Science UConn's Geno Auriemma, the new winningest NCAA coach, is honored with a literal goat Geno Auriemma has led the women Huskies to 11 championships and nearly two dozen Final Four appearances in his four decades as head coach. Rachel Treisman Ayana Archie
Arts & Life Oarfish keep washing ashore in California. Folklore suggests that could be a bad omen A deep sea oarfish washed up in Southern California. Japanese folklore suggests seeing the rare fish is a bad omen, some accounts say. James Doubek
Animals New study helps show how mountain lions are able to co-exist with humans in LA NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Ellie Bolas, the lead author of a seven-year study that suggests mountain lions in Los Angeles have adjusted their schedules to avoid human activity. Elena Burnett Mary Louise Kelly Christopher Intagliata
Animals S.C. authorities still searching for 6 of 43 monkeys that escaped research facility Some of the 43 monkeys that escaped from a research facility in South Carolina are still on the loose. Animal rights activists say the company that breeds them needs to be investigated. Victoria Hansen
Science Scientists find a 35,000-year-old saber-toothed kitten in the Siberian permafrost The kitten, which was found in Russia's northeastern Sakha Republic, still had fur and whiskers when it was discovered. Mansee Khurana
Animals A colorful, camouflaged seahorse helped a scientist on a biological treasure hunt Chloe Fourreau, a Ph.D. student in Japan, went hunting for an elusive and overlooked marine worm, which lives in corals off the country's Pacific coast. She found much more than she was looking for. Scott Detrow
Animals The dung beetle census is a window into their ecosystem Creating a census of the dung beetles of Massachusetts could help inform how to make sure dung beetles keep doing their important work in forests and farming fields. Ari Daniel
Science Small fossil has big implications for bird brain evolution Birds descended from the dinosaurs, but researchers have known relatively little about how the bird's brain took shape over millions of years. A new fossil sheds light on that mystery. Ari Daniel
Animals Killer whales have returned to a cove in Washington's Puget Sound For the first time in half a century, a group of killer whales, or orcas, returned to a cove in Washington's Puget Sound. Penn Cove is known for a roundup by hunters that took place in the 1970s. Hosts
Science Wildlife experts looks for new ways to count wolves in Alaska On Prince of Wales Island in Alaska, wildlife managers are trying new techniques to count local wolves so they can determine how many can be hunted. Limiting the quota is controversial in the community. Jack Darrell