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Polar bear footprints on the shorefast sea ice north of Utqiagvik, Alaska.

U of I research team identifies polar bears using DNA found in paw prints

Polar bear footprints on the shorefast sea ice north of Utqiagvik, Alaska.

August 28, 2023, 7:22am Latest News

When Andrew Von Duyke, a wildlife biologist stationed in Fairbanks, Alaska, reached out to Jennifer Adams, a research scientist at the University of Idaho, for help with a research project involving polar bears, her answer was yes. Von Duyke was working to come up with a methodology to identify polar… Read story

‘Conservation grazing’ uses cattle to preserve species and landscapes

August 27, 2023, 12:51pm Business

JAKE YANCEY’S COWS get around. Read story

Trainer Marcia Henton feeds Lolita the killer whale, also known as Tokitae and Toki, inside her stadium tank at the Miami Seaquarium on July 8, 2023, in Miami. (Matias J.

Before she died, Lolita’s former vets and trainers raised issues about her Seaquarium care

Trainer Marcia Henton feeds Lolita the killer whale, also known as Tokitae and Toki, inside her stadium tank at the Miami Seaquarium on July 8, 2023, in Miami. (Matias J.

August 27, 2023, 6:00am Latest News

Lolita’s former veterinarians and trainers say inadequate care and feeding of the 57-year-old orca may have contributed to her death at the Miami Seaquarium, although Seaquarium officials say she had been receiving top care until the end. Read story

Esmerelda Ortega, 3, from Kirkland, holds a 9-week-old kitten that is up for adoption Aug. 12 at the Seattle Humane booth at the Sea-Meow Convention at the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall in Seattle.

Sea-Meow bills itself as biggest cat convention in Purrcific Northwest

Esmerelda Ortega, 3, from Kirkland, holds a 9-week-old kitten that is up for adoption Aug. 12 at the Seattle Humane booth at the Sea-Meow Convention at the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall in Seattle.

August 26, 2023, 6:04am Life

The most unexpected guest at the Sea-Meow convention this year wasn’t the influencer in a velour bathrobe, or the musicians in full-head cat masks playing a rather mournful rendition of “Come On Eileen” on violin and accordion, or the smiling dance troupe who performed a lively number with Fosse-esque hands… Read story

Your best option for recording low-frequency sounds, like those from owls, mourning doves and grouse, is a shotgun microphone.

Birdwatching includes listening

Your best option for recording low-frequency sounds, like those from owls, mourning doves and grouse, is a shotgun microphone.

August 26, 2023, 6:01am Life

If you were old enough to buy CDs in the ’90s, you may remember listening stations at superstores that featured music by some of nature’s noisiest creatures: birds. These CDs blended classical music like Brahms’ lullaby with the plaintive call of a loon, or smooth jazz coupled with the howls… Read story

Wildlife biologists for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife immobilized a large female bear responsible for at least 21 DNA-confirmed home break-ins and extensive property damage in the South Lake Tahoe area since 2022.

Fugitive bear moved to Colorado refuge

Wildlife biologists for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife immobilized a large female bear responsible for at least 21 DNA-confirmed home break-ins and extensive property damage in the South Lake Tahoe area since 2022.

August 25, 2023, 6:02am Pets & Wildlife

A fugitive 400-pound female bear identified by California wildlife officials as 64F and known to the public as “Hank the Tank,” linked to 21 home break-ins and property damage south of Lake Tahoe, has been cleared for relocation across state lines to a refuge in eastern Colorado. Read story

A plain brown female reticulated giraffe was born on July 3 at a family-owned zoo in Tennessee.

Rare spotless giraffe born

A plain brown female reticulated giraffe was born on July 3 at a family-owned zoo in Tennessee.

August 25, 2023, 6:02am Pets & Wildlife

A giraffe without spots at a Tennessee zoo may be plain, but she’s definitely not ordinary. Read story

Maddux, a german shepherd mix, does her part in the cleanup by removing a large stick on Saturday at Ike Memorial Dog Park in Vancouver. DOGPAW held its volunteer cleanup Saturday, as more than a dozen volunteers dug a trench to help filter water away from some of the more muddy spots of the park.

Study ranks states by costs to raise a dog; Washington 5th most expensive

Maddux, a german shepherd mix, does her part in the cleanup by removing a large stick on Saturday at Ike Memorial Dog Park in Vancouver. DOGPAW held its volunteer cleanup Saturday, as more than a dozen volunteers dug a trench to help filter water away from some of the more muddy spots of the park.

August 25, 2023, 6:00am Life

California’s an expensive place to live in, and not just for humans. Read story

In this photo provided by International Bird Rescue, staff wash geese found trapped in the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles on Aug. 1, 2023. Los Angeles Animal Services attended the birds first before taking the living geese to the International Bird Rescue, a nonprofit that specializes in rescuing and rehabilitating birds from oil spills.

13 geese die after getting stuck in tar pit

In this photo provided by International Bird Rescue, staff wash geese found trapped in the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles on Aug. 1, 2023. Los Angeles Animal Services attended the birds first before taking the living geese to the International Bird Rescue, a nonprofit that specializes in rescuing and rehabilitating birds from oil spills.

August 25, 2023, 5:18am Pets & Wildlife

Only two of a flock of 15 wild Canada geese that landed and became trapped in the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles in late July have survived after they were rescued and cleaned off. Read story

Tokitae, the performing orca known as Lolita at Miami’s Seaquarium, is shown with a trainer in 2011.

Orca Tokitae’s necropsy shocks Lummi Nation as it works to bring remains home

Tokitae, the performing orca known as Lolita at Miami’s Seaquarium, is shown with a trainer in 2011.

August 24, 2023, 7:37am Latest News

The death of Tokitae the southern resident orca on Friday in Miami was a shock to those who had been working to return her to her home waters of the Pacific Northwest, after 53 years in captivity. Read story