Pets & Wildlife

From barred to bad: Owl with a grudge terrorized joggers, kids in Tacoma’s North End

March 31, 2024, 6:00am Northwest

Kevin Larson was out for a jog in Tacoma’s North End in December when he felt something strike him. Read story

FILE - A wild horse stands on a hillside on the Fort McDermitt Paiute-Shoshone Indian Reservation, April 24, 2023, near McDermitt, Nev. Wild horse advocates in Nevada scored a rare legal victory when a federal judge in Reno, Nev., ruled Thursday, March 28, 2024, that U.S. land managers failed to adopt a legal herd management plan or conduct the necessary environmental review before 31 mustangs died during the roundup of more than 2,000 animals in Nevada the previous summer.

U.S. judge in Nevada hands wild horse advocates rare victory in ruling on mustang management plans

March 29, 2024, 5:07pm Life

In a rare legal victory for wild horse advocates, a judge has ruled U.S. land managers failed to adopt a legal herd management plan or conduct the necessary environmental review before 31 mustangs died during the roundup of more than 2,000 horses in Nevada last summer. Read story

American Airlines relaxing its pet policy to let owners bring the companion and a rolling carry-on

March 29, 2024, 1:45pm Business

American Airlines is relaxing part of its pet policy to let owners bring their companion and a full-size carry-on bag into the cabin. Read story

Seasonal parrots gather in a roost in Temple City, Calif., in January 2023.

Feral Mexican parrots thrive in LA

March 29, 2024, 6:05am Life

During a walk through the Huntington Botanical Gardens with her mother one morning, Brenda Ramirez was alarmed by the sudden squawks, warbles, and screeches of troops of parrots flying overhead at great speed in tight, precise formations. Read story

Harbor seals keep watch July 30, 2020, from a small island off Portland, Maine. The problem of bird flu jumping from birds to marine mammals, such as seals, is worse than initially thought, scientists say. (Robert F.

Bird flu hitting seal colonies hard

March 29, 2024, 6:02am Life

Avian influenza is killing tens of thousands of seals and sea lions in different corners of the world, disrupting ecosystems and flummoxing scientists who don’t see a clear way to slow the devastating virus. Read story

Fisherman nets 164-pound fish in Lake of Ozarks

Chad Williams of Olathe, Kan., caught a world record 164-pound, 13-ounce paddlefish. Williams was on his first snagging trip March 17 when he reeled in the fish at the Lake of the Ozarks.

March 25, 2024, 6:51am Pets & Wildlife

A fisherman on the Lake of the Ozarks brought ashore a world-record paddlefish March 17 that weighed more than 164 pounds — the biggest paddlefish ever caught and the largest fish of any kind in Missouri’s record books. Read story

Pets & Wildlife

From barred to bad: Owl with a grudge terrorized joggers, kids in Tacoma’s North End

U.S. judge in Nevada hands wild horse advocates rare victory in ruling on mustang management plans

American Airlines relaxing its pet policy to let owners bring the companion and a rolling carry-on

Feral Mexican parrots thrive in LA

Bird flu hitting seal colonies hard

Pets find safe place with fosters

Punxsutawney Phil and his wife had BABY GROUNDHOGS!

These Puget Sound orcas could be designated as distinct species

Fisherman nets 164-pound fish in Lake of Ozarks

Golden retrievers still No. 1 in Seattle