A large, colorful mural by artist Shane Pierce now covers the exterior of the Brevard Humane Society's Molly Mutt Thrift Shop in Cocoa; a dedication ceremony is set for April 28 at 9 a.m.
Local groups around Murrysville will hold a historical open house April 19 and a Drive Electric car show April 18, alongside talks, markets, volunteer cleanups and scholarship opportunities through April and May.
Federal data show the U.S. general fertility rate fell to 53.1 births per 1,000 women in 2025, and total births declined about 1 percent to roughly 3.6 million.
The Town of Marana and the Arizona Game and Fish Department will introduce two endangered Arizona native fish species to the lake at El Rio Preserve after Town Council approval, and officials expect hundreds to be released in the fall.
The SPCA of Texas received a $100,000 grant from The Dallas Foundation to support its Adoptions Preparation Program, which prepares roughly 8,000 animals a year for adoption.
Twenty volunteers will sleep overnight with dogs at Cincinnati Animal CARE on April 18 to raise funds for medical care, day-to-day care, and resources to help shelter animals find homes faster.
Western Digital announced an alliance with Open Quantum Design and QuScript to develop open source quantum error correction technology and to apply its data reliability expertise to future quantum and storage systems.
At Augusta National, golfers and their children took part in a family-friendly Par-3 Contest ahead of the Masters on April 8, 2026, and photographers captured moments of parents and kids on the short course.
Researchers at Rothamsted Research used CRISPR to cut free asparagine in wheat during two years of field trials, and bread and biscuits made from the edited grain showed substantially lower acrylamide while yields were maintained.
A UC Riverside mouse study published in Cell Host & Microbe found diets high in casein and wheat gluten reduced cholera colonization by up to 100-fold; researchers say the findings are preclinical and effects in humans remain untested.
