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Clark County firefighters removed a kitten from an exhaust of an RV in Hazel Dell.

Firefighters rescue kitten trapped inside RV

Clark County firefighters removed a kitten from an exhaust of an RV in Hazel Dell.

July 10, 2015, 12:00am Clark County News

Firefighters worked for an hour and a half freeing a kitten from the inside of an RV on Thursday, dubbing the kitten "Flame" once he was safe. Read story

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A great white shark swims at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey, Calif.

California shark attack rates plunge 90%

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A great white shark swims at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey, Calif.

July 10, 2015, 12:00am Nation & World

LOS ANGELES -- Swimmers and surfers today are about 90 percent less likely to be attacked by sharks off California's coast than they were in the 1950s, even though there are hundreds of thousands more people in the water, according to a new study. Read story

A mustang and her calf run May 17, 2006, at the Forever Free Mustang refuge near Bend, Ore. Wild horse advocates are challenging U.S.

Wild Mustangs: Agency’s roundup practices criticized

A mustang and her calf run May 17, 2006, at the Forever Free Mustang refuge near Bend, Ore. Wild horse advocates are challenging U.S.

July 10, 2015, 12:00am Northwest

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Wild-horse advocates are challenging U.S. Bureau of Land Management plans this summer to round up the famous Kiger and Riddle Mountain mustang herds in eastern Oregon, arguing the agency is developing a "master breed" of wild horses exhibiting characteristics of old Spanish bloodlines that are popular… Read story

Veterinarian Dr. Jeff Cooney, left, and Laura Hardy, a veterinary student, treat the wounded left wing of a bald eagle Wednesday at High Desert Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation near Bend, Ore.

Bald eagle injured in Central Oregon faces a long recovery

Veterinarian Dr. Jeff Cooney, left, and Laura Hardy, a veterinary student, treat the wounded left wing of a bald eagle Wednesday at High Desert Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation near Bend, Ore.

July 10, 2015, 12:00am Northwest

BEND, Ore. -- A bald eagle found injured by Wickiup Reservoir faces a long recovery if she is to ever fly again. Read story

Arthur Georges, University of Canberra, Australia
Hotter temperatures are messing with the gender of Australia?s bearded dragon lizards, a new study finds. Dragons that are genetically male hatch as females and give birth to other lizards.

Temps alter gender of some lizards

Arthur Georges, University of Canberra, Australia
Hotter temperatures are messing with the gender of Australia?s bearded dragon lizards, a new study finds. Dragons that are genetically male hatch as females and give birth to other lizards.

July 10, 2015, 12:00am Life

WASHINGTON -- Hotter temperatures are messing with the gender of Australia's bearded dragon lizards, a new study finds. Read story

Dogs being used to sniff out cancer diagnoses

July 10, 2015, 12:00am Health Wire

LITTLE ROCK — Man's best friend may have just graduated to oncologist's best colleague. Read story

D.O.G.

Pet owners seek the fashion-forward dog

D.O.G.

July 10, 2015, 12:00am Life

Bruiser Woods (or his handler) might have been onto something in the 2001 movie "Legally Blonde." The fashionable Chihuahua companion to Reese Witherspoon's Elle Woods seemed to be in a new outfit as often as his mistress. Read story

Grumpy Cat arrives March 28 at Nickelodeon's 28th Annual Kids' Choice Awards at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif.

Pets gain Facebook following

Grumpy Cat arrives March 28 at Nickelodeon's 28th Annual Kids' Choice Awards at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif.

July 10, 2015, 12:00am Life

The world has come a long way since 1993, when the New Yorker published Peter Steiner's cartoon of two canines above the caption: "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog," making us laugh at the absurd notion of household pets on the World Wide Web. Now, a dozen years… Read story

MV Kennicott crew courtesy NOAA
A dead fin whale, later named FW01, floats outside Marmot Bay in Alaska on May 23. Scientists there are studying the recent deaths of whales and other marine life.

Fin whale deaths puzzle scientists

MV Kennicott crew courtesy NOAA
A dead fin whale, later named FW01, floats outside Marmot Bay in Alaska on May 23. Scientists there are studying the recent deaths of whales and other marine life.

July 10, 2015, 12:00am Life

Alaskan researchers report that at least nine fin whales have been found dead in the water in recent weeks. It's rare for more than one such death to be discovered every year or so, they say, and they're exhaustively searching for a possible cause. It's possible that warming ocean temperatures… Read story

Vancouver Mall: Courtyard Village Vancouver and Hannah the Pet Society celebrate dogs at a Yappy Hour event on June 26.

Canine residents celebrated at retirement community

Vancouver Mall: Courtyard Village Vancouver and Hannah the Pet Society celebrate dogs at a Yappy Hour event on June 26.

July 8, 2015, 12:00am Pets & Wildlife

Vancouver Mall — Residents of the Courtyard Village Vancouver retirement community and Hannah the Pet Society teamed to celebrate dogs at the community's first Yappy Hour on June 26, an event will be monthly going forward. Hannah, a pet leasing company, brought pets available for placement to the event for… Read story