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Pets & Wildlife

Dog visits hospital to say goodbye to owner

December 16, 2016, 5:43am Life

The distressed-looking dog stood on her owner’s hospital bed and leaned into his face, sniffing around a tangled mess of wires to find him. Read story

In this Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016 photo, Robin Harris holds the cat, Cleo, in Mission, Ore., that she found in her hay barn over the weekend. The kitten ran off after her family was involved in a car crash near Harris's house while moving from Utah to Washington and was presumed dead until Harris called the family with the number on the cat's name tag. (E.J.

Kitten survives car crash, fends for self before being found

In this Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016 photo, Robin Harris holds the cat, Cleo, in Mission, Ore., that she found in her hay barn over the weekend. The kitten ran off after her family was involved in a car crash near Harris's house while moving from Utah to Washington and was presumed dead until Harris called the family with the number on the cat's name tag. (E.J.

December 14, 2016, 1:30pm Northwest

A gray housecat named Cleo is finally going home after surviving a car crash and fending for herself in unfamiliar territory for several days. Read story

State changes protections for bald eagles, marbled murrelet

December 13, 2016, 11:51am Northwest

Washington has removed bald eagles and peregrine falcons from the state’s endangered species list while increasing protections for lynx and marbled murrelets. Read story

Shediac firefighters lead a moose to shore after it fell through the ice on the Shediac River in Shediac, New Brunswick. The Shediac fire department was responding to a call from a homeowner saying the moose was stuck in ice.

Canadian firefighters rescue moose trapped in ice

Shediac firefighters lead a moose to shore after it fell through the ice on the Shediac River in Shediac, New Brunswick. The Shediac fire department was responding to a call from a homeowner saying the moose was stuck in ice.

December 12, 2016, 1:20pm Life

Canadian firefighters got out the axes to rescue a freezing almost 500-pound (225-kilogram) female moose from the ice on the weekend. Read story

Officials rescue dog believed to be involved in fighting

December 12, 2016, 11:42am Northwest

Josephine County officials have rescued a yellow Labrador they believe was involved in a dog-fighting operation. Read story

Atlanta zoo has ceremony to reveal names of twin panda cubs

December 12, 2016, 9:25am Life

The new giant panda cubs at the Atlanta zoo now have names. Read story

Roosevelt University staff member Amanda DePalma has her photo taken with Lunar.

Mini horses bring relief to stressed-out students

Roosevelt University staff member Amanda DePalma has her photo taken with Lunar.

December 9, 2016, 6:05am Life

Sephanie Delgado can feel the stress of her to-do list as she works to finish the semester at Roosevelt University: three essays, a presentation and exams. Read story

Karen Bauman, cryobiology lab manager, fills the tanks containing frozen semen and egg samples of various zoo animals with liquid nitrogen Nov. 15 at the St. Louis Zoo. The tanks are kept at -320 degrees Fahrenheit. (Photos by J.B. Forbes/St.

‘Frozen zoo’ research helps preserve, save animal lives

Karen Bauman, cryobiology lab manager, fills the tanks containing frozen semen and egg samples of various zoo animals with liquid nitrogen Nov. 15 at the St. Louis Zoo. The tanks are kept at -320 degrees Fahrenheit. (Photos by J.B. Forbes/St.

December 9, 2016, 6:05am Life

There’s another zoo in St. Louis, and it sits in the shadow of Highway 40, behind wooden gates and lab doors, inside 13 freezers and 10 tanks filled with liquid nitrogen. Read story

A dog from Maine-based Environmental Canine Services investigates a manhole Sept. 21 in Fair Haven, N.J,. to sniff out the source of human waste that might be making its way into waterways at the Jersey shore. The company's dogs identified more than 70 spots in multiple towns near the Navesink River where broken or leaky sewer pipes or other problems might be letting pollution into the river.

These dogs’ duty is doody

A dog from Maine-based Environmental Canine Services investigates a manhole Sept. 21 in Fair Haven, N.J,. to sniff out the source of human waste that might be making its way into waterways at the Jersey shore. The company's dogs identified more than 70 spots in multiple towns near the Navesink River where broken or leaky sewer pipes or other problems might be letting pollution into the river.

December 9, 2016, 6:04am Life

Some pollution-sniffing dogs at the Jersey shore have shown they’re No. 1 at sniffing out No. 2. Read story

‘Seeing eye camel’ acts as guide for blind horse at zoo

December 8, 2016, 10:54am Nation & World

A horse and a camel at a Maine petting zoo have formed an unlikely friendship. Read story