed here. That's what the Dog Aging Project is all about: unlocking secrets to a longer,…...
Meet Dino, the flukeless dolphin that was found beating the odds in Galveston Bay
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (397+ words) Researchers saw the dolphin swimming without its flukes, or tail fins, in 2022. There have been only four other similarly documented cases around the world. While on a routine observation boat survey in September 2022, researchers with the Galveston Bay Dolphin Research…...
Dino the tailless dolphin is Texas' newest accidental mascot
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (532+ words) Despite Dino's lack of tail flukes, Galveston Bay Foundation's Vanessa Mintzer said she believes the dolphin gets around by "swimming more like a fish than a dolphin." One afternoon in September 2022, researchers from the the Galveston Bay Foundation's Dolphin Research…...
What it looks like when the Houston Zoo gives a 13-foot anaconda a CT scan
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (182+ words) HOUSTON — The Houston Zoo is elevating animal health care for its senior animals. It's doing that with a brand new CT scanner. One of the first patients to use it -- a 21-year-old green anaconda named... What it looks like when…...
Birds of War | Sunday on 60 Minutes
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (45+ words) Colombia is home to about 2,000 bird species, more than anywhere else on Earth. Decades of conflict kept people out of many areas, preserving the birds' habitat. Now birders are flocking in. Anderson Cooper reports, Sunday. Birds of War | Sunday on…...
Rare jellyfish that can have 70-foot tentacles wash up on Texas beach
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (304+ words) September 24, 2025 / 12:32 PM EDT / CBS News Multiple massive, rare jellyfish washed up on the Texas coast recently, surprising some beachgoers and feasting on a smaller jellyfish species. Jace Tunnell, the director of community engagement at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi's Harte…...
Saving the Venus fly trap
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (76+ words) The carnivorous Venus fly trap is native to the Carolinas, but its population is dwindling due to loss of habitat. Correspondent Seth Doane talks with botanist Julie Moore, who has spent much of her life helping to save these remarkable…...
A day with a baby squirrel foster mom
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (29+ words) Retired California teaching assistant Angel Barba has been a baby squirrel foster mom for the last seven years. Italy Hod reports. A day with a baby squirrel foster mom...
Animals become Stewart Copeland's bandmates in album preserving the sounds of nature
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (744+ words) April 19, 2026 / 7:00 PM EDT / CBS News Owls hoot, frogs croak and hyenas laugh on "Wild Concerto," a groundbreaking collaboration between musician Stewart Copeland and naturalist Martyn Stewart. Stewart, a naturalist now based in Florida, spent decades criss-crossing the planet to make…...