In today's Earthy Thursday, we've got stories all about our wonderful planet. Sustainable turkey; good news for bats; robotic penguins; maple-syrup mushrooms; a brand new frog pops up in a surprising place.

If you celebrate Thanksgiving with a turkey dinner (all due respect to vegans who forgo this option) this article describes the excellent reasons to choose a pasture-raised bird.

The world's largest bat colony was under threat, but a conservation deal had been struck to save their Texas home from development.

Scientists have developed a robotic penguin chick to research Antarctic colonies without freaking out the penguins. Good science and too cute for words!

These mushrooms taste like maple syrup, and now scientists have discovered why.

A new frog species has been discovered -- not in some far-off location, but in one of the most urbanized landscapes on Earth: New York City