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In this Thursday, April 25, 2019 photo, an endangered shortnose sturgeon is fitted with a microchip after being caught in a net from the Saco River in Biddeford, Maine. The fish was measured and tagged before being released by students at the University of New England. The shortnose sturgeon is showing signs of bouncing back. In Maine, scientists have captured about 75 this decade on the Saco River, where they were previously never seen. (AP Photo/Robert F.

Sturgeon, America’s forgotten dinosaurs, show signs of life

In this Thursday, April 25, 2019 photo, an endangered shortnose sturgeon is fitted with a microchip after being caught in a net from the Saco River in Biddeford, Maine. The fish was measured and tagged before being released by students at the University of New England. The shortnose sturgeon is showing signs of bouncing back. In Maine, scientists have captured about 75 this decade on the Saco River, where they were previously never seen. (AP Photo/Robert F.

July 10, 2019, 2:45pm Nation & World

Sturgeon were America’s vanishing dinosaurs, armor-plated beasts that crowded the nation’s rivers until mankind’s craving for caviar pushed them to the edge of extinction. Read story

Derrick Halsey, a wildlife capture specialist known as a “mugger,” hands off a kid mountain goat to Olympic National Park Wildlife Branch Chief Patti Happe Tuesday, July 9, 2019, after airlifting the goat and two others to Hurricane Ridge in the park near Port Angeles, Wash. For the second straight summer, mountain goats are flying in Olympic National Park. Officials this week began rounding up the sure-footed but nonnative mammals from remote, rugged parts of the park so they can be relocated into the Cascade Mountains, where they do belong.

Mountain goat relocation resumes in Olympic National Park

Derrick Halsey, a wildlife capture specialist known as a “mugger,” hands off a kid mountain goat to Olympic National Park Wildlife Branch Chief Patti Happe Tuesday, July 9, 2019, after airlifting the goat and two others to Hurricane Ridge in the park near Port Angeles, Wash. For the second straight summer, mountain goats are flying in Olympic National Park. Officials this week began rounding up the sure-footed but nonnative mammals from remote, rugged parts of the park so they can be relocated into the Cascade Mountains, where they do belong.

July 10, 2019, 8:56am Northwest

For the second straight summer, mountain goats are flying in Olympic National Park. Read story

Dead gray whale found floating in Budd Inlet near Olympia

July 9, 2019, 9:11am Northwest

A nonprofit that works with marine mammals says a 40-foot gray whale was found dead near Olympia. Read story

A Parson Russell terrier sits in a kennel June 14 at St. Hubert’s Animal Welfare Center after being treated in Madison, N.J. A pet’s torn knee ligaments or a broken leg that needs surgery could cost a few thousand dollars. Pet insurance can defray some of the costs.

Fight veterinary sticker shock

A Parson Russell terrier sits in a kennel June 14 at St. Hubert’s Animal Welfare Center after being treated in Madison, N.J. A pet’s torn knee ligaments or a broken leg that needs surgery could cost a few thousand dollars. Pet insurance can defray some of the costs.

July 5, 2019, 6:05am Life

That cuddly new puppy can be pretty intimidating if pet owners consider the veterinary bills it might produce. Read story

A Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo is among the animals you can see and feed during the behind the scenes Roos & Mates tour in the new Walkabout Australia area of the San Diego Zoo Safari Park on May 29, 2019. (K.C.

Go behind the scenes at San Diego Zoo

A Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo is among the animals you can see and feed during the behind the scenes Roos & Mates tour in the new Walkabout Australia area of the San Diego Zoo Safari Park on May 29, 2019. (K.C.

June 28, 2019, 6:02am Life

Wally’s blue tongue rapidly flickers in and out. She swivels her head toward the visitors, reptilian eyes bright. Read story

Senior veterinarian and director of veterinarian education Dr. Leslie Reed examines a wood turtle that was struck by a car. Shell repair is among her specialties.

Wildlife veterinarian helps critters in need

Senior veterinarian and director of veterinarian education Dr. Leslie Reed examines a wood turtle that was struck by a car. Shell repair is among her specialties.

June 28, 2019, 6:02am Life

For an opossum with a toothache, a swan with lead poisoning or a box turtle with a broken shell, Dr. Leslie Reed is a true lifesaver. Read story

Customs officials display seized turtles at the customs office Wednesday, June 26, 2019, in Sepang, Malaysia. Two Indian citizens were arrested due to smuggling attempt into the country on a flight from Guangzhou, China with thirty-two small boxes packed with 5,225 red-eared slider turtles.

Malaysia detains 4 Indians, seizes drugs, 5,255 turtles

Customs officials display seized turtles at the customs office Wednesday, June 26, 2019, in Sepang, Malaysia. Two Indian citizens were arrested due to smuggling attempt into the country on a flight from Guangzhou, China with thirty-two small boxes packed with 5,225 red-eared slider turtles.

June 26, 2019, 9:13am Nation & World

Malaysia authorities have arrested four Indians and seized more than 14 kilograms of drugs and over 5,000 turtles from their luggage at the Kuala Lumpur airport. Read story

Mexican gray wolf pups that are part of a cross-fostering program in which pups born in captivity are placed with packs in the wild in Arizona and New Mexico. The Interagency Field Team/U.S.

Captive-born wolf pups reintroduced into wild

Mexican gray wolf pups that are part of a cross-fostering program in which pups born in captivity are placed with packs in the wild in Arizona and New Mexico. The Interagency Field Team/U.S.

June 21, 2019, 6:00am Life

It’s a carefully planned mission that involves coordination across state lines — from Mexican gray wolf dens hidden deep in the woods of New Mexico and Arizona to breeding facilities at zoos and special conservation centers around the U.S. Read story

In this June 2019 photo released by the Limestone County Sheriff’s Office, a squirrel is shown in a cage, in Ala. Alabama investigators say a man kept the caged “attack squirrel” in his apartment and fed it methamphetamine to ensure it stayed aggressive.

In video, Alabama man denies feeding meth to squirrel

In this June 2019 photo released by the Limestone County Sheriff’s Office, a squirrel is shown in a cage, in Ala. Alabama investigators say a man kept the caged “attack squirrel” in his apartment and fed it methamphetamine to ensure it stayed aggressive.

June 19, 2019, 9:30am Nation & World

An Alabama man has posted a video denying he fed methamphetamine to a so-called “attack squirrel” that he calls a pet. Read story

A reward of more than $3,000 has been offered for information leading to Jack the Cat's whereabouts. A surveillance video caught a teen removing the cat from a Vancouver porch June 5.

Police refer charges against Vancouver teen in alleged cat theft

A reward of more than $3,000 has been offered for information leading to Jack the Cat's whereabouts. A surveillance video caught a teen removing the cat from a Vancouver porch June 5.

June 18, 2019, 5:59pm Clark County News

Police say they have referred charges against a Vancouver teenager after he allegedly snatched a cat from the porch of home in the Hough neighborhood earlier this month. Read story