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A wind turbine with one blade painted black at a PacifiCorp wind farm in Wyoming.

Oregon researchers paint wind turbines partly black to reduce bird deaths

A wind turbine with one blade painted black at a PacifiCorp wind farm in Wyoming.

August 28, 2024, 6:05am Latest News Free

A simple coat of black paint on the white blade of a wind turbine could save countless birds from flying into the machines and to their deaths each year. Read story

Oakley looks toward the camera in search of more treats on Aug. 20 in Puyallup. Oakley is well known on the Facebook community page Being Neighborly: Puyallup for his habit of stealing shoes and other items from neighbors. Oakley’s owner, Mackenzi Kuhnle, posts in the group to try to return items that Oakley has brought home.

Beware of Puyallup’s cat burglar. He’s stolen a wallet, keychains and quite a few shoes

Oakley looks toward the camera in search of more treats on Aug. 20 in Puyallup. Oakley is well known on the Facebook community page Being Neighborly: Puyallup for his habit of stealing shoes and other items from neighbors. Oakley’s owner, Mackenzi Kuhnle, posts in the group to try to return items that Oakley has brought home.

August 26, 2024, 2:38pm Life

There is a burglar who roams around downtown Puyallup. He strikes between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. Read story

SR3, a Pacific Northwest marine wildlife rehabilitation center, released a 3-month-old harbor seal pup back to the wild at Larrabee State Park in Whatcom County on Aug. 23, 2024. The pup was abandoned earlier this summer at a beach in Point Roberts, likely due to interference with the pup by members of the public. SR3 cared for the pup until it was healthy enough to be released into its natural habitat.

Video: See rehabilitated seal pup’s release at Larrabee State Park after weeks in care

SR3, a Pacific Northwest marine wildlife rehabilitation center, released a 3-month-old harbor seal pup back to the wild at Larrabee State Park in Whatcom County on Aug. 23, 2024. The pup was abandoned earlier this summer at a beach in Point Roberts, likely due to interference with the pup by members of the public. SR3 cared for the pup until it was healthy enough to be released into its natural habitat.

August 26, 2024, 10:42am Life

A rehabilitated harbor seal pup that was rescued from Point Roberts was released back to the wild at Larrabee State Park on Friday after 75 days in care. Read story

This is Rotor and her offspring Dash who made a rare appearance on a Corolla beach Aug. 14, according to the Corolla Wild Horse Fund.

Some wild horses keep low profile on North Carolina’s Outer Banks

This is Rotor and her offspring Dash who made a rare appearance on a Corolla beach Aug. 14, according to the Corolla Wild Horse Fund.

August 24, 2024, 5:59am Life

A ghost of sorts appeared on the northern end of North Carolina’s Outer Banks — a wild stallion that goes by the name Dash. Read story

A monarch butterfly drinks nectar from a flower Aug. 7 in the Pollinator Habitat bed near the Chicago Park District storehouse.

Upper Midwest seeing fewer monarch butterflies this year

A monarch butterfly drinks nectar from a flower Aug. 7 in the Pollinator Habitat bed near the Chicago Park District storehouse.

August 24, 2024, 5:58am Life

An expert has confirmed what backyard gardeners and amateur naturalists have been saying for weeks: There are fewer monarch butterflies in Illinois this summer. Read story

Woman evicted over parrots wins $165K

August 23, 2024, 6:04am Life

A woman who faced eviction from her Manhattan apartment over her three emotional support parrots will be paid $165,000 in damages plus $585,000 for her apartment under a consent decree announced by federal prosecutors. Read story

Osceola County 4-H member Alison Smith tends to a heifer named Evergreen on Aug. 1 on a farm in Hersey Township, Mich.

4-H kids limited by bird flu rules, express heartache being unable to show off livestock at fairs

Osceola County 4-H member Alison Smith tends to a heifer named Evergreen on Aug. 1 on a farm in Hersey Township, Mich.

August 23, 2024, 6:04am Life

Alison Smith stared at the virtually empty dairy barn inside the Osceola County Fairgrounds, once bustling with teens and preteens preparing to show their prized animals but now eerily silent as an invisible virus once again interfered with a cherished summertime rite. Read story

Boreal toad on a garden rock.

Discovery means hope for dwindling toad species

Boreal toad on a garden rock.

August 23, 2024, 6:04am Life

A “potentially game-changing discovery” has been made in the Colorado high country — the culmination of years of hard work by a dedicated group of wildlife experts with the shared goal of helping a once-prolific Colorado species recover. Read story

A southern pudu fawn was born at the Wildlife Conservation Society&rsquo;s Queens Zoo on June 21 in the Queens borough of New York.

Queens Zoo in New York City debuts tiny South American deer

A southern pudu fawn was born at the Wildlife Conservation Society&rsquo;s Queens Zoo on June 21 in the Queens borough of New York.

August 23, 2024, 5:59am Life

A tiny South American deer that will weigh only as much as a watermelon when fully grown is making its debut at the Queens Zoo in New York City. Read story

Willow, a subadult loggerhead sea turtle, makes her way past a crowd of onlookers, back into the ocean after being treated at the Loggerhead Marinelife Center, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, in Juno Beach, Fla.

Subadult loggerhead sea turtle returns to Atlantic Ocean in Florida after rehabilitation

Willow, a subadult loggerhead sea turtle, makes her way past a crowd of onlookers, back into the ocean after being treated at the Loggerhead Marinelife Center, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, in Juno Beach, Fla.

August 21, 2024, 1:10pm Life

A rehabilitated sea turtle was released back into the Atlantic Ocean from a Florida beach Wednesday morning. Read story