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Pets & Wildlife

45 dogs joined man in Los Angeles for Guinness effortvideo icon

July 29, 2016, 5:54am Multimedia

The setting: A sunny July day at a prep school running track in Los Angeles. The players: One man and 45 dogs. The goal: Set a new world record for most dogs walked simultaneously by one person. Read story

Ground squirrels can be destructive and hard to control.

Easier to keep rodents out than to get them out

Ground squirrels can be destructive and hard to control.

July 28, 2016, 6:00am Life

We all have our limits on what we will and won’t tolerate when it comes to pests in the home and garden, but there are good reasons to control rodent populations, says master gardener Steve Griffin. Read story

Haldalgo, representing life-saving U.S. Marine Corps horse Sgt. Reckless, is awarded the PDSA Dickin Medal beside Sgt. Mark Gostling, right, and Lt. Col. Michael Skaggs on Wednesday in London. Sgt. Reckless served with the Marines during the Korean War.

U.S. Marine Corps horse honored for Korean War valor

Haldalgo, representing life-saving U.S. Marine Corps horse Sgt. Reckless, is awarded the PDSA Dickin Medal beside Sgt. Mark Gostling, right, and Lt. Col. Michael Skaggs on Wednesday in London. Sgt. Reckless served with the Marines during the Korean War.

July 27, 2016, 9:58pm Life

A U.S. Marine Corps horse who served during some of the bloodiest fighting of the Korean War has been posthumously decorated for bravery. Read story

Hundreds of seabirds washing up dead off Olympic Peninsula

July 27, 2016, 11:33am Northwest

Scientists are looking into the deaths of hundreds of seabirds in the eastern part of the Strait of Juan de Fuca in Washington state. Read story

A scan of the Trianectes Maculatus species of fish, also known as the Hogchoker, is shown. Summers is using a micro computed tomography, also known as &quot;CT,&quot; scanner at a lab on Washington&#039;s San Juan Island as part of an ambitious project to scan and digitize more than 25,000 species in the world.

UW scientist launches effort to digitize all fish

A scan of the Trianectes Maculatus species of fish, also known as the Hogchoker, is shown. Summers is using a micro computed tomography, also known as &quot;CT,&quot; scanner at a lab on Washington&#039;s San Juan Island as part of an ambitious project to scan and digitize more than 25,000 species in the world.

July 27, 2016, 9:28am Northwest

University of Washington biology professor Adam Summers no longer has to coax hospital staff to use their CT scanners so he can visualize the inner structures of stingray and other fish. Read story

Claire McLean has spent years gathering a collection for her Presidential Pet Museum. After 15 years and several locations, she&#039;s giving up on the project. (Michael S.

Time to pack up for presidential pet museum

Claire McLean has spent years gathering a collection for her Presidential Pet Museum. After 15 years and several locations, she&#039;s giving up on the project. (Michael S.

July 24, 2016, 6:01am Life

Claire McLean sat pondering the gem of her collection — a portrait of Ronald Reagan’s dog Lucky made from Lucky’s actual hair — and finally acknowledged a painful reality: The world is just not that into the Presidential Pet Museum. Read story

In this Tuesday July 12, 2016 photo, an elephant is lifted by a crane in an upside down position in Lilongwe, Malawi, in the first step of an assisted migration of 500 of the threatened species. African Parks, which manages three Malawian reserves is moving the 500 elephants from Liwonde National Park, this month and next, and again next year when vehicles can maneuver on the rugged terrain during Southern Africa&#039;s dry winter.

Elephants on lifesaving trek

In this Tuesday July 12, 2016 photo, an elephant is lifted by a crane in an upside down position in Lilongwe, Malawi, in the first step of an assisted migration of 500 of the threatened species. African Parks, which manages three Malawian reserves is moving the 500 elephants from Liwonde National Park, this month and next, and again next year when vehicles can maneuver on the rugged terrain during Southern Africa&#039;s dry winter.

July 22, 2016, 6:48pm Life

The great beasts appear so helpless, dangling limply from the metal arm of a crane. From their uselessly slack heads hang flaccid trunks. It is the picture of an animal at the mercy of humans. Read story

Emus grow to 6 feet tall. They don&#039;t fly but can run at speeds up to 30 mph.

A look at the fast but flightless emu

Emus grow to 6 feet tall. They don&#039;t fly but can run at speeds up to 30 mph.

July 22, 2016, 5:51am Life

They’re scruffy but elegant, powerful but gentle and so much fun to watch. Meet the emu, the second-largest bird in the world after the ostrich. Read story

The wallabies, which are smaller versions of full-sized kangaroos, can live up to 15 years.

Scientists: Wallaby may make a good pet

The wallabies, which are smaller versions of full-sized kangaroos, can live up to 15 years.

July 22, 2016, 5:00am Life

We humans began domesticating animals at least 15,000 years ago, when somehow or another, wolves became dogs — and eventually became, as the saying goes, man’s best friend. Cats became our buddies many millennia later, and look at them now: They’re pillow-warmers and YouTube stars. Read story

Veterinary clinic supervisor Jason Scott, center, and assistant Jordan Hoogendijk prepare Duke, a 7-year-old yellow Lab mix, for an X-ray Thursday with the Humane Society for Southwest Washington&#039;s new equipment.

New equipment benefits shelter, animals

Veterinary clinic supervisor Jason Scott, center, and assistant Jordan Hoogendijk prepare Duke, a 7-year-old yellow Lab mix, for an X-ray Thursday with the Humane Society for Southwest Washington&#039;s new equipment.

July 21, 2016, 7:29pm Clark County News

When Duke, a yellow Labrador mix, was brought into the Humane Society for Southwest Washington as a stray, someone noticed that he was limping. Read story