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Trees glow with fall color in Big Bear, California, on Oct. 26, 2022.

Big Bear’s celebrity eagles kick off mating season

Trees glow with fall color in Big Bear, California, on Oct. 26, 2022.

January 3, 2025, 5:56am Life

The past two mating seasons ended in heartbreak for Jackie and Shadow, Big Bear’s beloved bald eagle couple. Read story

In this photo provided by NOAA Fisheries, the orca known as J35 (Tahlequah) carries the carcass of her dead calf in the waters of Puget Sound off West Seattle, Wash., on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025.

An orca that carried her dead calf for weeks in 2018 is doing so once again

In this photo provided by NOAA Fisheries, the orca known as J35 (Tahlequah) carries the carcass of her dead calf in the waters of Puget Sound off West Seattle, Wash., on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025.

January 2, 2025, 1:45pm Latest News

An endangered Pacific Northwest orca that made global headlines in 2018 for carrying her dead calf for over two weeks is doing so once again following the death of her new calf, in another sign of grief over lost offspring, researchers said. Read story

This image provided by the American Kennel Club shows a Danish-Swedish Farmdog standing outdoors, the latest dog in the American Kennel Club’s lineup of recognized breeds.

Meet the Danish-Swedish farmdog, the newest breed in the American Kennel Club’s lineup

This image provided by the American Kennel Club shows a Danish-Swedish Farmdog standing outdoors, the latest dog in the American Kennel Club’s lineup of recognized breeds.

January 2, 2025, 9:28am Life

Say hello to the latest dog in the American Kennel Club’s lineup of recognized breeds. Or you might say “hej.” Read story

New Washington law to protect southern resident orca whales to take effect

January 1, 2025, 9:51am Life

A new state law that takes effect Wednesday requires motorized and nonmotorized vessels to stay 1,000 yards away from southern resident orca whales. Read story

Hundreds of bald eagles return to Lake Coeur d’Alene for yearly salmon feast

January 1, 2025, 9:49am Life

It doesn’t take long to spot a bald eagle along the Lake Coeur d’Alene shoreline in December, with hundreds of birds flocking to the area to feast during the annual kokanee salmon spawn. Read story

FILE- Panda cub Bao Bao, right, and her mother Mei Xiang are seen in their habitat at the National Zoo in Washington, Aug. 23, 2014.

China fights rumors of panda abuse at US zoo in sign of goodwill

FILE- Panda cub Bao Bao, right, and her mother Mei Xiang are seen in their habitat at the National Zoo in Washington, Aug. 23, 2014.

December 31, 2024, 7:27am Life

China cracked down on rumors that a Washington, D.C., zoo abused its pandas, as it seeks to steady ties with the United States weeks before President-elect Donald Trump is set to return to the White House. Read story

Riah Evin, a biologist at the California Academy of Sciences’ Steinhart Aquarium, propagates endangered Sunflower Sea Stars on Nov. 20 in San Francisco.

How do you ‘grow’ an endangered starfish? Bay Area scientists are finding out

Riah Evin, a biologist at the California Academy of Sciences’ Steinhart Aquarium, propagates endangered Sunflower Sea Stars on Nov. 20 in San Francisco.

December 30, 2024, 6:04am Life

For the last decade, California’s offshore seafloors have been missing a massive, colorful predator that keeps kelp-munching sea urchins in check. Read story

FILE - Biologists Jim C‡³rdoba-Alfaro, left, and Jenna Lawson listen for the sounds of endangered Geoffrey’s spider monkeys at the private Rio Nuevo Nature Reserve on the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica, on March 20, 2023.

AI will eavesdrop on world’s wildest places to track and help protect endangered wildlife

FILE - Biologists Jim C‡³rdoba-Alfaro, left, and Jenna Lawson listen for the sounds of endangered Geoffrey’s spider monkeys at the private Rio Nuevo Nature Reserve on the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica, on March 20, 2023.

December 30, 2024, 6:00am Business

PUERTO JIMÉNEZ, Costa Rica (AP) — The endangered Geoffrey’s spider monkeys that dangle high in the rainforest canopy are elusive and hard for scientists to track. Read story

Ollie, a labradoodle, died when he was 9 months old, two months after being mauled at a pet care facility in Massachusetts. He was the inspiration for “Ollie’s Law,” a new state statute designed to protect pets in kennels. (Rep.

Lack of doggie day care rules leaves many pet owners in the dark

Ollie, a labradoodle, died when he was 9 months old, two months after being mauled at a pet care facility in Massachusetts. He was the inspiration for “Ollie’s Law,” a new state statute designed to protect pets in kennels. (Rep.

December 27, 2024, 6:02am Latest News

The death of Ollie, a 9-month-old labradoodle mauled at a Massachusetts pet care facility in 2020, led the state this October to enact the stringent “Ollie’s Law,” tightening regulations on the care and housing of pets at boarding and training kennels. Read story

This photo provided by the Los Angeles Zoo shows a perentie lizard hatching Monday, Dec. 2, 2024, as the zoo celebrates the successful hatching of two, healthy perentie lizards (Varanus giganteus).

LA Zoo hatches first-ever perentie lizards

This photo provided by the Los Angeles Zoo shows a perentie lizard hatching Monday, Dec. 2, 2024, as the zoo celebrates the successful hatching of two, healthy perentie lizards (Varanus giganteus).

December 27, 2024, 5:41am Life

Two new baby lizards have hatched at the Los Angeles Zoo, the first of their species to be bred there, zoo officials said last week. Read story