A motorist in western North Carolina escaped injury when the carcass of a cat crashed into the passenger side of her front windshield along a highway near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Science

The most trafficked mammal is the pangolin. US officials say it's an endangered species

ALEXA ST. JOHN Associated Press

Government-politics

Biden signs a bill officially making the bald eagle the national bird of the US

DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press

Photos: Insect and animal life around the globe

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