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Pets & Wildlife

Vinny, a colored bull terrier, poses after winning his breed at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show in New York on Monday.

Dog at the heart of human romance

Vinny, a colored bull terrier, poses after winning his breed at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show in New York on Monday.

February 14, 2020, 6:04am Life

It’s a love story that all starts with Spuds MacKenzie. Read story

Pottery Barn&#039;s Chesterfield Pet Bed. Pottery Barn, Crate and Barrel, Ikea, Casper mattresses and other popular furniture purveyors have lines for pets, often in styles that complement their human-size living room furniture.

Pet furniture can now match, fit in home’s decor

Pottery Barn&#039;s Chesterfield Pet Bed. Pottery Barn, Crate and Barrel, Ikea, Casper mattresses and other popular furniture purveyors have lines for pets, often in styles that complement their human-size living room furniture.

February 14, 2020, 6:04am Life

No longer are furniture companies content to offer you staples like a sofa, easy chair and bed. Now they have those items for your pet, too, designed not to clash with the rest of your decor. Read story

Park service tracks mountain lion

February 14, 2020, 6:02am Pets & Wildlife

She’s a good-sized cat with greenish eyes that, based on her head shot, reveal the intensity of a predator who does not like to be detained, even for a moment. Read story

Maine whale protection plan doesn’t go far enough, feds say

February 12, 2020, 10:27am Nation & World

Federal regulators don’t believe a Maine plan to reduce risk to endangered whales goes far enough, and that means fishermen in the state could face more restrictions. Read story

Yam Yam huddles with her two pups in a meerkat habitat Feb. 3 at Zoo Miami in Miami.

Zoo Miami welcomes pair of baby meerkats

Yam Yam huddles with her two pups in a meerkat habitat Feb. 3 at Zoo Miami in Miami.

February 7, 2020, 6:02am Life

Zoo Miami is welcoming two meerkat pups born Jan. 18 and being raised by their mother, an 8-year-old named Yam Yam. Read story

Woman spots missing dog on beer cans

February 7, 2020, 5:07am Life

A Florida brewery that recently began placing shelter dogs’ faces on beer cans helped reunite a Minnesota woman with her dog, Hazel, who went missing three years ago. Read story

PetHub partners with pet licensing company

February 4, 2020, 5:54pm Business Briefs

PetHub, a Wenatchee-based company that offers digital identification tags for pets, is partnering with a national pet licensing firm to expand its presence. Read story

Humpback whales eat both krill and anchovies, depending on what&#039;s available. Krill tend to thrive in deeper and colder waters, and well up with the typical currents along the California coast.

Climate played role in whale entanglements

Humpback whales eat both krill and anchovies, depending on what&#039;s available. Krill tend to thrive in deeper and colder waters, and well up with the typical currents along the California coast.

February 4, 2020, 6:05am Life

Karin Forney still remembers when an unusual number of humpback whales started showing up in Monterey Bay a few winters ago. She could see them out her window — so close to the surf that kayakers could literally paddle up to them. Read story

Mr. Wigglesworth, a shar-pei puppy, takes the field in Animal Planet’s “Puppy Bowl XIV.” The competition will be broadcast beginning at noon on Sunday on Animal Planet.

Ready, set, woof: Two local dogs competing in Puppy Bowl

Mr. Wigglesworth, a shar-pei puppy, takes the field in Animal Planet’s “Puppy Bowl XIV.” The competition will be broadcast beginning at noon on Sunday on Animal Planet.

January 31, 2020, 2:30pm Life

Two local dogs are competing in the Puppy Bowl this Sunday. Read story

Lincoln, a Nubian goat, stands in her pen Jan. 24. She is running for a second term as honorary mayor of Fair Haven, Vt., against Sammy, a German shepherd police dog, as a fundraiser for a playground.

Dog, goat vie for honorary mayor in Vermont

Lincoln, a Nubian goat, stands in her pen Jan. 24. She is running for a second term as honorary mayor of Fair Haven, Vt., against Sammy, a German shepherd police dog, as a fundraiser for a playground.

January 31, 2020, 6:05am Life

It’s Lincoln the goat versus Sammy the dog in the race for honorary mayor of one Vermont town. Read story