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Listed as federally endangered in 1968, Columbian white-tailed deer populations rebounded high enough to be downlisted to threatened. (tim jewett/ U.S.

Columbian white-tailed deer rebound

Listed as federally endangered in 1968, Columbian white-tailed deer populations rebounded high enough to be downlisted to threatened. (tim jewett/ U.S.

October 12, 2016, 7:34pm Clark County News

Hailed as a conservation success story by wildlife officials, the Columbian white-tailed deer has been downlisted to threatened after being federally classified as endangered for nearly 40 years. Read story

A mother pig and her two remaining piglets spend time Monday at Bi-Zi Farms in Brush Prairie. Her third piglet died over the weekend after being stolen from the farm. A second stolen piglet was found safe and brought back.

Piglets stolen from Bi-Zi Farms; 1 returned, 1 found dead

A mother pig and her two remaining piglets spend time Monday at Bi-Zi Farms in Brush Prairie. Her third piglet died over the weekend after being stolen from the farm. A second stolen piglet was found safe and brought back.

October 10, 2016, 10:50am Clark County News

Two piglets were taken from a Brush Prairie farm over the weekend. One of which was returned safely, but the other was found dead, according to the farm’s owners. Read story

A bald eagle wedged in a vehicle near Green Cove Springs, Fla. The bird was freed unharmed after a passing motorist noticed the bird.

Eagle freed in Hurricane Matthew aftermath from car grille

A bald eagle wedged in a vehicle near Green Cove Springs, Fla. The bird was freed unharmed after a passing motorist noticed the bird.

October 10, 2016, 9:40am Life

A bald eagle that somehow managed to get wedged in the front grill of a Florida car was freed unharmed after a passing motorist noticed the bird just after Hurricane Matthew roared past the area. Read story

Pam Cook holds on to the leash as Sandy, the new canine concierge at the Harbor Beach Marriott Hotel, greets guest Howard Rudolph in the lobby on Sept. 16 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

Hotel’s new greeter is man’s best friend

Pam Cook holds on to the leash as Sandy, the new canine concierge at the Harbor Beach Marriott Hotel, greets guest Howard Rudolph in the lobby on Sept. 16 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

October 7, 2016, 6:04am Life

She’s energetic, loves people and is eager to learn on her first-ever job. Just seeing her going about her duties makes her co-workers smile. Read story

Chimps named Bullet, Franzsica, Doris, Sally, Joyce and Samantha receive their daily rations from a Humane Society team.

Chimps who helped save lives abandoned

Chimps named Bullet, Franzsica, Doris, Sally, Joyce and Samantha receive their daily rations from a Humane Society team.

October 7, 2016, 6:04am Pets & Wildlife

Some of the chimpanzees were rejected pets. Others were captured in the wild. All of them were taken in the mid-1970s to a research laboratory in Liberia, where for decades they were infected with diseases, and their blood was drawn and tested for research that helped lead to a hepatitis… Read story

An orca known as L95 swims Feb. 23 in the Pacific Ocean near La Push, shortly before being fitted with a satellite tag by federal whale biologists.

Scientists: Satellite tag played role in death of killer whale

An orca known as L95 swims Feb. 23 in the Pacific Ocean near La Push, shortly before being fitted with a satellite tag by federal whale biologists.

October 5, 2016, 9:05pm Life

A satellite-linked tag fired into an endangered Puget Sound orca by federal biologists led to a fungal infection that contributed to the whale’s death, scientists said Wednesday. Read story

Allison Wilson helps Karleigh Anderson, 3, onto a horse as they take part in a session at the Rockin&#039; Hope Youth Ranch on the Villines family farm in La Center.

Hands-on lessons on the farm in La Center

Allison Wilson helps Karleigh Anderson, 3, onto a horse as they take part in a session at the Rockin&#039; Hope Youth Ranch on the Villines family farm in La Center.

October 2, 2016, 6:03am Clark County Life

Torri and Kevin Villines moved their family from Camas to a farm in La Center about nine years ago. They wanted to move out of the more crowded city and teach their daughters — Madison, 17, and Kaiya, 14 — about living in a more rural area. Read story

Siberia may kill reindeer to stop flow of anthrax

October 2, 2016, 6:02am Nation & World

You know Dasher and Dancer, Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid …? Read story

Bird photography on display at BirdFest and Bluegrass.

BirdFest and Bluegrass: Revels at the Ridgefield wildlife refuge

Bird photography on display at BirdFest and Bluegrass.

October 1, 2016, 8:09pm Clark County Life

Nobody has said boo about the environment during the current presidential election campaign, Ruth Phillips noted. Meanwhile, environmental problems are mounting — locally, nationally and globally. Read story

A newborn baby western lowland gorilla looks up as it is held by its mother Honi during its debut at the Philadelphia Zoo in Philadelphia on Aug. 31, 2016. The Philadelphia Zoo announced Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016, that the zoo&#039;s baby gorilla is a girl, and encouraged the public to vote online for possible names. The mother, Honi, held the baby so closely after its Aug. 26, 2016, birth that zookeepers couldn&#039;t confirm the newborn&#039;s gender at first.

Philadelphia Zoo learns new gorilla baby is a girl

A newborn baby western lowland gorilla looks up as it is held by its mother Honi during its debut at the Philadelphia Zoo in Philadelphia on Aug. 31, 2016. The Philadelphia Zoo announced Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016, that the zoo&#039;s baby gorilla is a girl, and encouraged the public to vote online for possible names. The mother, Honi, held the baby so closely after its Aug. 26, 2016, birth that zookeepers couldn&#039;t confirm the newborn&#039;s gender at first.

September 30, 2016, 6:03am Pets & Wildlife

Workers at the Philadelphia Zoo have finally determined the gender of a baby gorilla born last month, and it’s a girl. Read story