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Once a common livestock pest, the screwworm was all but eradicated from the US in the 1980s. But a new infestation in Florida is putting the future of the tiny Key deer in peril.

A new book documents how house cats came to thrive in a human-dominated world, and how, in reality, we didn’t tame them, they tamed us.

Joyce Karam, a journalist from Lebanon who works for the pan-Arab newspaper Al-Hayat, worries that for her and other foreign journalists, reporting on the Trump administration will be a "complete nightmare."

"Niku" is an icy debris chunk in the Kuiper Belt. And according new research out of CalTech, its wild orbit is linked to the distant, as-yet-unseen "Planet Nine."

Designed to more accurately test fingerprint scanners, the glove is a boon for law enforcement — when it’s on the right hands.

Donald Trump is not the first controversial, charismatic candidate to ride a wave of popular anger to the White House. Don’t forget the turbulent life and times of 7th president, Andrew Jackson.

This year, Veterans Day fell on the same week as a significant and divisive US election. We reached out to thousands of vets to get their reactions to the election of Donald Trump.

Israelis have been in love with Canadian-born singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, who passed away this week at the age of 82. It all goes back to the time Cohen sang for Israeli troops during the 1973 Yom Kippur War.

Amity University loses bid to expand into Boston, but will move into the New York market.

Naz worked for the Marines in Afghanistan as an interpreter. For his work, the US government gave him a visa. But the promises made by President-elect Donald Trump have him worried about his future, and the future of all refugees.

An archivist in France wanted to participate in the effort to preserve the memorials left for victims of the Paris attacks not only as a professional but because she sees it as "fundamentally important for the history of Paris, as a citizen.”

In 2013, George Packer wrote a book that eerily predicted the election this week.

As the World Health Organization's role in combating infectious diseases has diminished, the CDC has been filling the void.

Despite assurances from the US and South Korean governments, South Koreans living near the site of a new anti-missile shield worry about potential health impacts.

At this dual-language immersion preschool in Los Angeles, teachers were upset by Donald Trump's victory. And they didn't hide it.

If history is any guide, the Trump administration’s agenda is likely to adhere pretty closely to Donald Trump’s own campaign rhetoric. Judging by what he has said on the campaign trail and what his advisors say, Trump will quickly go about dismantling President Obama’s legacy.

Thousands of Americans went searching for information on immigrating to Canada after the Trump victory on Tuesday. But moving north of the border is not as easy as brewing a pot of Tim Horton's coffee.

Donald Trump's success has inspired people and politicians around the world, including Marine Le Pen, the leader of the far-right National Front in France. Le Pen says she hopes the same kind of upset would happen in France next year.

Luis Mancheno disagrees with Trump’s positions on almost everything, and he hopes his fellow Americans won’t leave him behind.

Gloria Steinem has spent a lifetime advocating for women's rights and equality. She was devastated Tuesday night when Hillary Clinton was defeated at the ballot box.

The Russian parliament burst into applause when it became clear that Donald Trump had won the US presidency. President Vladimir Putin congratulated Trump and said he hoped the crisis in relations with Washington would soon be over.

Barack Obama made strong action on the global climate crisis a hallmark of his second term. His newly-elected successor Donald Trump says climate change is a hoax. That could mean a rollback of years of hard-won progress on fighting climate change.

In blue San Antonio, Texas going for Trump was no huge surprise. But Trump winning it all has left these women wondering.

Steven Petrow of The Civilist recruits a couple college students to discuss tough questions.

America's election results were announced on the same day Germany marks the fall of the Berlin Wall. But unlike some of Donald Trump's US critics, Germans are very careful to avoid drawing parallels between the president-elect and their past.

No one can be sure what Donald Trump will actually do when he becomes president. But his comments on the campaign trail indicate support for Russia and its policy in Syria. So analysts think it’s likely that will change the course of the war in Syria, and most immediately, lead to heavy pressure on rebel-held Aleppo.

President-elect Donald Trump has promised to dismantle DACA — a federal program that offers temporary reprieve to undocumented immigrants brought to the US as minors. We spoke to DACA recipients about how they see their future under a Trump administration.

When you don't speak English, going to the hospital in the US, can be a frightening experience. This was the case for many Mexican farm workers living and working in the Salinas Valley who neither spoke English nor Spanish. Natividad Hospital in Salinas found that four of the most popular languages spoken in the hospital were Native Mexican languages. So, the hospital piloted a program to train indigenous language speakers to become medical interpreters.

Marrakech feels a long way from the swing states of the US, but as the site of this year's United Nations climate conference, all eyes are on the presidential election. And Moroccans are watching closely too.

These Wisconsin college buddies don't see eye to eye on presidential politics. And that never seemed to get in the way until a Trump rally on their campus last week ratcheted up tensions.

Even as the nation was being born, the American colonies depended on foreign help to win their independence.

I wanted to know what was on the minds of Latino voters in San Antonio, because Latinos may be the difference in this election.

Voters in Guam are the first to cast ballots in the US presidential election. But their choice won't influence who ultimately is elected.

The International Marketplace in Indianapolis offers dozens of restaurants and shops from the world over. Its unlikely co-founder once asked: “Why are these Mexicans here? Why are there so many of them?”

In Brazil, failure to show up to the polls results in a fine, and possible trouble getting a passport, a loan, or even certain jobs.

Oregon's rural economy has been based on natural resources. As those opportunities disappear, it's created a big problem for Oregon's rural communities.

Middle Suburbs are places that are neither urban nor rural. They're neither liberal nor conservative. They're the middle, but their issues aren't dissimilar from so many other communities.

For all of his China bashing, a Donald Trump victory this week would benefit the People’s Republic in many ways. But the party’s power brokers are still hoping for Hillary Clinton to become US president.

My Bubba is a Swedish/Icelandic duo with songs about food and broken relationships. And their name was not inspired by Bill Clinton's nickname.

The United Arab Emirates doesn't have a space program to rival that of the US or Russia. But it plans to send an unmanned probe to Mars by 2021. It's to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its founding.

As the Indian city chokes on toxic air, authorities frantically pass the buck about who's to blame.

Mexican drug cartels can't compete with US-made weed. Instead of fighting it, they're smuggling it to Mexico.

If education is the road out of poverty, many urban areas in the US aren't providing adequate educational opportunities.

As Boston gets ready for Election Day, there’s one job that's particularly difficult to fill: interpreter.

This week, Oregon voters will decide Measure 100, which would ban the buying and selling of various illegal animal products. There is widespread support for the measure, but concern that a lack of funding means it promises more than it could deliver.

Jerry Derr lost his son, Colton Levi Derr, a US Army sergeant, to suicide. Since then, he's been trying to help other military families fight PTSD and a whole range of issues that come up for veterans.

The Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul are just two big cities where issues of racial disparity and the treatment of minorities by law enforcement have burst into the open.

Chip Knappenberger, a scientist with libertarian think tank the Cato Institute, describes how the former New Mexico and former Massachusetts chief executives would approach environment and energy issues if they governed America.

Software executive and writer Björn Beer decided to move with his wife and daughter to Montana, near Glacier National Park, in part to bear witness to the glaciers’ disappearance.

In the 1940s, the first African American women entered NACA's “computing pools." Some later became managers or engineers at NASA, and all made crucial — but often little-known — contributions to the math that put Americans in space.