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Pets & Wildlife

Newly ID’d tarantula named ‘Johnny Cash’

February 11, 2016, 6:06am Life

Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues" brought the California city and prison national notoriety, and now a newly identified species of tarantula inhabiting the Folsom area bears the singer's name. Read story

A photo of the modern owl butterfly, Caligo Memnon, and a fossilized Kalligrammatid lacewing, Oregramma illecebrosa, shows some remarkable similarities.

Before butterflies, a duplicate bug

A photo of the modern owl butterfly, Caligo Memnon, and a fossilized Kalligrammatid lacewing, Oregramma illecebrosa, shows some remarkable similarities.

February 11, 2016, 6:05am Life

Before butterflies, there were Kalligrammatid lacewings -- winged insects that took butterflylike form at least 40 million years before the modern bugs first came on the scene. Read story

Hannah the Pet Society under investigation for euthanizing dogs

February 10, 2016, 11:39am Latest News

An Oregon business that leases pets to people is under investigation by the state Department of Justice after complaints that the company unnecessarily euthanized dogs. Read story

Jung Myoung Sook, 61, holds puppies she rescued at a shelter in Asan, South Korea. In the country, where dogs are considered a traditional delicacy and have only recently become popular as pets, Jung's love for her canine friends is viewed by some as odd.

South Korean woman rescues dogs

Jung Myoung Sook, 61, holds puppies she rescued at a shelter in Asan, South Korea. In the country, where dogs are considered a traditional delicacy and have only recently become popular as pets, Jung's love for her canine friends is viewed by some as odd.

February 5, 2016, 6:05am Life

ASAN, South Korea -- Puppies bark and wag their tails as they follow a gray-haired woman through a hillside compound that shelters more than 200 dogs. Read story

Vancouver Police K9 Enzo received a bullet and stab protective vest this week. The vest was a donation by a Georgia nonprofit Canine Wounded Heroes.

Third VPD K-9 receives protective vest

Vancouver Police K9 Enzo received a bullet and stab protective vest this week. The vest was a donation by a Georgia nonprofit Canine Wounded Heroes.

February 5, 2016, 5:05am Clark County News

Vancouver Police K-9 Enzo now has a bullet- and stab-protective vest, making it so that each of the agency’s police dogs now has one. Read story

Activists: Fire shelter chief for $1,000 purebred collie

February 4, 2016, 11:52am Life

PITTSBURGH -- The executive director of the Western Pennsylvania Humane Society is on leave over accusations by online activists that she paid a breeder $1,000 for a purebred collie puppy rather than adopt a rescue dog from the shelter. Read story

Beloved eagle recovers from cataract surgery in Oregon

February 4, 2016, 11:17am Life

The beloved animal ambassador for an Oregon wildlife center is recovering from eye surgery. Read story

Penny, a mixed-breed rescue dog, poses in her Brooklyn home on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016 in New York. Her owner, Margery Cooper, is vigilant about inspecting her for ticks because her previous dog died of complications from Lyme disease. Experts say climate change has increased the prevalence of fleas, ticks and heartworm disease for pets in the U.S. (AP Photos/Beth J. Harpaz) (Beth J.

Climate change affects cats, dogs

Penny, a mixed-breed rescue dog, poses in her Brooklyn home on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016 in New York. Her owner, Margery Cooper, is vigilant about inspecting her for ticks because her previous dog died of complications from Lyme disease. Experts say climate change has increased the prevalence of fleas, ticks and heartworm disease for pets in the U.S. (AP Photos/Beth J. Harpaz) (Beth J.

February 4, 2016, 6:05am Life

LOS ANGELES -- Climate change doesn't just affect habitats for wildlife. It's also affecting cats and dogs. Read story

An undated still frame taken from the first publicly released video of El Jefe, the only known wild jaguar in the U.S. He has been living in the Santa Rita Mountains 25 miles south of downtown Tucson for over three years.

Wild jaguar caught on video in S.W.

An undated still frame taken from the first publicly released video of El Jefe, the only known wild jaguar in the U.S. He has been living in the Santa Rita Mountains 25 miles south of downtown Tucson for over three years.

February 3, 2016, 11:20pm Life

TUCSON, Ariz. -- The only known wild jaguar in the United States is seen roaming around a creek and other parts of a mountain range in southern Arizona in the first publicly released video of the giant cat. Read story

Chai, an Asian elephant, stands in her enclosure at the Woodland Park Zoo in April in Seattle. Chai, one of the two elephants that were at the center of a controversial move from Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo to Oklahoma City last year, has died. The Oklahoma City Zoo announced Saturday that Chai was found dead in the elephant yard.

Elephant herpes virus not cause of elephant’s death

Chai, an Asian elephant, stands in her enclosure at the Woodland Park Zoo in April in Seattle. Chai, one of the two elephants that were at the center of a controversial move from Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo to Oklahoma City last year, has died. The Oklahoma City Zoo announced Saturday that Chai was found dead in the elephant yard.

February 3, 2016, 1:49pm Northwest

OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Oklahoma City Zoo says the elephant herpes virus -- or EEHV -- was not the cause of death of an elephant at the zoo. Read story