Katherine Tutrone
wildfires
How Fish Skin Grafts Save Animals Burned in California Wildfires
For years, fish skin grafts have been used to treat human burn victims. Now the treatment is moving into the veterinary world.
Katherine Tutrone
Jed Oelbaum
11.11.21
hawaii
Hawaii Is Culling Feral Cats — To Save Its Endangered Birds
Animal advocates in Hawaii are pitted against each other: split between protecting the endangered birds and protecting the feral cats.
Katherine Tutrone
7.23.21
Invasive species
Millions of Mice Are Terrorizing Australia
“People are literally tying strings around their trousers... because they don’t want them running up.”
Katherine Tutrone
6.18.21
Invasive species
Pablo Escobar’s ‘Cocaine Hippos’ Won’t Stop Having Sex and Pooping
And they’re wreaking havoc with Colombia’s waterways.
Katherine Tutrone
6.3.21
ANIMALS
Giant Rats Are Sniffing Out Landmines and Tuberculosis
With their "super-sniffer" noses, African giant-pouched rats are also being trained to lead search-and-rescue missions following earthquakes and other natural disasters.
Katherine Tutrone
11.28.20
prison
Prisoners Are Going Viral on TikTok
The videos—showing off commissary purchases, giving tutorials for heating food, and even dancing with cellmates—help to combat the stereotypes of incarceration.
Stevie Borrello
Daniel Fetherston
Katherine Tutrone
11.12.20
climate change
Gen Z Climate Activists You Should Know Who Aren't Greta Thunberg
VICE News spoke with young activists in regions directly impacted by climate change, who are challenging authorities on their climate inaction.
Katherine Tutrone
9.28.20
Science
Invading Cicadas May Turn Into Sex-Crazed Zombies This Summer
Millions of cicadas are making a joyous debut after 17 years underground — except those whose butts and genitals have been eaten by a fungus.
Katherine Tutrone
6.27.20
Invasive species
Fire Ants Are Invading Hawaii, so Helicopters Are Blasting Them With Birth Control
The ants are blinding pets and torturing farmworkers: “It was like a whole piece of my body was getting lit on fire.”
Katherine Tutrone
Emma Fidel
Michael Shade
5.26.20
Murder Hornets
Watch a ‘Murder Hornet’ Destroy an Entire Honeybee Hive
These homicidal hornets will make a "meatball" out of bees.
Katherine Tutrone
5.21.20
Coronavirus
Thongs vs. Scuba Gear: A Doctor Reviews DIY Coronavirus Face Masks
Turns out strapping a maxi pad to your face isn't a horrible option.
Oliver Noble
Katherine Tutrone
4.29.20
climate
These Botanists Are Searching for Endangered Plants With Drones — Then Scaling Cliffs to Save Them
Meet Hawaii's Indiana Joneses of rare plant conservation.
Katherine Tutrone
Emma Fidel
Michael Shade
2.26.20
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