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Annette Prince, director of Chicago Bird Collision Monitors, looks for dead and injured birds on May 11, 2022, in downtown Chicago. The volunteer group retrieves dead birds and helps get birds injured from collisions care at a nearby wildlife center.

Chicago skyline poses risk to birds

Annette Prince, director of Chicago Bird Collision Monitors, looks for dead and injured birds on May 11, 2022, in downtown Chicago. The volunteer group retrieves dead birds and helps get birds injured from collisions care at a nearby wildlife center.

September 22, 2023, 5:54am Pets & Wildlife

Bird migration is on the rise, and so are window collisions. Read story

A gray wolf hunts last year near Chewelah, Wash. Officials know of at least 126 gray wolves in Washington state, where the species is still listed as endangered.

The latest clash over managing Washington’s wolves

A gray wolf hunts last year near Chewelah, Wash. Officials know of at least 126 gray wolves in Washington state, where the species is still listed as endangered.

September 21, 2023, 7:33am Latest News Free

Eleven conservation groups are asking Washington state to tighten its guidelines for when wolves that attack livestock can be killed. Read story

A resident spotted this black bear Wednesday morning from their yard near Lacamas Lake.

Bear sighted near Lacamas Lake

A resident spotted this black bear Wednesday morning from their yard near Lacamas Lake.

September 20, 2023, 3:40pm Clark County News

The Camas Police Department on Wednesday said there have been recent sightings of a black bear near Lacamas Lake. Read story

8-foot-long white sturgeon washes up on Lake Washington shore

September 20, 2023, 7:34am Northwest

In Kenmore, the hottest new thing is a big, dead fish — specifically one that is over 8 feet long, weighs more than 300 pounds and, at this point, is rapidly decomposing. Read story

In Florida there are five types of sea turtles: leatherback, loggerhead, green turtle, hawksbill and Kemp's ridley.

Rising temperatures hurt leatherback turtles

In Florida there are five types of sea turtles: leatherback, loggerhead, green turtle, hawksbill and Kemp's ridley.

September 19, 2023, 6:03am Life

The biggest journey in a sea turtle’s life is in the first steps it takes. They face obstacles like bright street lights, hungry seabirds or raccoons and, once in the water, commercial fishing nets or stray plastic they mistake as a jellyfish snack. Read story

Since the mid- to late 1800s, when California beavers were pushed nearly to extinction by the fur trade, the semi-aquatic rodents have made small inroads into the Bay Area and other regions.

Baby beaver inspires hopes of Calif. comeback

Since the mid- to late 1800s, when California beavers were pushed nearly to extinction by the fur trade, the semi-aquatic rodents have made small inroads into the Bay Area and other regions.

September 15, 2023, 6:45am Life

Bill Leikam was reviewing footage from a wildlife camera he placed along a Palo Alto creekbed recently when something unfamiliar scampered across the screen. Read story

This Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023, image provided by the Irvine Police Department shows a pit bull puppy that California police believe got into its owners' fentanyl stash. The photo was taken after an overdose-reversing drug was administered. The puppy is recovering. The dog's owners, a man and a woman, were arrested and could face charges including drug possession and animal cruelty, according to the Irvine Police Department.

Puppy recovering after fentanyl scare

This Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023, image provided by the Irvine Police Department shows a pit bull puppy that California police believe got into its owners' fentanyl stash. The photo was taken after an overdose-reversing drug was administered. The puppy is recovering. The dog's owners, a man and a woman, were arrested and could face charges including drug possession and animal cruelty, according to the Irvine Police Department.

September 15, 2023, 6:43am Life

A pit bull puppy that California police believe got into its owners’ fentanyl stash was administered an overdose-reversing drug and is recovering, officials said. Read story

This photo, taken by Debra Dauphinais while diving with her husband off of Jamestown, RI, shows a baby shark stuck in a work glove, Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. Dauphinais' husband was able to pull the glove free and the shark swam away.

A Connecticut couple rescues a baby shark caught in a work glove

This photo, taken by Debra Dauphinais while diving with her husband off of Jamestown, RI, shows a baby shark stuck in a work glove, Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. Dauphinais' husband was able to pull the glove free and the shark swam away.

September 12, 2023, 1:43pm Nation & World

A Connecticut couple’s scuba diving trip in Rhode Island on Monday turned into a mission to rescue a baby shark. Read story

Washington officials issue bird flu warning

September 8, 2023, 1:30pm Life

Wild birds infected with avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, have been detected near the Port of Tacoma and elsewhere in Washington amid an outbreak of the disease that began in early July, leading state health and wildlife officials to urge the public to avoid contact. Read story

The California red-legged frog is a threatened species that resides in the Tahoe National Forest.

Survival of frog in fire scar lends hope for species

The California red-legged frog is a threatened species that resides in the Tahoe National Forest.

September 8, 2023, 6:30am Life

Wildlife biologists reported finding a small population of California red-legged frogs within the burn scars of a California wildfire that torched the Sierra foothills last year. Read story