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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