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One of two twin giant pandas born in captivity at Zoo Atlanta.

Fans say good bye to pandas

March 8, 2024, 6:00am Life

Kim Chambliss drove six hours from Lexington, Ky., to take a last look at Atlanta’s pandas. Read story

FILE - Trainer Marcia Hinton pets Lolita, a captive orca whale, during a performance at the Miami Seaquarium in Miami, March 9, 1995. An unlikely coalition made up of a theme park owner, an animal rights group, a mayor and a philanthropist who owns an NFL team announced Thursday, March 30, 2023, that a plan is in place to return Lolita ? an orca that has lived in captivity at the Miami Seaquarium for more than 50 years ? to its home waters in the Pacific Northwest.

Miami Seaquarium gets eviction notice several months after death of Lolita the orca

March 7, 2024, 1:13pm Business

The Miami Seaquarium, an old-Florida style tourist attraction that was home to Lolita, the beloved Orca that died last year, is being evicted from the waterfront property it leases from Miami-Dade County. Read story

FILE - A crew cleans and tests the fountains at the Bellagio Casino and Hotel resort in Las Vegas, Nevada, on April 14, 2004.

Las Vegas’ Bellagio pauses fountain show when rare bird visits

March 6, 2024, 8:16am Life

A visit from a rare, fine-feathered tourist has interrupted one of Las Vegas’ prominent shows. Read story

A bull elephant seal rests on the sand Dec. 13, 2019, at Drakes Beach in Inverness, Calif.

Once nearly extinct, Elephant seals staking claims

March 5, 2024, 6:02am Life

Wildlife is vanishing around the world, plummeting at rates unprecedented in human history. Read story

Colorado Parks and Wildlife released five gray wolves onto public land in Grand County, Colo., on Dec. 18.

Colo. wolves cross Continental Divide

March 2, 2024, 5:17am Nation & World

Wolves from Colorado’s new pack expanded their roaming range over the past 35 days to the state’s northwesternmost county and across the Continental Divide, according to a map state officials released Wednesday. Read story

Eastern Washington man to plead guilty to poaching thousands of birds, including Bald Eagles, in Montana

March 1, 2024, 7:48am Northwest

A 48-year-old Pend Oreille County man is set to plead guilty next month to poaching thousands of birds, including Bald and Golden Eagles, in Montana. Read story

Today, there are an estimated 20 to 22 red wolves in the wild around North Carolina’s Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, with a handful in the nearby Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge.

Can a small number of wolves have impact?

March 1, 2024, 6:02am Life

As Ron Sutherland guides his Subaru along the roads of Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, he keeps his eyes peeled. Read story

A Eurasian eagle owl named Flaco sits in a tree Feb. 6, 2023, in New York City’s Central Park. Flaco, who escaped from the city’s Central Park Zoo and became one of New York’s most beloved celebrities as he flew around Manhattan, has died, zoo officials announced Feb. 23.

Owl who became a NYC celebrity has died

March 1, 2024, 5:59am Pets & Wildlife

At Flaco the Owl’s oak tree in Central Park on Saturday, New Yorkers fondly remembered the Eurasian owl who flew his coop a year ago and became a treat to Manhattan bird watchers. Read story

In this remote camera image released by Friends of Big Bear Valley, are a pair of bald eagles standing over eggs in a nest atop a tree overlooking Big Bear Lake in the San Bernardino Mountains in southern Calif., Thursday Feb. 29, 2024. Three bald eagle chicks could emerge this week from eggs laid in the nest. A nest camera set up by Friends of Big Bear Valley monitors the eagles and draws lots of views from eagle enthusiasts.

Hatch watch is underway at a California bald eagle nest monitored by a popular online camera feed

February 29, 2024, 10:55am Life

BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. (AP) — Hatch watch is underway in Southern California mountains. Three bald eagle chicks could emerge this week from eggs laid in a nest monitored by nature lovers via a popular online camera feed. Read story

A humpback whale and her calf in Papeete, French Polynesia in September 2022. Humpbacks are known to compose elaborate songs that travel across oceans and whale pods.

How do whales sing? New study details unique features in some species’ voice boxes

February 27, 2024, 6:03am Life

Whales sing loud enough that their songs travel through the ocean, but knowing the mechanics behind that has been a mystery. Read story