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A Bluethroat in Nome, Alaska. (Photos by Rachel M. Richardson/U.S.

Tundra birds consider height in a cozy perch

A Bluethroat in Nome, Alaska. (Photos by Rachel M. Richardson/U.S.

March 10, 2017, 5:19am Pets & Wildlife

More shrubs moving onto Arctic tundra because of climate change will have minimal effect on many of the bird species that breed there, but birds likely will seek other habitat when the shrubs grow tall, according to a new federal study. Read story

Eugene council bans dogs from downtown

March 9, 2017, 9:18am Northwest

People who don’t live or work in Eugene’s downtown core won’t be able to hang out there with a dog. Read story

Rare bald eagle makes home in southern Oregon

March 9, 2017, 9:17am Northwest

A patchy-colored bald eagle with a genetic condition similar to albinism has made its home in southern Oregon’s Klamath Basin. Read story

In this photo taken Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, Michael Fasman poses with his dog Hudson at his home in San Francisco. As more states legalize marijuana for humans, more pet owners are giving their furry companions cannabis-based extracts, ointments and edibles marketed to treat everything from arthritis and anxiety to seizures and cancer.

Pot for pets: Owners treat sick animals with cannabis

In this photo taken Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, Michael Fasman poses with his dog Hudson at his home in San Francisco. As more states legalize marijuana for humans, more pet owners are giving their furry companions cannabis-based extracts, ointments and edibles marketed to treat everything from arthritis and anxiety to seizures and cancer.

March 8, 2017, 6:40am Latest News

Michael Fasman's 12-year-old dog, Hudson, limps from pain caused by arthritis and an amputated toe, but Fasman doesn't want to give her painkillers because "they just knock her out." Read story

Walnut Grove: Chloe Moesch, from the Western U.S.

Trade association donates grant to cat shelter

Walnut Grove: Chloe Moesch, from the Western U.S.

March 8, 2017, 5:59am Community

The Western U.S. Agricultural Trade Association chose Furry Friends as the recipient of the association’s January “Casual for a Cause” collection. The group raised $226 to go toward the care and feeding of the cats. Furry Friends is an all-volunteer, nonprofit, no-kill cat rescue in Vancouver, which has been in… Read story

Humane Society gets grant for overpopulation program

March 8, 2017, 5:59am Community

The Humane Society for Southwest Washington received a $1,750 grant from the Bissell Pet Foundation to help deal with overpopulation. Read story

Ernie, a K-9 officer with the Covington Police Department, sits with his handler outside the Kentucky State Capitol, Wednesday in Frankfort, Ky. Ernie was shot and wounded in the line of duty but under current state law the accused can only be charged with a misdemeanor due to the dog being able to return to duty. (AP Photo/Timothy D.

Shoot a police dog? In Kentucky, you might not go to jail

Ernie, a K-9 officer with the Covington Police Department, sits with his handler outside the Kentucky State Capitol, Wednesday in Frankfort, Ky. Ernie was shot and wounded in the line of duty but under current state law the accused can only be charged with a misdemeanor due to the dog being able to return to duty. (AP Photo/Timothy D.

March 6, 2017, 12:38pm Nation & World

Daleon Rice shot Ernie twice, right in front of a police officer, but he won’t serve a day in prison for the crime. Read story

The female green green turtle nicknamed &quot;Bank&quot; is carried in a cart after her surgery at Chulalongkorn University&#039;s veterinary faculty in Bangkok, Thailand, on Monday. Veterinarians operated Monday on &quot;Bank,&quot; removing less than 1,000 coins from the endangered animal. Her indigestible diet was a result of many tourists seeking good fortune tossing coins into her pool over many years in the eastern town of Sri Racha.

Surgeons remove 915 coins swallowed by Thai sea turtle

The female green green turtle nicknamed &quot;Bank&quot; is carried in a cart after her surgery at Chulalongkorn University&#039;s veterinary faculty in Bangkok, Thailand, on Monday. Veterinarians operated Monday on &quot;Bank,&quot; removing less than 1,000 coins from the endangered animal. Her indigestible diet was a result of many tourists seeking good fortune tossing coins into her pool over many years in the eastern town of Sri Racha.

March 6, 2017, 11:25am Life

Tossing coins in a fountain for luck is a popular superstition, but a similar belief brought misery to a sea turtle in Thailand from whom doctors have removed 915 coins. Read story

Feds kill wolf on private land with cyanide trap

March 3, 2017, 10:37am Northwest

Feds kill wolf on private land with cyanide trap Read story

A rare clouded leopard cub is displayed Wednesday, March 1, 2017, at the Nashville Zoo in Nashville, Tenn. Zoo officials say the cub was the first clouded leopard to be conceived through artificial insemination with cryopreserved sperm.

Nashville Zoo welcomes rare baby clouded leopard

A rare clouded leopard cub is displayed Wednesday, March 1, 2017, at the Nashville Zoo in Nashville, Tenn. Zoo officials say the cub was the first clouded leopard to be conceived through artificial insemination with cryopreserved sperm.

March 3, 2017, 10:05am Nation & World

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A rare clouded leopard's birth at the Nashville Zoo marks a milestone that could help rebuild the mysterious Asian cat's population, officials said Thursday. Read story