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Pets & Wildlife

Portland-based cat rapper Moshow raps about his cats and about adopting pets Monday night for a crowd gathered at the Humane Society for Southwest Washington.

‘Cat rapper’ pumps up Humane Society eventsvideo icon

Portland-based cat rapper Moshow raps about his cats and about adopting pets Monday night for a crowd gathered at the Humane Society for Southwest Washington.

January 30, 2017, 10:02pm Clark County News

The crowd had their paws up for Moshow, the “cat rapper” of viral internet fame, at the Humane Society for Southwest Washington on Monday night as the organization hyped its upcoming Walk and Run for the Animals events. Read story

Judge halts grazing in Oregon forest to protect spotted frog

January 30, 2017, 9:53am Northwest

A federal judge has halted cattle grazing in an Oregon national forest until officials can review its impact on Oregon spotted frogs. Read story

**MOVING OVERNIGHT THURSDAY, JAN 26**In this Jan. 18, 2017, photo provided by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, elk feed at the Wenaha Wildlife Area near Troy, Ore. A heavy snowfall this winter in the Pacific Northwest and other parts of the West has caused travel delays and other problems for people, but wildlife are also suffering, from deer and elk whose food sources are buried under snow and ice to cougars that had to forage in an Oregon town.

Beastly winter has been trouble for animals

**MOVING OVERNIGHT THURSDAY, JAN 26**In this Jan. 18, 2017, photo provided by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, elk feed at the Wenaha Wildlife Area near Troy, Ore. A heavy snowfall this winter in the Pacific Northwest and other parts of the West has caused travel delays and other problems for people, but wildlife are also suffering, from deer and elk whose food sources are buried under snow and ice to cougars that had to forage in an Oregon town.

January 28, 2017, 6:37am News

Antelope injured while falling on ice. Horses stranded in snowy mountains. Cougars descending from their wilderness lairs to forage in a town. Read story

A zoo employee swaddles a female Nile hippopotamus calf born to 17-year-old mother Bibi and 35-year-old father Henry Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017,  six weeks before the anticipated March 2017 due date, at the zoo in Cincinnati.  Cincinnati Zoo staffers are providing critical care to the prematurely born baby hippo which is the first Nile hippo born there in 75 years.

Cincinnati Zoo says premature hippo gets some mother’s milk

A zoo employee swaddles a female Nile hippopotamus calf born to 17-year-old mother Bibi and 35-year-old father Henry Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017,  six weeks before the anticipated March 2017 due date, at the zoo in Cincinnati.  Cincinnati Zoo staffers are providing critical care to the prematurely born baby hippo which is the first Nile hippo born there in 75 years.

January 27, 2017, 2:25pm Nation & World

The Cincinnati Zoo says a prematurely born baby hippo is getting some of her mother’s milk. Read story

In this photo from Jan. 24, 2017, provided by Chris Hasson, 10-year-old Eden Hasson, Chris&#039; son, surfs near what is believed to be a great white shark at Samurai Beach, Port Stephens, Australia. James Cook University shark researcher Andrew Chin says the photographed shark is possibly a small great white.

Young Aussie surfer photo bombed by shark that shared wave

In this photo from Jan. 24, 2017, provided by Chris Hasson, 10-year-old Eden Hasson, Chris&#039; son, surfs near what is believed to be a great white shark at Samurai Beach, Port Stephens, Australia. James Cook University shark researcher Andrew Chin says the photographed shark is possibly a small great white.

January 27, 2017, 1:45pm Nation & World

A 10-year-old surfer has had a close encounter with a photo-bombing shark that shared a wave with him off an Australian beach. Read story

A new female gray seal was born Jan. 21 at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C.

Baby seal born at National Zoo

A new female gray seal was born Jan. 21 at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C.

January 27, 2017, 6:00am Life

A new gray seal pup was born at the National Zoo. Read story

Interacting with animals helps children&#039;s empathy.

Programs teach kids to care for animals

Interacting with animals helps children&#039;s empathy.

January 27, 2017, 6:00am Life

The Kuerner brothers, John, 4, and Will, 6, had fun last summer gathering branches and leaves for bird nests, touching real bird feathers and gathering nuts and berries for wildlife — all as part of a Backyard Buddies program at PAWS in Seattle. Read story

Seth Baron uses the &quot;Whistle&quot; GPS pet tracking device on his pet rabbit, Bun Bun at his home in Watsonville, Calif.

Using tech to keep tabs on Fido has risks

Seth Baron uses the &quot;Whistle&quot; GPS pet tracking device on his pet rabbit, Bun Bun at his home in Watsonville, Calif.

January 27, 2017, 5:16am Life

Bun Bun the rabbit saw his chance for freedom, and he hopped to it. Read story

B.J. Hill and his son Heath from Swift Creek Outfitters stand with their horse, Valentine, after rescuing it from a remote area in northwestern Wyoming.  (U.S.

Horse left behind in Wyoming wilderness survives for 6 weeks

B.J. Hill and his son Heath from Swift Creek Outfitters stand with their horse, Valentine, after rescuing it from a remote area in northwestern Wyoming.  (U.S.

January 26, 2017, 12:46pm Nation & World

On a 16-mile trek off a mountain, a young horse lay down — she could not go another step. The mare looked deathly ill to the men leading a train of horses out of a base camp for hunting and fishing excursions. Read story

103 puppies rescued after delivery van crashes in N.Y.

January 25, 2017, 9:33am Life

An animal welfare group is caring for the scores of puppies that were being transported in a box van when it crashed and overturned on an upstate New York highway. Read story