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The book cover for "The Truth About Animals."

Those Cute Animal Videos May Be Causing More Harm Than Good

For every baby animal that draws attention, and more importantly donations, there's another more homely creature without that same affection.

CBS Entertainment Chairman Nina Tassler speaks at the TCA Summer Press Tour 2015 in Beverly Hills, Calif.

CBS Entertainment Chief Nina Tassler Is Stepping Down

Tassler has been at the helm of the most-watched broadcast network's drama, comedy and late-night offerings since 2004. It's a surprising development at a network known for executive stability.

The League of American Bicyclists' rankings show how amenable states are to cycling, based on criteria that range from infrastructure to laws and advocacy.

2015 Rankings List Most 'Bicycle Friendly' U.S. States

The League of American Bicyclists' rankings also show that no American state scored higher than 67 points out of 100.

A producer walks past a lectern on the stage of the first presidential debate. The vice presidential debate is Monday night between Democrat Tim Kaine and Republican Mike Pence.

Vice Presidential Debates Have Mattered Before. Here's A Look Back

KPBS.org is streaming the debate at 6 p.m. with live fact-checking from NPR

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders argues a point as former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton listens during the Democratic presidential debate at the University of Michigan, Flint on Sunday.

Sparks Fly Between Clinton And Sanders At Flint Debate

The Flint, Mich., debate featured several similar moments when, without getting too nasty, Sanders managed to assert his presence and challenge the air of dominance Clinton has sought to project.

Rhesus macaques are notorious for calculated robberies. From episode one “Hunger Wars.”

NATURAL BORN REBELS On NATURE

Encore Thursdays, Sept. 2 - 16, 2021 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On Demand

Zoologist Lucy Cooke says we infantilize pandas because they look cute. "We don't think of them as bears," she says. "We think of them as helpless evolutionary mishaps." Though captive breeding programs get a lot of press, she wishes that there were more emphasis on maintaining their natural habitat. Above, panda cubs at a conservation center in Wenchuan in China's southwestern Sichuan province.

Who Cares If They're Cute? This Zoologist Accepts Animals On Their Own Terms

Zoologist Lucy Cooke says humans aren't doing animals any favors when we moralize their behavior. Her book The Truth About Animals is organized around "fact and not sentimentality."

Who Cares If They're Cute? This Zoologist Accepts Animals On Their Own Terms

Zoologist Lucy Cooke says humans aren't doing animals any favors when we moralize their behavior. Her book The Truth About Animals is organized around "fact and not sentimentality."

"Get in line" is what William Anderson, former chairman of the Moapa Band of Paiutes, says of the current take-back-federal-lands movement.

Dispute Over Cattle Grazing Disrupts Patrols Of Federal Land

A movement to take back Nevada land that some ranchers want for grazing has stopped federal workers from safeguarding public property, say groups that would prefer to see the area protected.

An illustration from 1870 shows Prehistoric men using wooden clubs and stone axe to fend off an attacks by a large cave bear. The cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) was a species of bear that lived in Europe during the Pleistocene and became extinct at the beginning of the Last Glacial Maximum, about 27,500 years ago. Mammoths can be seen in the background.

New Study Says Ancient Humans Hunted Big Mammals To Extinction

As humans spread around the globe, other big mammals vanished. Researchers believe it's because they were tasty.

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