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FILE - Benito the giraffe looks out from his enclosure at the city run Central Park, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, June 13, 2023. A campaign to save the 3-year-old male from extreme hot and cold temperatures and a small enclosure has paid off with officials from Chihuahua state promising in a Jan. 8, 2024 statement to move him to the more spacious Africam Safari park in the state of Puebla.

Benito the giraffe is on a 50-hour trip to central Mexico, where the weather feels more like home

FILE - Benito the giraffe looks out from his enclosure at the city run Central Park, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, June 13, 2023. A campaign to save the 3-year-old male from extreme hot and cold temperatures and a small enclosure has paid off with officials from Chihuahua state promising in a Jan. 8, 2024 statement to move him to the more spacious Africam Safari park in the state of Puebla.

January 22, 2024, 8:11am Life

After a campaign by environmentalists, Benito the giraffe left Mexico’s northern border and its extreme weather conditions Sunday night and headed for a conservation park in central Mexico, where the climate is more akin to his natural habitat and already a home to other giraffes. Read story

&ldquo;How Pets Changed the World&rdquo;

Multiplied by billions: Clark County author connects kids’ lives to big environmental problems, solutions

&ldquo;How Pets Changed the World&rdquo;

January 20, 2024, 6:13am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive

In a new series of six slim books for kids, Clark County author Stephanie Feldstein explores the industrial-scale, systemic sources of our personal, daily environmental impacts. Read story

A coyote rests in a commercial lot in Port Richey, Fla., in 2012. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got coyotes in all 67 counties of Florida,&rsquo;&rsquo; said Gary Morse, a spokesman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission. &ldquo;They are relatively common.&rsquo;&rsquo; (Douglas R.

Florida has a new hairy nuisance: Coyotes

A coyote rests in a commercial lot in Port Richey, Fla., in 2012. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got coyotes in all 67 counties of Florida,&rsquo;&rsquo; said Gary Morse, a spokesman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission. &ldquo;They are relatively common.&rsquo;&rsquo; (Douglas R.

January 19, 2024, 6:00am Nation & World

Seminole County has long been known as Florida’s epicenter for bear encounters in residential neighborhoods. Read story

Black bear safely removed from home’s crawl space

January 19, 2024, 5:54am Life

A black bear was removed from under a North Lake Tahoe home Sunday, the Bear League said in a social media post, a nonprofit committed to saving bears. Read story

We had to say goodbye to our dog

January 19, 2024, 5:50am Life

We woke up to some sort of weird commotion in the middle of the night, coming from the dog bed that was pushed up against the wall. Read story

A gray wolf.

Inslee orders new wolf removal rules in Washington

A gray wolf.

January 16, 2024, 8:28am Editor's Choice

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has ordered wildlife officials to draft new rules for dealing with wolf-livestock conflicts, delivering a win to environmental groups seeking stricter limits on wolf kills. Read story

This photo provided by researchers shows a mountain where fossils of Gigantopithcus blacki were found in caves in the Guangxi region of southern China. The extinct species of great ape that once stood around 10 feet tall and weighed up to 650 pounds was likely driven to extinction by environmental changes, scientists in China and Australia report on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024 in the journal Nature.

Climate change drove giant ape into extinction

This photo provided by researchers shows a mountain where fossils of Gigantopithcus blacki were found in caves in the Guangxi region of southern China. The extinct species of great ape that once stood around 10 feet tall and weighed up to 650 pounds was likely driven to extinction by environmental changes, scientists in China and Australia report on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024 in the journal Nature.

January 16, 2024, 6:03am Life

An ancient species of great ape was likely driven to extinction hundreds of thousands of years ago when climate change put their favorite fruits out of reach during dry seasons, scientists reported Wednesday. Read story

A view of the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing construction site on the 101 Freeway. The structure on the right holds a time-lapse camera to document the project.

Calif.’s mountain lions in decline?

A view of the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing construction site on the 101 Freeway. The structure on the right holds a time-lapse camera to document the project.

January 16, 2024, 6:02am Life

Scientists have completed the first comprehensive estimate of mountain lions in California, a vital statistic needed to shape puma-friendly land-use decisions and ensure that the predators can find room to roam, mate and find prey. Read story

Cuban treefrogs, Osteopilus septentrionalis, are a mostly canopy-dwelling species native to the Caribbean. It&Ccedil;&fnof;&Ugrave;s unclear exactly when they made the leap across the Straits of Florida, but the species was first documented in Florida in the mid-1900s.

Invasive tree frogs gain foothold in Georgia

Cuban treefrogs, Osteopilus septentrionalis, are a mostly canopy-dwelling species native to the Caribbean. It&Ccedil;&fnof;&Ugrave;s unclear exactly when they made the leap across the Straits of Florida, but the species was first documented in Florida in the mid-1900s.

January 16, 2024, 6:02am Life

An invasive species of carnivorous tree frogs that feed on native wildlife are now breeding in Georgia, a sign that the amphibians have gained a stronger foothold in the state, biologists say. Read story

Poachers kill 3 more elk, leave them to rot

January 15, 2024, 3:34pm Life

More elk have been found in Umatilla County, Ore., shot and left to waste. Read story