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Pets & Wildlife

Vanessa the duck leads her offspring through the halls of the Village Elementary school in Hartland, Mich., to the outdoors.

Duck leads ducklings on annual waddle through school’s halls

Vanessa the duck leads her offspring through the halls of the Village Elementary school in Hartland, Mich., to the outdoors.

May 2, 2016, 9:15am Life

A mother duck has grown attached to a Michigan elementary school's courtyard, returning each year to lay her eggs and then walk the hallways with her ducklings — with the help of students and staff — to safely get to a nearby pond. Read story

Study: Seniors who walk dogs are healthier

May 2, 2016, 6:03am Health

Walking is the most common form of physical activity for people over age 60, and it’s good for them. Among other benefits, it’s linked to a lower risk of heart disease, and it can improve leg strength and increase endurance. Read story

Elsa, from left, Kristoff and Anna are the Rolling family&#039;s guard dogs.

Off Beat: ‘Frozen’ namesakes pulling guard duty in Haiti

Elsa, from left, Kristoff and Anna are the Rolling family&#039;s guard dogs.

May 2, 2016, 6:00am Clark County News

It would be appropriate if trespassers encountering the Rolling family’s new security force were frozen in fear. Read story

Method Man, from left, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele and Tiffany Haddish star in in &quot;Keanu.&quot; (Warner Bros.

Keanu in ‘Keanu’ the cat’s meow

Method Man, from left, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele and Tiffany Haddish star in in &quot;Keanu.&quot; (Warner Bros.

May 1, 2016, 5:09am Entertainment

At first, he said no: No, Keanu Reeves did not want to partake in a movie about an adorable cat with his name. Read story

More tigers have been poached in India this year than all of last year

April 29, 2016, 2:36pm Life

In the year 1900, there may have been as many or more than 100,000 tigers roaming this planet's forests. And every year since then until now, that number has decreased. Read story

Chimp is freed from ‘solitary confinement,’ meets Jane Goodall, retires in Florida

April 29, 2016, 11:24am Life

Back in the 1990s, Joe the chimpanzee was a California TV and film actor owned by a well-known Hollywood animal trainer. The chimp's best-known work was a 1997 movie called "Buddy," in which Rene Russo played a socialite who lives in a mansion with various primates and other creatures she… Read story

Veterinarians and vet techs remove warming socks, gloves and blankets on Lucy, an obese orangutan at the National Zoo, after her physical exam in Washington in July 2015.

Weight major issue for zoo animals

Veterinarians and vet techs remove warming socks, gloves and blankets on Lucy, an obese orangutan at the National Zoo, after her physical exam in Washington in July 2015.

April 29, 2016, 6:01am Pets & Wildlife

A year ago at this time, Illinois resident TR was flabby and fatigued. The black bear has since lost one-fifth of his body weight and has a new spring in his step. Benny, his bobcat neighbor, lost a good quarter of his weight. Read story

Life of 30-year-old dog put into perspective

April 29, 2016, 6:01am Pets & Wildlife

Maggie, an Australian kelpie who spent years rounding up cows on her owner’s dairy farm, died Sunday — and she might have been the world’s oldest dog. Read story

Dog poop problem a challenge for cities

April 29, 2016, 5:55am Life

If you live in a place of clean sidewalks and poo bag dispensers, you might believe this is a world where canine excrement is not an enormously foul public problem. You would be wrong. Read story

A wayward California sea lion sits in the driveway of the Soggy Bottom Farm near Oakville, Wash., about 50 miles from the ocean, April 15. The sea lion was released into Puget Sound the same day and a week later it was found dead under a bridge in Olympia, Wash. Biologists are trying to determine what killed it.

Biologists investigating what killed sea lion found on farm

A wayward California sea lion sits in the driveway of the Soggy Bottom Farm near Oakville, Wash., about 50 miles from the ocean, April 15. The sea lion was released into Puget Sound the same day and a week later it was found dead under a bridge in Olympia, Wash. Biologists are trying to determine what killed it.

April 28, 2016, 4:03pm Life

Washington state biologists are trying to determine what killed a sea lion that was captured and released after it was strangely found in the driveway of a cattle farm about 50 miles from the ocean. Read story