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This photo provided by the Department of Land and Natural Resources shows a Hawaiian monk seal and her newborn pup on a beach in Oahu, Hawaii, on April 14, 2022. The mother monk seal checked on her pup by barking as the newborn flapped her flippers. Hawaiian monk seals are an endangered species.

Camera records birth of endangered seal

April 22, 2022, 6:26am Life

Images of a Hawaiian monk seal being born on an Oahu beach have been captured on camera. Read story

FILE - This Aug. 27, 2019, photo taken by a trail camera provided by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife shows a wolf pack that had at least four pups taken during the 2019 annual wolf count/survey at Umpqua National Forest, Ore. The growth of Oregon's wolf population slowed significantly last year because 21 animals were killed by human poaching, were hit by cars or were killed by wildlife officials after eating livestock. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife says the 2021 census counted 175 wolves, up just two animals from the previous year.

Oregon wolf population flounders after poaching, car crashes

April 20, 2022, 1:12pm Latest News

The growth of Oregon’s wolf population slowed significantly last year because 21 animals were poisoned by poachers, hit by cars or were killed by wildlife officials after they attacked livestock, state wildlife authorities said Wednesday. Read story

A condors at the California Condor Recovery Program at the Los Angeles Zoo on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, in Los Angeles, California.

Launch of condors on tribal land marks the species’ comeback, but a new threat looms large

April 18, 2022, 6:17am Pets & Wildlife

A plan to return federally endangered California condors to a rugged and remote stretch of Northern California coastline and redwood forests is taking shape on Yurok tribal lands where the Klamath River meets the Pacific Ocean. Read story

A road sign marks the Monarch Highway corridor near Abbott, Texas. Energy and transportation companies as well as some state and local governments across 23 states have voluntarily agreed to increase monarch habitat conservation.

Monarch protections across states aim to prevent federal rules

April 18, 2022, 6:03am Life

Each spring, millions of monarch butterflies leave their overwintering sites in the Sierra Madre mountains of central Mexico and begin their annual migration north across the United States. Read story

Police Cpl. Cristiano de Oliveira offers a hand to police dog "Corporal Oliveira," at the 17 Military Police Battalion's station, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, April 7, 2022. Oliveira is one of two rescue dogs that have turned into local mascots and budding online influencers after joining their rescuers' ranks.

Rio rescue dogs become mascots

April 15, 2022, 6:05am Pets & Wildlife

In Rio de Janeiro, two rescue dogs have turned local mascots and budding online influencers after joining their rescuers’ ranks, wooing their growing audience, one bark at a time. Read story

Oakland Zoo veterinary team conduct an initial exam on an emaciated mountain lion cub on Sunday, April 10, 2022, after receiving it from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. The orphaned and emaciated mountain lion cub spotted by hikers in the San Francisco area was brought to the Oakland Zoo where veterinarians have named her "Rose" and are trying to nurse her back to health.

Orphan mountain lion cub rescued

April 15, 2022, 6:05am Pets & Wildlife

An orphaned and emaciated mountain lion cub spotted by hikers in the San Francisco area was brought to the Oakland Zoo, where veterinarians have named her “Rose” and are trying to nurse her back to health. Read story

Kym Garvey gives Lemon the donkey a kiss on the snout. Lemon was born with wry nose, which makes her look different from other donkeys, causing them to shun her. More than 43 equine were under the care of Kym Garvey at Save The Brays Donkey Rescue Friday, March 10, 2022, in Milaca, Minnestota. (Shari L. Gross/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS) (Shari L.

Rescue’s mission: Save the Brays

April 15, 2022, 6:04am Life

From a distance, Kym Garvey’s farm in Milaca, Minn., looks like it hosts a herd of long-eared, shaggy-haired horses. But once you’re within patting distance, it’s easy to see the difference between Garvey’s 40 or so donkeys and their more skittish equine cousins. The donkeys approach in search of scratches,… Read story

Take care of dog’s heart health

April 15, 2022, 6:03am Life

Anyone who has been on the receiving end of a dog’s love and devotion knows these furry friends are nothing if not good for our hearts. Read story

FILE - A whooping crane flies over the Aransas Wildlife Refuge in Fulton, Texas, Dec. 17, 2011. Scientists are concerned a devastating drought could hurt the recovery of the 300 endangered whooping cranes that winter in Texas. An environmental group says the Biden administration has made secret plans to weaken protection for the world's rarest crane. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says it has not decided whether to propose reclassifying whooping cranes from endangered to threatened. The Center for Biological Diversity says documents obtained through open records requests show that agency officials "seem to have been deliberately misleading the public" about their plans.

Group: Feds hid plans to weaken whooping crane protection

April 13, 2022, 2:28pm Nation & World

The Biden administration made secret plans to weaken protection for whooping cranes, and documents obtained through an open records request show officials “seem to have been deliberately misleading the public,” an environmental group says. Read story