A female cockroach considers accepting a sugary offering from a male cockroach. Ayako Wada-Katsumata hide caption
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Officials announced Thursday plans to return Lolita — an orca that has lived in captivity at the Miami Seaquarium for more than 50 years — to its home waters in the Pacific Northwest. Here, trainer Marcia Hinton pets Lolita, a captive orca whale, during a performance at the Miami Seaquarium in Miami, March 9, 1995. Nuri Vallbona/AP hide caption
In this photo provided by the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, swimmers swim after spinner dolphins in Honanau Bay, Hawaii, March 26, 2023. Hawaii authorities say they have referred 33 people to U.S. law enforcement after the group allegedly harassed a pod of wild dolphins in waters off the Big Island. Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources via AP hide caption
A new flu is spilling over from cows to people in the U.S. How worried should we be?
Diagram of the network of neurons in an insect brain. Johns Hopkins University & University of Cambridge hide caption
A Euoplos dignitas spider pictured in 2021. Queensland Museum hide caption
A wolverine is pictured on Jan. 28, 2016. Frederick Florin /AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A raccoon dog looks out of its cage in Xin Yuan wild animal market in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, 06 January 2004. PETER PARKS/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A gopher tortoise is seen at San Felasco Hammock Preserve State Park in Gainesville, Fla. Gopher tortoises that are threatened by loss of habitat and development should be placed on the endangered species list in four southern states, environmental groups said Wednesday. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service via AP hide caption
Two badger cubs are seen in the Szeged Game Park in Szeged, south of Budapest, Hungary, on April 12, 2006. Badgers burrowing under rail tracks have halted trains in the Netherlands, forcing lengthy cancellations on at least two lines. Gyoergy Nemeth/MTI via AP, File hide caption
The three tortoise babies — Dill, Gherkin, and Jalapeño — are the first offspring of their 90-year-old father, Mr. Pickles. Jackelin Reyna/Houston Zoo hide caption
Giant African snails can eat through over 500 different types of plants and produce. When those are not available, they'll consume flowers, tree bark and even the paint and stucco off of houses. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
Dead fish lay on the bank of the Darling River near Menindee, Australia, Sunday, March 19, 2023. Samara Anderson/AP hide caption
A raccoon dog looks out of its cage in a Chinese live animal market in January 2004. Raccoon dogs could have been an initial host for the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic. Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
John James Audubon inspired generation with his Birds of America compendium. But his legacy also includes racist views and the owning and selling of enslaved people — bringing calls for the National Audubon Society to change its name. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption
These two photos, taken in 2014 by scientist Eddie Holmes, show raccoon dogs and unknown birds caged in the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market. GPS coordinates of these images confirm that the animals were housed in the southwest corner of the market, where researchers found evidence of the coronavirus in January 2020. Eddie Holmes hide caption
WHO calls on China to share data on raccoon dog link to pandemic. Here's what we know
Some of the 35 Denver Mountain Park bison wait in a corral to be transferred to representatives of four Native American tribes and one memorial council as they reintroduce the animals to tribal lands on Wednesday. David Zalubowski/AP hide caption
Four or five goats scrambled across San Francisco last week, captured in videos posted on social media. So how do goats fare in urban settings? screengrab by NPR via u/kevin1760/Reddit hide caption
The Summers Place Dodo skeleton dates from around the 16th century. Leon Neal/Getty Images hide caption
Lola, a French bulldog, lies on the floor prior to the start of a St. Francis Day service at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Oct. 7, 2007, in New York. French bulldogs have become the United States' most prevalent dog breed, ending Labrador retrievers' record-breaking 31 years at the top, the American Kennel Club announced Wednesday. Tina Fineberg/AP hide caption
Dr. Beth Shapiro works with fossils, such as this late Pleistocene horse jawbone, to extract and decode ancient DNA. Duane Froese hide caption
