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A rare and endangered California condor walks around on the spans of a bridge in Marble Gorge, east of Grand Canyon National Park, March 23, 2007, west of Page, Arizona.

Scientists find new and mysterious DDT chemicals accumulating in California condors

A rare and endangered California condor walks around on the spans of a bridge in Marble Gorge, east of Grand Canyon National Park, March 23, 2007, west of Page, Arizona.

May 22, 2022, 5:39am Nation & World

When Christopher Tubbs joined an ambitious multinational effort to save California condors from the brink of extinction, he knew the odds of success were long. Read story

Lummi Natural Resources field technician Lisa Balton holds a European green crab pulled from a crab trap along the shoreline of the Sea Pond on Dec. 10.

First invasive European green crab found in Hood Canal

Lummi Natural Resources field technician Lisa Balton holds a European green crab pulled from a crab trap along the shoreline of the Sea Pond on Dec. 10.

May 20, 2022, 7:38am Latest News

An invasive European green crab was captured this week in Hood Canal, the farthest south the species has been found in the Salish Sea. Read story

‘Nature Cat’ gets help from ‘SNL’

May 20, 2022, 6:59am Pets & Wildlife

A cat, a mouse, a bunny and a dog skipping through nature, exploring hiking trails and helping out other animals along the way may not seem like a show that would fit with the often snarky and sarcastic tone of cast members from “Saturday Night Live.” Read story

Helen, a 30-year-old white rhino, wears a fitness device on her right front leg as she grazes at Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom theme park, Monday, May 16, 2022, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The purpose of the fitness device is to gather data on the number of steps she takes each day, whether she is walking, running or napping, and which part of the man-made savanna she favors the most.

Disney rhino gets fitness tracker

Helen, a 30-year-old white rhino, wears a fitness device on her right front leg as she grazes at Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom theme park, Monday, May 16, 2022, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The purpose of the fitness device is to gather data on the number of steps she takes each day, whether she is walking, running or napping, and which part of the man-made savanna she favors the most.

May 20, 2022, 6:02am Pets & Wildlife

Someone new is joining the ranks of fitness enthusiasts who monitor the number of steps they take each day with Fitbits and other fitness tracking devices. Only Helen isn’t human: She’s a 30-year-old white rhino at Walt Disney World. Read story

Msituni, a giraffe calf born with an unusual disorder that caused her legs to bend the wrong way, tries out her new braces Feb. 10 at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in Escondido, north of San Diego.

Human medicine saves giraffe

Msituni, a giraffe calf born with an unusual disorder that caused her legs to bend the wrong way, tries out her new braces Feb. 10 at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in Escondido, north of San Diego.

May 20, 2022, 6:01am Pets & Wildlife

Over the past three decades, Ara Mirzaian has fitted braces for everyone from Paralympians to children with scoliosis. But Msituni was a patient like none other: a newborn giraffe. Read story

Linda Erb, vice president of animal care and training at Dolphin Research Center, feeds Ranger, a juvenile bottlenose dolphin May 12 in Marathon, Fla.

Rescued dolphin leaves quarantine

Linda Erb, vice president of animal care and training at Dolphin Research Center, feeds Ranger, a juvenile bottlenose dolphin May 12 in Marathon, Fla.

May 18, 2022, 5:01pm Pets & Wildlife

A rescued juvenile bottlenose dolphin, flown from Texas to the Florida Keys-based Dolphin Research Center seven weeks ago, was moved to the facility’s primary dolphin lagoon Thursday. Read story

FILE - In this March 1, 2010 file photo, from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, a bi-state sage grouse, rear, struts for a female at a lek, or mating ground, near Bridgeport, Calif. A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration illegally withdrew an earlier proposal to list the bi-state sage grouse as a threatened species along the California-Nevada line in 2020.

Judge: Trump administration illegally withdrew bird listing

FILE - In this March 1, 2010 file photo, from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, a bi-state sage grouse, rear, struts for a female at a lek, or mating ground, near Bridgeport, Calif. A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration illegally withdrew an earlier proposal to list the bi-state sage grouse as a threatened species along the California-Nevada line in 2020.

May 18, 2022, 1:54pm Latest News

A federal judge has ruled the Trump administration acted illegally in 2020 when it withdrew an earlier proposal to list as threatened a hen-sized bird found only in the high desert along the California-Nevada line. Read story

Clark County Animal Protection and Control, along with the sheriff's office, served a search warrant at a Vancouver-area property in September and seized six dogs and five puppies that were confined to an unsanitary shed. An arrest warrant has been issued for the dogs' owner for animal cruelty charges, the agency said.

Clark County cracking down on animal cruelty cases

Clark County Animal Protection and Control, along with the sheriff's office, served a search warrant at a Vancouver-area property in September and seized six dogs and five puppies that were confined to an unsanitary shed. An arrest warrant has been issued for the dogs' owner for animal cruelty charges, the agency said.

May 16, 2022, 1:43pm Clark County News

With a new team of officers, Clark County Animal Protection and Control is cracking down on animal cruelty cases, leading to the prosecution of several animal owners since the fall. Read story

Proposed revision of Mexican wolf management plan draws fire

May 13, 2022, 3:58pm Life

U.S. wildlife managers want to see at least 320 Mexican gray wolves roaming the Southwest within the next several years as they try to recover an endangered species that for decades has been the focus of political strife and litigation. Read story

Buddy the cat greets the photographer as Dr. Katie Venanzi sits in the background in Venanzi's South Philadelphia home on April 23.

Street cat survives attack to find fame, family

Buddy the cat greets the photographer as Dr. Katie Venanzi sits in the background in Venanzi's South Philadelphia home on April 23.

May 13, 2022, 6:30am Life

Things looked bleak for Buddy. Read story