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A new study aims to better understand dogs' TV viewing behaviors

By Nathan Rott

Published July 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM EDT

A new study finds that dogs' television-watching habits may depend on their personality.

Nathan Rott

Nathan Rott is a correspondent on NPR's National Desk, where he focuses on environment issues and the American West.

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Muddy boots and AI are helping this threatened frog to make a comeback

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How do scientists monitor the populations of the threatened California red-legged frog? With careful listening and a little help from AI.
AI-assisted listening shows how effort to save California's red-legged frog is going

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Years ago, scientists moved eggs of a federally threatened frog from Mexico to Southern California. Audio monitoring -- with an AI assist -- now shows the complicated conservation effort is working.
How do you protect a species that lives across a continent? Monarch butterfly decision may soon try

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The monarch butterfly is widely recognized and widely dispersed across North America and it's in trouble. Federal officials decide soon whether it gets protection under the Endangered Species Act.