Giving 'outdoor cat' a new meaning: These pets go snowshoeing and paddle boarding More and more people are breaking the stereotype of cats as scaredy homebodies and taking them outside on adventures -- hiking, snowshoeing, and even paddle boarding. Noah Thomas
Portland's 'frog taxi' offers a life-saving lift to a struggling species Each winter, Portland volunteers "taxi" Northern red-legged frogs to and from their egg-spawning ground. The service protects them from becoming roadkill on a highway. Jule Gilfillan
How crocodiles get their scale patterns (Hint: It's unlike other animals) Many animals get their external marking -- such as, feathers, hair or scales-from genetics. But it turns out, the crocodile gets its head patterns differently. (Story aired on ATC on Dec. 11, 202.) Jonathan Lambert
Orcas are hunting whale sharks, the largest fish species on Earth A new study reveals how a group of killer whales is able to hunt whale sharks, adding to a growing body of research showing how the whales use intelligence and coordination in impressive ways. Lauren Sommer
How crocodiles get their scale patterns (Hint: It's unlike other animals) Many animals get their external marking--like, feathers, hair or scales-from genetics. But it turns out, the crocodile gets its head patterns differently. Jonathan Lambert
Orcas are hunting whale sharks. Is there anything they can't take down? Killer whales off Mexico have developed coordinated hunting skills to take down whale sharks, adding to their reputation as the ocean's top predator. Lauren Sommer
Monarch butterflies will get federal protections as a threatened species U.S. officials decided to extend protections to monarch butterflies after warnings from environmentalists that populations are shrinking and the beloved pollinator may not survive climate change. The Associated Press
The government proposes to list the monarch butterfly as a threatened species The U.S. Fish and Wildlife service is going to propose listing the monarch butterfly as threatened. What does this mean and what might protections actually look like? Jonathan Lambert
Photos: When hungry elephants and people clash in a village Their job is to keep the peace amid a worsening and at times deadly conflict between humans and the world's largest land animal in the town of Livingstone, Zambia. Text and photos by Tommy Trenchard
A wolf walks into a flower — and appears to pollinate it The bees and ... the wolves? Turns out, the Ethiopian wolf may be a pollinator, too. Ari Daniel