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Pets & Wildlife

A Minke whale.

Amid din, dolphins shout, whales go quiet

A Minke whale.

November 16, 2018, 5:44am Pets & Wildlife

The oceans are loud and getting louder all the time. And marine mammals must live in the din. These animals take different approaches to the noise: Dolphins perform the equivalent of shouting. Humpback whales, when competing with a nearby boat, go silent. Read story

Stanley, left, and Jay, two of Baltimorean Betsy Boyd’s cats. Last year, Jay donated his kidney to the now 18-year-old Stanley. Boyd paid $19,000 for the operation.

Baltimore cat Stanley thriving one year after kidney transplant

Stanley, left, and Jay, two of Baltimorean Betsy Boyd’s cats. Last year, Jay donated his kidney to the now 18-year-old Stanley. Boyd paid $19,000 for the operation.

November 16, 2018, 5:42am Pets & Wildlife

More than a year after a 17-year-old cat named Stanley received a kidney transplant that cost his owner $19,000, the black and white kitty continues to thrive. Read story

Missing zoo meerkat case solved with 3 charged in Australia

November 14, 2018, 9:37am Life

It wasn’t grand theft. It was tiny. Read story

This 2014 photo provided by the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund shows a group of mountain gorillas in Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park. On Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, the International Union for Conservation of Nature updated the species’ status from “critically endangered” to “endangered.” The designation is more promising, but still precarious.

Rare conservation win: Mountain gorilla population ticks up

This 2014 photo provided by the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund shows a group of mountain gorillas in Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park. On Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, the International Union for Conservation of Nature updated the species’ status from “critically endangered” to “endangered.” The designation is more promising, but still precarious.

November 14, 2018, 8:51am Life

There are more gorillas in the mist — a rare conservation success story, scientists say. Read story

A bunny basks in the sun in the front yard of a home in central Vancouver’s Ogden neighborhood. There are dozens of the furry intruders in the area, with neighbors reporting anywhere from 30 to 200 on any given day.

Feral domestic rabbits have overrun Ogden neighborhood

A bunny basks in the sun in the front yard of a home in central Vancouver’s Ogden neighborhood. There are dozens of the furry intruders in the area, with neighbors reporting anywhere from 30 to 200 on any given day.

November 14, 2018, 6:00am Clark County Life

Central Vancouver’s Ogden neighborhood has a bunny problem, or a bunny blessing, depending on how you look at it. Read story

Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo welcomes new male gorilla

November 12, 2018, 7:41pm Life

A family of gorillas at Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle is poised to expand after the introduction of a new silverback that is growing into the role of alpha male. Zoogoers can get the first peek at 18-year-old Kwame and his troop starting Friday. Read story

Dena Hugh cuddles Bradley in the kitten room at her house, where she cared for 10 kittens who came to Furry Friends from a hoarding situation in Cowlitz County. Hugh has volunteered with Furry Friends since December 2015.

10 kittens ‘near death’ now ‘thriving’

Dena Hugh cuddles Bradley in the kitten room at her house, where she cared for 10 kittens who came to Furry Friends from a hoarding situation in Cowlitz County. Hugh has volunteered with Furry Friends since December 2015.

November 11, 2018, 6:02am Clark County News

After months of care, 10 kittens who came to Furry Friends from a hoarding situation in Cowlitz County in June are nearly ready to be adopted. Read story

Asian elephants are shackled and marched around for use in religious rituals in southern India. Sangita Iyer’s new film explores their exploitation.

Film about captive elephants to be screened in Vancouver

Asian elephants are shackled and marched around for use in religious rituals in southern India. Sangita Iyer’s new film explores their exploitation.

November 9, 2018, 6:05am Clark County Life

When she was barely beyond toddling around her native south India, Sangita Iyer already showed the tendencies of an investigative journalist. It was normal for her grandmother to take her to “an amazing temple where elephants were used in rituals of all kinds,” she said; it was less normal for… Read story

A bird rests on a backyard bird feeder.

Will birds ever return to her front-yard feeders?

A bird rests on a backyard bird feeder.

November 9, 2018, 6:00am Pets & Wildlife

Dear Joan: I have been feeding birds for 10 years in my front yard. I have two bird feeders. Read story

Woodland Park Zoo gorilla dies at 50

November 6, 2018, 6:19pm Northwest

Pete, Woodland Park Zoo’s oldest gorilla, died Sunday night. He was 50. Read story