September 23, 2016, 6:05am Pets & Wildlife
Baby squirrels fell from trees in Virginia during the high winds of tropical storm Hermine and rescue groups are working to rehabilitate them. Read story
September 23, 2016, 6:04am Pets & Wildlife
“Lulu, say a prayer,” Matthew Fiorillo tells his 2½-year-old goldendoodle. Hearing the command, Lulu, a therapy dog who comforts mourners at Ballard-Durand Funeral & Cremation Services in Westchester County, N.Y., puts her paws up onto the kneeler and tilts her head down. Read story
September 23, 2016, 6:03am Life
There are 48 days until the presidential election, and it often feels as if we Americans are at each other’s throats. Sometimes it seems as though all we can agree on — or agree to click “like” on — are dog and cat videos, right? Read story
September 22, 2016, 11:30am Northwest
Federal wildlife officials on Thursday made a formal recommendation to list the rusty patched bumble bee as an endangered species because it has disappeared from about 90 percent of its historic range in just the past two decades. Read story
September 21, 2016, 5:59am Community
Furry Friends had a booth at the Peace and Justice Fair in Esther Short Park on June 10, and raised $504 at the event, which will go toward the Vancouver-based nonprofit’s renovation of a new shelter. Read story
September 20, 2016, 9:55am Northwest
“Shriek!” Rialto said. “Shriek, shriek!” Read story
September 20, 2016, 6:00am Nation & World
Architect Javier Senosiain looks out over his sinuous snake’s nest of a building, which seems to writhe amid a green and tranquil vista on the very edge of Mexico City’s urban sprawl, and reflects on over 30 years of building egg- and cocoon-like dwellings that are quite literally out of… Read story
September 16, 2016, 6:01am Life
Young Americans are less likely to be homeowners, car owners or parents than their predecessors, but they do lead in one category: pets. Read story
September 16, 2016, 6:00am Life
After a record-setting four-minute labor, a 19-year-old Bornean orangutan gave birth at the National Zoo on Monday night, the first birth at the zoo for the critically endangered species in a quarter-century. Read story
September 15, 2016, 10:57am Life
The Houston Zoo has announced the death of an 18-year-old African lion that had lived at the zoo for a decade. Read story
