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Pets & Wildlife

Police say 41 animals found dead in Illinois pet store

May 29, 2018, 9:39am Nation & World

Authorities say 41 small animals were found dead inside a closed pet store in western Illinois where the electricity had been disconnected. Read story

Reva Lipe and Josh Saranpaa examine a brown pelican Thursday, May 17, 2018, in an enclosure at the wildlife center near Astoria, Ore.

Food still a concern for brown pelicans

Reva Lipe and Josh Saranpaa examine a brown pelican Thursday, May 17, 2018, in an enclosure at the wildlife center near Astoria, Ore.

May 28, 2018, 8:37pm Northwest

The Wildlife Center of the North Coast has already cared for several starving young California brown pelicans this spring. Read story

A grizzly bear roams near Beaver Lake in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo., on July 6, 2011. Wyoming decided Wednesday to allow grizzly bear hunting for the first time in decades in a wide area east and south of Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks.

Wyoming approves grizzly hunt

A grizzly bear roams near Beaver Lake in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo., on July 6, 2011. Wyoming decided Wednesday to allow grizzly bear hunting for the first time in decades in a wide area east and south of Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks.

May 25, 2018, 5:55am Nation & World

A debate over whether the Yellowstone ecosystem’s grizzly bear population can thrive while being hunted will be put to the test this fall after Wyoming officials on Wednesday approved the state’s first grizzly hunt in 44 years. Read story

Sacramento animal shelter grateful for generous investment

May 25, 2018, 5:52am Life

More than 60 percent of lost dogs and cats in Sacramento never make it back home. Read story

Does this cat have nine lives? Probably not — but it will land on its feet.

Why we say cats have 9 lives

Does this cat have nine lives? Probably not — but it will land on its feet.

May 25, 2018, 5:25am Life

How and when did someone ever come up with the notion that “a cat has nine lives”? Read story

Python hunter Brian Hargrove, right, is helped by Marcos Fernandez, left, with the South Florida Water Management District, as they measure and weigh the 1,000th python caught in the Florida Everglades, Tuesday, May 22, 2018, in Homestead, Fla. The state has been paying a select group of hunters to kill the invasive snakes on state lands in South Florida since March 2017.

Florida marks milestone in python control program

Python hunter Brian Hargrove, right, is helped by Marcos Fernandez, left, with the South Florida Water Management District, as they measure and weigh the 1,000th python caught in the Florida Everglades, Tuesday, May 22, 2018, in Homestead, Fla. The state has been paying a select group of hunters to kill the invasive snakes on state lands in South Florida since March 2017.

May 23, 2018, 6:00am Nation & World

Florida is marking a milestone in its attempt to control an infestation of Burmese pythons in the Everglades. Read story

Washington State Fish and Wildlife Police confer with an individual from the King County Medical Examiner’s office on a remote gravel road above Snoqualmie,, following a fatal cougar attack Saturday. One man was killed and another seriously injured when they encountered a cougar Saturday while mountain biking in Washington state, officials said.

Cyclists tried to scare cougar but it attacked, killing 1

Washington State Fish and Wildlife Police confer with an individual from the King County Medical Examiner’s office on a remote gravel road above Snoqualmie,, following a fatal cougar attack Saturday. One man was killed and another seriously injured when they encountered a cougar Saturday while mountain biking in Washington state, officials said.

May 21, 2018, 10:18am Northwest

The two mountain bikers did what they were supposed to do when they noticed a mountain lion tailing them on a trail east of Seattle. Read story

Judge says state must provide 1 day notice to kill wolves

May 21, 2018, 10:15am Northwest

A Thurston County judge says the state of Washington must provide one business day of notice before killing any wolves. Read story

This photo shows Victoria, a pregnant southern white rhino, Thursday, May 17, 2018, at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in Escondido, Calif. The rhino, which has become pregnant through artificial insemination at the park, is giving hope for efforts to save a subspecies of one of the world’s most recognizable animals, researchers announced Thursday.

Zoo’s pregnant rhino gives hope to species

This photo shows Victoria, a pregnant southern white rhino, Thursday, May 17, 2018, at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in Escondido, Calif. The rhino, which has become pregnant through artificial insemination at the park, is giving hope for efforts to save a subspecies of one of the world’s most recognizable animals, researchers announced Thursday.

May 20, 2018, 6:00am Life

A southern white rhino has become pregnant through artificial insemination at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park — giving hope for efforts to save a subspecies of one of the world’s most recognizable animals, researchers announced. Read story

As spring arrives, so do baby birds

May 18, 2018, 6:10am Life

Can you imagine living in a tiny twig nest lined with soft feathers and grass and perched high in a city tree? Nearly featherless and vulnerable, nestlings peep and open their tiny beaks wide when their parents flutter into their nests to deliver fat worms or protein — filled bugs… Read story