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Pets & Wildlife

A west Vancouver resident said a great horned owl, similar to the one pictured here, stole her hat one recent morning.

When Owls attack! Vancouver jogger lost hat to ‘swooping,’ a rare event committed by protective birds

A west Vancouver resident said a great horned owl, similar to the one pictured here, stole her hat one recent morning.

February 20, 2024, 6:03am Clark County Life

If you’re an early morning jogger or walker, here’s an unexpected reason to steer away from tall, mature trees when you head out between late fall and early spring: aggressively territorial owls. Read story

Sea otters loll in the water March 26, 2018, at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey, Calif. Bringing sea otters back to a California estuary has helped restore the ecosystem by controlling the number of burrowing crabs &mdash; a favorite sea otter snack &mdash; that cause marshland erosion.

Sea otters help save California marshlands

Sea otters loll in the water March 26, 2018, at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey, Calif. Bringing sea otters back to a California estuary has helped restore the ecosystem by controlling the number of burrowing crabs &mdash; a favorite sea otter snack &mdash; that cause marshland erosion.

February 20, 2024, 6:03am Life

The return of sea otters and their voracious appetites has helped rescue a section of California marshland, a new study shows. Read story

Growing number of dog bites create concern

February 16, 2024, 6:12am Life

Those pandemic puppies are growing up to be a public health concern. Read story

A male polar bear eats a piece of whale meat Aug. 23, 2010, as it walks along the shore of Hudson Bay near Churchill, Manitoba. With Arctic sea ice shrinking from climate change, many polar bears have to shift their diets to land during parts of the summer, a new study suggests.

For threatened polar bears, the climate change diet is a losing proposition

A male polar bear eats a piece of whale meat Aug. 23, 2010, as it walks along the shore of Hudson Bay near Churchill, Manitoba. With Arctic sea ice shrinking from climate change, many polar bears have to shift their diets to land during parts of the summer, a new study suggests.

February 16, 2024, 6:05am Life

For polar bears, the climate change diet is a losing proposition, a new study suggests. Read story

Two-month-old Corra, the baby African elephant born Dec. 13 at Disney&rsquo;s Animal Kingdom, discovers a log on her first day on the elephant savanna in the park in Bay Lake, Fla., Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. Corra currently weighs 312 pounds and is the first second-generation African elephant born at Walt Disney World.

Baby elephant Corra makes Animal Kingdom debut at Disney

Two-month-old Corra, the baby African elephant born Dec. 13 at Disney&rsquo;s Animal Kingdom, discovers a log on her first day on the elephant savanna in the park in Bay Lake, Fla., Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. Corra currently weighs 312 pounds and is the first second-generation African elephant born at Walt Disney World.

February 15, 2024, 6:20pm Life

Corra, a 2-month-old African elephant, skipped onto the savanna for the first time at Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park on Thursday morning. Read story

A 46-foot-whale is seen washed ashore on Monday, Feb. 12, 2024, on Sunset Beach State Park in Clatsop County, Ore.

A fin whale decomposing on an Oregon beach creates a sad but ‘super educational’ spectacle

A 46-foot-whale is seen washed ashore on Monday, Feb. 12, 2024, on Sunset Beach State Park in Clatsop County, Ore.

February 15, 2024, 2:18pm Latest News

It’s not yet known what killed an endangered fin whale, but people can marvel at the large marine mammal as it decomposes on an Oregon beach. Read story

A gray wolf.

Public comment sought on proposed gray wolf change

A gray wolf.

February 13, 2024, 10:29am Northwest

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife will accept comments through May 6 on a proposal to change the state’s classification of gray wolf populations from endangered to sensitive. A briefing and public hearing on the proposal is scheduled for the March 15-16 meeting of the WDFW commission, according to… Read story

One-year old African penguin chick Ozzie, foreground, sits in the California Academy of Sciences penguin exhibit in San Francisco, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. The museum in San Francisco&rsquo;s Golden Gate Park has a bounty of African penguin chicks after 10 hatched in just over a year as part of an effort to conserve the endangered bird.

Penguin baby boom a bounty

One-year old African penguin chick Ozzie, foreground, sits in the California Academy of Sciences penguin exhibit in San Francisco, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. The museum in San Francisco&rsquo;s Golden Gate Park has a bounty of African penguin chicks after 10 hatched in just over a year as part of an effort to conserve the endangered bird.

February 13, 2024, 6:03am Life

A bounty of 10 African penguin chicks has hatched in just over a year at a San Francisco science museum as part of an effort to conserve the endangered bird. Read story

FILE - This Wednesday, March 6, 2019 photo provided by the NOAA Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary shows an entangled subadult humpback whale that was freed of gear by a team of trained responders off Makena Beach, Hawaii. Nearly half of the world&rsquo;s migratory species are in decline, according to a new United Nations report released Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. Many songbirds, sea turtles, whales, sharks and migratory animals move to different environments with changing seasons and are imperiled by habitat loss, illegal hunting and fishing, pollution and climate change.

Nearly half of the world’s migratory species are in decline, UN report says

FILE - This Wednesday, March 6, 2019 photo provided by the NOAA Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary shows an entangled subadult humpback whale that was freed of gear by a team of trained responders off Makena Beach, Hawaii. Nearly half of the world&rsquo;s migratory species are in decline, according to a new United Nations report released Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. Many songbirds, sea turtles, whales, sharks and migratory animals move to different environments with changing seasons and are imperiled by habitat loss, illegal hunting and fishing, pollution and climate change.

February 12, 2024, 3:33pm Latest News

Nearly half of the world’s migratory species are in decline, according to a new United Nations report released Monday. Read story

Dog rescued from shipping container at the Port of Houston

February 9, 2024, 6:03am Life

It was just another routine day of inspecting shipping containers at the Port of Houston for U.S. Coast Guard officer Ryan McMahon when he and his team thought they heard barking coming from inside one of the thousands of containers that surrounded them. Read story