Stunning images show northern lights shining across the U.S.
The aurora borealis, or northern lights, were distinctly visible, appearing in skies over a vast section of the country.
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Murphy the eagle steps in as stepdad
At World Bird Sanctuary in Valley Park, Mo., the plight of Murphy, a bald eagle who was reduced to incubating a rock, aroused social media sympathy, until an orphaned eaglet was brought to the sanctuary for care, and the two have hit it off. Jane Pauley reports.
De-extinction: Bringing animal species back from the brink
The Frozen Zoo in San Diego is at the forefront of resurrecting DNA to restore animal species in danger of disappearing forever, while Colossal Biosciences in Dallas is exploring methods to clone long-extinct species like the woolly mammoth and dodo bird.
De-extinction: Bringing animal species back from the brink
The Frozen Zoo in San Diego is at the forefront of the emerging field of de-extinction – resurrecting DNA to restore animal species that are in danger of disappearing forever, through such methods as genetic editing and cloning. Correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti talks with scientists at the Frozen Zoo (whose bank of frozen cells could help save an estimated one million species) about their efforts to bring back the black-footed ferret. He also talks with the founder of Colossal Biosciences, a Texas company working to bring back long-extinct species like the woolly mammoth and dodo bird.
What's that bird? Merlin Bird ID app works magic
The free app, first hatched by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, today can help birders identify more than 6,000 species on six continents by look or song.
One million species at risk of extinction
An unprecedented rate of animal species have disappeared from the planet because of humanity's impact on the planet. CBS News' Elaine Quijano explains why scientists say the crisis is only getting worse.
"Ghost forests" along U.S. coasts are a haunting indicator of climate change
Forests inundated with salt due to rising sea levels are turning into cemeteries of trees.
1,000-year-old Viking coins unearthed by young girl with metal detector
The girl who made the discovery is due to receive financial compensation, the amount of which has not been made public.
Researchers find "stuck" stem cells may cause graying hair
The research focused on cells in the skin of mice that are also found in humans, prompting hope that a cure for gray hair could be on the horizon.
How cow waste can be turned into usable gas
A new process turns cow waste into gas that can be used to power tractors, vehicles and more, and reduce the amount of harmful methane released into the atmosphere. CBS News correspondent Ian Lee reports on how the process works and what its future could be.
U.S. military removes bombers from U.K. air base following security incident
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