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Giant pandas Bai Yun, a 27-year-old female, and her son, 6-year-old Xiao Liwu, at the San Diego Zoo in San Diego. In honoring the terms of the Zoo’s conservation loan agreement with the People’s Republic of China, the pandas will leave the San Diego Zoo in April and will be repatriated to their ancestral homeland.

Last pandas at San Diego Zoo are leaving

Giant pandas Bai Yun, a 27-year-old female, and her son, 6-year-old Xiao Liwu, at the San Diego Zoo in San Diego. In honoring the terms of the Zoo’s conservation loan agreement with the People’s Republic of China, the pandas will leave the San Diego Zoo in April and will be repatriated to their ancestral homeland.

March 29, 2019, 6:05am Life

It’s the end of an era at the San Diego Zoo as the last two giant pandas will soon leave for China. Read story

Laura Martinez with her dog, Zero.

Family’s rescue dog dies their hero

Laura Martinez with her dog, Zero.

March 29, 2019, 6:04am Life

They say the first life Zero saved was his own. Read story

FILE - In this June 13, 2017 file photo, a red wolf female peers back at her 7-week old pup in their habitat at the Museum of Life and Science in Durham, N.C. A panel of top scientists has concluded that the endangered red wolf is a species unto itself. The government-funded study by the National Academy of Sciences gives the beleaguered canine a scientific and political boost at a time when its numbers have plummeted in the wild.

Government-funded study says red wolves are distinct species

FILE - In this June 13, 2017 file photo, a red wolf female peers back at her 7-week old pup in their habitat at the Museum of Life and Science in Durham, N.C. A panel of top scientists has concluded that the endangered red wolf is a species unto itself. The government-funded study by the National Academy of Sciences gives the beleaguered canine a scientific and political boost at a time when its numbers have plummeted in the wild.

March 28, 2019, 2:45pm Nation & World

A panel of top scientists concluded Thursday that the endangered red wolf of the southeastern U.S. is a species unto itself, giving the beleaguered canine a scientific and political boost as its numbers plummet in the wild. Read story

Beautiful brown reindeer isolated on white background

America’s reindeer have quietly gone extinct in the Lower 48

Beautiful brown reindeer isolated on white background

March 22, 2019, 11:42am Life

This year, in the dead of winter, America's wild reindeer went extinct in the contiguous United States. Read story

This Wednesday, March 20, 2019, photo shows Iditarod musher Nicolas Petit getting kisses from two of his dogs in Anchorage, Alaska. The Frenchman was in the lead of this year’s race but his dog team quit running after Petit yelled at Joey, left, to stop picking on Danny, right. Petit says that isn’t the reason the dogs quit running; instead, they quit about the same point the team got lost in a blizzard in the 2018 race.

Iditarod competitor whose dogs quit says they got spooked

This Wednesday, March 20, 2019, photo shows Iditarod musher Nicolas Petit getting kisses from two of his dogs in Anchorage, Alaska. The Frenchman was in the lead of this year’s race but his dog team quit running after Petit yelled at Joey, left, to stop picking on Danny, right. Petit says that isn’t the reason the dogs quit running; instead, they quit about the same point the team got lost in a blizzard in the 2018 race.

March 22, 2019, 9:16am Life

The Iditarod musher who was hours ahead in the Alaska wilderness race when his dogs refused to keep running dismissed critics who say he ran them too hard and chalked it up to a bad memory that spooked them. Read story

Wolves discovered near North Umpqua

March 22, 2019, 9:05am Northwest

At least three wolves have been newly documented near the North Umpqua River, creating a second group of wolves joining OR-7’s Rogue Pack in Western Oregon. Read story

German shorthaired pointers wait to enter the ring Feb. 13 during the 142nd Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York. At No. 9, the German shorthaired pointer in 2018 notched its highest ranking since getting American Kennel Club recognition in 1930.

German shorthaired pointer climbs into top 10 of American Kennel Club list

German shorthaired pointers wait to enter the ring Feb. 13 during the 142nd Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York. At No. 9, the German shorthaired pointer in 2018 notched its highest ranking since getting American Kennel Club recognition in 1930.

March 22, 2019, 6:05am Life

Labrador retrievers aren’t letting go of their hold on U.S. dog lovers, but German shorthaired pointers are tugging on the top ranks of doggy popularity, according to new American Kennel Club data. Read story

A newborn chimpanzee is seen Monday with its mother, Gerre, a few hours after its birth at the facility in Asheboro, N.C.

North Carolina zoo welcomes baby chimp

A newborn chimpanzee is seen Monday with its mother, Gerre, a few hours after its birth at the facility in Asheboro, N.C.

March 22, 2019, 6:00am Life

A baby chimpanzee has been born at the North Carolina Zoo, adding to a trickle of such births at U.S. zoos. Read story

In this Tuesday, March 12, 2019 photo Puppy raiser for Guide Dogs of America Lexie Dreyfuss and her 6 month old Labrador Retriever Hathi prepare for a demonstration at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. A new exhibit at a Los Angeles museum examines the relationship between dogs and humans and explores why the two species seem to think so much alike and get along so well. “Dogs! A Science Tail” opens Saturday, March 16, 2019, at the California Science Center.

Sniffing out dog-human ties

In this Tuesday, March 12, 2019 photo Puppy raiser for Guide Dogs of America Lexie Dreyfuss and her 6 month old Labrador Retriever Hathi prepare for a demonstration at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. A new exhibit at a Los Angeles museum examines the relationship between dogs and humans and explores why the two species seem to think so much alike and get along so well. “Dogs! A Science Tail” opens Saturday, March 16, 2019, at the California Science Center.

March 22, 2019, 6:00am Life

Did people domesticate dogs or was it the other way around? And why do these two species seem to think so much alike, act so much alike and get along so well? Read story

In this Wednesday, March 20, 2019 photo, a wallaby roams on the front porch of a Dallas neighborhood. A neighbor saw the wallaby roaming the neighborhood during his morning walk. The wallaby is native to Australia and New Guinea and part of the same family as kangaroos. Dallas Animal Services announced in a Facebook post Wednesday afternoon that the animal, which they said is named Muggsy, was kept secure until its unidentified owner picked it up.

Escaped wallaby goes on walkabout in Dallas neighborhood

In this Wednesday, March 20, 2019 photo, a wallaby roams on the front porch of a Dallas neighborhood. A neighbor saw the wallaby roaming the neighborhood during his morning walk. The wallaby is native to Australia and New Guinea and part of the same family as kangaroos. Dallas Animal Services announced in a Facebook post Wednesday afternoon that the animal, which they said is named Muggsy, was kept secure until its unidentified owner picked it up.

March 21, 2019, 10:22am Life

A wallaby who apparently escaped his owners went on a walkabout in an east Dallas neighborhood before being recaptured. Read story