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Two people in winter clothing run across a paved plaza with concrete seating and metal railings. Patches of snow are visible on the ground near modern furniture and storefronts with large windows.

'Hostile architecture' makes it impossible for homeless people to rest in public. One city just voted to eliminate it

The city council approved a resolution that prohibits the city from installing “hostile architecture” in public infrastructure, including new projects, repairs, and replacements.

A dark-furred sloth bear with a tan snout lies on concrete inside a green metal cage, looking toward the camera.

Baby 'sloth bear' found abandoned and injured on the forest floor given second chance by rescuers

Experts say the young bear cub is now “responding well” to treatment.

A group of people stand on a dirt overlook holding cameras and phones toward a mountainous valley with terraced settlements and lush green hillsides under a cloudy sky.

Nepal's young birdwatchers are becoming conservationists one sighting at a time

Nepal is home to more than 900 bird species, of which 40 are globally threatened and 172 are nationally threatened.

A photo collage of a policeman standing, brain scans, Mayor Zohran Mamdani shaking hands with another person, an aerial view of a shoreline next to the mountains, and a scuba diver underwater

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Left: U.S. Coast Guard personnel in a white and orange rescue vessel. Right: Sea turtle swimming in turquoise water, viewed from above.

The Coast Guard rescued a loggerhead sea turtle after an anchor line mangled her flipper. See her incredible 4-week recovery

In early June, the U.S. Coast Guard responded to an injured sea turtle off the coast of Florida.

A white robot serves food on tiered trays to two people seated at a wooden table in a café. The woman on the left smiles while the robot, wearing a blue apron, presents the dishes.

This cafe is run by robots. They're operated by actual disabled humans working from home — not AI

The concept was created by a robotics engineer who was stuck at home for years due to illness.

A sea turtle is held in human hands above water in a blue pool or tank.

A rare sea turtle was found 'lifeless' on a beach. Now, it's flying 1500 miles to be released back into the ocean

The patient is named Crush, after the beloved “Finding Nemo” character.

Protesters hold signs in front of a large stone government building. One sign reads "STAY OUT of my STALL you creeps!!!" with a transgender flag; another lists "Cruelty to minority," "Bankrupt Idaho," and "Sell land to our INSIDERS."

Idaho banned trans people from bathrooms. So this group made a statewide map of where they can go instead

Trans Affirm crowd-sources online map of inclusive bathrooms across Idaho that it says are safe for people who are trans or gender diverse to use.

A person wearing a blue long-sleeved shirt releases mosquitoes from a tube with a brick wall and green grass visible in the background.

California is releasing 500,000 mosquitoes. Here's why that's a good thing

The sterile insect technique has been adopted worldwide for nearly 70 years.

A man in a red shirt and sunglasses loads cardboard boxes from a dark pickup truck bed onto pavement in a parking lot.

This food mobile provides free meals to hundreds of kids who would otherwise go without all summer

The New Carlisle mobile route passed out about 150 food boxes last Wednesday.

Meet the women who saved the country's climate data after the Trump administration took it offline

After losing their jobs at NOAA, Rebecca Lindsey, her sister, and another colleague teamed up to rebuild a pivotal resource the Trump administration took offline.

A blister pack of oral contraceptive pills with days labeled SAT, SUN, MON, containing white and blue tablets, marked "28 day" and showing dosage of "0.250 mg/0.035 mg."

Red and blue states alike pass laws to protect access to contraception amid Trump admin rollbacks

At least four states in recent months have enacted new laws.