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Pets & Wildlife

From food bowls to crates, cat towers to toys, our animals come with a lot of things to make life great for them. That doesnÇ&fnof;Ùt mean it needs to be ugly. There are ways to cater your interior design for your pets.

Interior design for pet accessories

March 23, 2024, 5:09am Life

We love our furry pets and we adore everything about them —except how unsightly their pet supplies are in the house. Read story

Winston, a French bulldog, competes May 8, 2023, in the nonsporting group competition during the 147th Westminster Kennel Club Dog show, in New York. Frenchies remained the United States’ most commonly registered purebred dogs last year, according to American Kennel Club rankings.

Frenchies still top dogs in U.S.

March 22, 2024, 6:09am Life

French bulldogs. U.S. dog owners. C’est l’amour. Read story

What leash laws tell us about humans

March 22, 2024, 6:08am Life

Pity the poor dog owners! As warm weather descends, communities from California to Arizona to Michigan have announced stricter enforcement of leash laws. Read story

Two-faced calf flourishing despite odds

March 22, 2024, 6:06am Life

A rare calf born with two faces — four eyes, two noses, two mouths and two ears — continued to flourish Thursday, eight days after its birth at a southwest Louisiana farm. Read story

Restoring grizzly bears to Washington's North Cascades is again under consideration.

Feds want grizzly bears back in Washington’s North Cascades

March 21, 2024, 2:13pm Latest News

The National Park Service and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service published a final series of proposals Thursday calling for reintroducing grizzly bears to the North Cascades. Read story

The gray whale die-off on West Coast is over, NOAA declares

March 20, 2024, 8:44am Life

The “unusual mortality event” that led to hundreds of gray whale carcasses washing up on the West Coast shoreline has ended, researchers say. The cause: too little food available along its epic migratory route. Read story

A new bill seeks to reintroduce wolverines to California’s mountainous regions.

Wolverines vanished from California a century ago. Is it time to bring them back?

March 18, 2024, 6:00am Life

Wolverines could be poised for a comeback in California. Read story

The sun sets on the desolate downtown area of Blythe, a desert community on the California-Arizona border. The town draws its water from the Palo Verde Aquifer, and local agriculture uses water from the Colorado River. Blythe recently passed legislation allowing the cultivation of marijuana, a water-intensive crop.

Presence of parasite that’s deadly for dogs now confirmed in California: Signs to watch for

March 17, 2024, 6:00am Nation & World

For five years, an elusive tormentor of animals hid from authorities in east Riverside County as 10 dogs were injured and another killed. Read story

Kevin Bacon, a 450-pound porker wandered from his pen March 1 before moseying down the road where he was caught hamming it up on the Molgaard family’s security camera.

Bacon the wayward pig hams it up on camera

March 15, 2024, 6:04am Life

In Hollywood, actor Kevin Bacon is a big star. In Wisconsin’s Kenosha County, Kevin Bacon is one big pig! Read story

The Appalachian cottontail is very “elusive” because of its isolated populations in the mountains and its striking similarities to the Eastern cottontail rabbit, according to North Carolina wildlife officials.

Getting the poop on shy rabbit; Researchers use critter’s scat to learn more about species

March 15, 2024, 6:03am Life

Research in North Carolina involving rabbit poop could help protect a vulnerable species in the state, wildlife officials said. Read story