June 20, 2022, 6:05am Life
Barrett Friesen steers a motorboat toward the shore of Lake Powell, with the Glen Canyon Dam towering overhead. Pale “bathtub rings” line the canyon’s rocky face, starkly illustrating how water levels have slumped in the second-largest U.S. reservoir amid rising demand and a multi-year drought. Read story
June 19, 2022, 2:45pm Life
A dozen of the hundreds of brown pelicans found starving on the Southern California coast were released Friday after rehabilitation at a wildlife center. Read story
June 17, 2022, 10:38am Life
A bird flu outbreak in the U.S. that led to the deaths of more than 40 million chickens and turkeys and contributed to a spike in egg and meat prices appears to be waning, but experts caution the virus hasn’t disappeared and worry another surge could take hold this fall. Read story
June 17, 2022, 6:11am Life
If you’ve seen a cat dashing across your path at Walt Disney World, you’re certainly not alone. After all, the Pet Alliance of Central Florida estimates there are nearly 87,000 feral (or community) cats in Central Florida, and with such big numbers, it’s no surprise a few guests have seen… Read story
June 15, 2022, 5:21pm Nation & World
Veterinarians and researchers at the University of California Davis have developed a new way to detect leptospirosis, a life-threatening bacterial disease, in dogs using artificial intelligence. Read story
June 14, 2022, 10:24am Northwest
Health officials here were notified on Monday, June 13, that Walla Walla County joins more than a dozen other counties in Washington state where avian influenza has been identified this year. Read story
June 14, 2022, 10:17am Life
New York’s top court rejected an effort to free Happy the elephant from the Bronx Zoo, ruling Tuesday in a closely watched case that she does not meet the definition of a “person” who is being illegally confined. Read story
June 13, 2022, 6:02am Life
There once was a farmer with 10 sheep, a beekeeper with 41 hives (and a turtle) and a cook with 62 pheasants and peacocks. And they all lived peacefully in the fields and meadows of a place called the Donbas. Read story
June 10, 2022, 6:05am Pets & Wildlife
The circle of life was on vivid display Wednesday at the Jersey Shore in a way that even the youngest children could understand. Read story
June 10, 2022, 6:02am Pets & Wildlife
Chelsea Blackwell’s dachshund, Blue, disappeared Monday, and the distraught owner went in search. Read story
