Pets & Wildlife

Shannon Martin of Vancouver reaches out to pet her 5-month-old springer spaniel, Daisy, at Ike Memorial Dog Park on Thursday.

Use common sense to protect pets, livestock from cold

December 14, 2018, 6:00am Clark County News

Animals might come with their own coat, but they’re not immune to the dropping mercury. Read story

Picking out a dog is a major life decision, not one to be taken lightly.

Surprise gift of a dog? Read this first

December 14, 2018, 5:58am Pets & Wildlife

Thinking about surprising a loved one with a dog for Christmas? Read story

Dr. Maxim Itkin, right, a radiologist and professor of radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, and Dr. Ron Ben-Amotz, a veterinary surgeon, prepare Nov. 28 to perform a procedue usually done on humans on pit bull Jackson.

Medical doctor goes to the dog

December 14, 2018, 5:58am Life

It took an interventional radiologist from the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and a veterinary surgeon in Conshohocken to perform a first-of-its-kind procedure on a lovable 2-year-old pit bull to correct a rare condition that is also found in humans. Read story

In this photo taken Oct. 4, 2018, eastbound Interstate 90 traffic passes beneath a wildlife bridge under construction on Snoqualmie Pass, Wash. The stretch of highway crossing the Cascade Mountains cuts through old growth forest and wetlands, creating a dangerous border for wildlife everything from an elk down to a small salamander. The new crossing gives animals in these mountains a safer option for crossing the road: They'll be able to go above it.

Washington state combats collisions with new wildlife bridge

December 12, 2018, 10:41am Northwest

Before descending the Cascade Mountains on its final stretch to Seattle, Interstate 90 cuts through a mountain pass of old growth forests and wetlands. Read story

A male tungara frog in Panama uses his vocal sac to call out in Gamboa, Panama. A study released on Monday, Dec. 10, 2018, examines why these amphibians adapt their mating calls in urban areas _ an unexpected example of how animals change communication strategies when cities encroach on forests.

Croak to croon: City frogs sing more alluring love songs

December 10, 2018, 9:21am Life

City frogs and rainforest frogs don’t sing the same tune, researchers have found. Read story

U.S. to ease oil drilling controls protecting imperiled bird

Male greater sage grouse perform mating rituals for a female grouse, not pictured, on a lake outside Walden, Colo.

December 6, 2018, 10:01am Northwest

The Trump administration moved forward Thursday with plans to ease restrictions on oil and natural gas drilling and other activities across millions of acres in the American West that were put in place to protect an imperiled bird species. Read story

Elusive fishers will return to North Cascades

Fishers were once plentiful across the Western United States until fur trappers wiped out their population.

December 3, 2018, 4:44pm Northwest

Washington’s North Cascades will soon see the return of a small, weasel-like predator called the fisher. The carnivores have been missing from the area since the 1930s. Biologists hope the reintroduction next week will follow in the footsteps of other successful efforts in Washington. Read story