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Coming in for a landing: A hummingbird approaches one of the many bird feeders in Jack Burkman’s yard in Vancouver. Burkman has outfitted his hummingbird feeders with watertight, clamp-on heat lamps that keep the nectar from freezing during winter. “Consistency is the key thing,” he said.

Nature + nurture = Even birds can use a little help in Southwest Washington winters

Coming in for a landing: A hummingbird approaches one of the many bird feeders in Jack Burkman’s yard in Vancouver. Burkman has outfitted his hummingbird feeders with watertight, clamp-on heat lamps that keep the nectar from freezing during winter. “Consistency is the key thing,” he said.

December 9, 2023, 6:13am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive

Everybody can use a little help making it through the ravages of winter. Even birds. Read story

Consult with your veterinarian and visit the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals website for a list of pet-safe and toxic plants.

How to create a happy home for your cat and houseplants

Consult with your veterinarian and visit the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals website for a list of pet-safe and toxic plants.

December 9, 2023, 6:03am Life

Growing houseplants when curious cats are in the house can be challenging. We want our cats to be safe and happy — all while keeping our houseplants intact. Read story

Without mothers to teach them hunting and survival skills, cougar kittens usually die of starvation.

How orphaned Washington cougars end up in U.S. zoos

Without mothers to teach them hunting and survival skills, cougar kittens usually die of starvation.

December 9, 2023, 6:00am Latest News

About six months after she and her family moved into an off-the-grid house on 35 acres near Husum, Kelsha Erickson started losing chickens. Read story

State veterinarian warns of respiratory illness affecting WA dogs with one case in Clark County

December 8, 2023, 7:41am Health

Dog owners should keep an eye on their pets’ coughs, Washington’s state veterinarian warns, as an unidentified respiratory canine illness has reached dogs in the state. Read story

A sign warning beachgoers about shark activity is posted at the top of the trail leading down to Beacon&rsquo;s Beach in Leucadia on July 26, 2019, in Encinitas, Calif.

Sharks swim among us in California

A sign warning beachgoers about shark activity is posted at the top of the trail leading down to Beacon&rsquo;s Beach in Leucadia on July 26, 2019, in Encinitas, Calif.

December 8, 2023, 6:16am Life

In waters just outside of San Diego, a shiver of juvenile white sharks has established a nursery, swimming below surfers, paddleboarders and others, usually unnoticed. Read story

Invasive carp, jolted by an electric current from a research boat, jump from the Illinois River, June 13, 2012, near Havana, Ill. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced Dec. 1 that officials pulled 323 invasive carp from the Mississippi River near Trempealeau, Wis.

Officials capture invasive carp

Invasive carp, jolted by an electric current from a research boat, jump from the Illinois River, June 13, 2012, near Havana, Ill. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced Dec. 1 that officials pulled 323 invasive carp from the Mississippi River near Trempealeau, Wis.

December 8, 2023, 6:13am Life

Wildlife officials have captured hundreds of invasive carp from the Mississippi River near Trempealeau, Wis. Read story

The Tacoma City Council voted Tuesday to ban cat declawing, except when conducted by a licensed veterinarian for a therapeutic purpose.

Tacoma becomes first WA city to ban nontherapeutic cat declawing

The Tacoma City Council voted Tuesday to ban cat declawing, except when conducted by a licensed veterinarian for a therapeutic purpose.

December 6, 2023, 1:41pm Latest News

The Tacoma City Council voted Tuesday to ban cat declawing, except when conducted by a licensed veterinarian for a therapeutic purpose. Read story

FILE - A Canada lynx heads into the Rio Grande National Forest near Creede, Colo., April 19, 2005. Federal officials on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, proposed a $30 million recovery plan for Canada lynx in a bid to help the snow-dependent wild cat species that scientists say could be wiped out in parts of the contiguous U.S. by the end of the century.

U.S. proposes plan to help the snow-dependent Canada lynx before warming shrinks its habitat

FILE - A Canada lynx heads into the Rio Grande National Forest near Creede, Colo., April 19, 2005. Federal officials on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, proposed a $30 million recovery plan for Canada lynx in a bid to help the snow-dependent wild cat species that scientists say could be wiped out in parts of the contiguous U.S. by the end of the century.

December 4, 2023, 8:48am Life

U.S. officials proposed a $31 million recovery plan for Canada lynx on Friday in a bid to help the snow-dependent wildcat species that scientists say could be wiped out in parts of the contiguous U.S. by the end of the century. Read story

Cupid the reindeer with a team of veterinarians from Washington State University.

WSU doctors save Leavenworth reindeer from close call

Cupid the reindeer with a team of veterinarians from Washington State University.

December 4, 2023, 7:44am Latest News

Earlier this month, 6-month-old Cupid returned home to the Leavenworth Reindeer Farm after 17 days at Washington State University’s Veterinarian Teaching Hospital after he became ill and almost died. Read story

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks shows a sow grizzly bear spotted near Camas in northwestern Montana. A federal judge in Montana has shortened this winter&rsquo;s wolf trapping season to protect grizzly bears that have not yet begun hibernating from getting caught and injured in traps. The state says it plans to appeal the preliminary injunction issued Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2023.

Grizzlies once roamed the Cascades; some people want them to return

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks shows a sow grizzly bear spotted near Camas in northwestern Montana. A federal judge in Montana has shortened this winter&rsquo;s wolf trapping season to protect grizzly bears that have not yet begun hibernating from getting caught and injured in traps. The state says it plans to appeal the preliminary injunction issued Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2023.

December 3, 2023, 3:03pm Latest News

Bubbles tumbled and danced on the surface of this creek as stones interrupted the flow of the aquamarine water, once home to spring Chinook and steelhead, below the bank where Scott Schuyler and his daughter Janelle walked in early November. Read story