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Pets & Wildlife

Eli Hepner, left, and Kat McKenzie play with dogs Lexie, left, and Trek on Tuesday at the Humane Society for Southwest Washington’s Vancouver campus. The organization launched the Craig Stein Yappy Hour, a monthly event where all adoption fees are waived that day. It is funded through a $500,000 donation to the nonprofit from Linn Dee Stein.

Craig Stein Yappy Hour: Adoption fees waived once a month at Humane Society for Southwest Washington

Eli Hepner, left, and Kat McKenzie play with dogs Lexie, left, and Trek on Tuesday at the Humane Society for Southwest Washington’s Vancouver campus. The organization launched the Craig Stein Yappy Hour, a monthly event where all adoption fees are waived that day. It is funded through a $500,000 donation to the nonprofit from Linn Dee Stein.

March 8, 2025, 6:12am Clark County Life

A new program at the Humane Society for Southwest Washington will waive fees on all pet adoptions once a month. Read story

A rare and endangered blue whale, one of at least four feeding 11 miles off Long Beach Harbor in the Catalina Channel, spouts near offshore oil rigs after a long dive July 16, 2008, near Long Beach, Calif.

Study focuses on ‘missing’ blue whale calves

A rare and endangered blue whale, one of at least four feeding 11 miles off Long Beach Harbor in the Catalina Channel, spouts near offshore oil rigs after a long dive July 16, 2008, near Long Beach, Calif.

March 8, 2025, 5:35am Northwest

Despite being members of the largest species on the planet, young blue whales have long managed to elude human detection. Read story

A red-winged blackbird calls out Tuesday at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge. Volunteers, who flocked to the refuge in December for the Audubon Society’s annual Christmas bird count, spotted 1,820 of the birds in a single day.

Birders tallied 93,302 birds in a single day for Vancouver Audubon’s annual count

A red-winged blackbird calls out Tuesday at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge. Volunteers, who flocked to the refuge in December for the Audubon Society’s annual Christmas bird count, spotted 1,820 of the birds in a single day.

March 7, 2025, 6:08am Clark County Life

Vancouver Audubon Society recently released the results of its annual Christmas bird count. On Dec. 15, volunteers counted 93,302 birds in a single day. Results were published in the organization’s March newsletter. Read story

Jackie and Shadow laid their third egg on Jan. 28.

Beloved bald eagles greet first hatchling

Jackie and Shadow laid their third egg on Jan. 28.

March 7, 2025, 5:58am Life

Big Bear bald eagles Jackie and Shadow have welcomed their first hatchling. Read story

Bull on the loose is talk of the town

March 7, 2025, 5:57am Life

A Scottish Highland bull is the talk of the town in the rural hills of western Connecticut, where it has been roaming for over a month in the frigid winter weather after escaping from its confines. Read story

An axolotl swims in an aquarium at a museum in Xochimilco Ecological Park in Mexico City, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025.

Axolotl is a symbol of identity: Salamander beloved in Mexico is also on endangered list

An axolotl swims in an aquarium at a museum in Xochimilco Ecological Park in Mexico City, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025.

March 7, 2025, 5:52am Life

Legend has it the axolotl was not always an amphibian. Long before it became Mexico’s most beloved salamander and efforts to prevent its extinction flourished, it was a sneaky god. Read story

This Jan. 30, 2025, image provided by the Arizona Game and Fish Department shows members of the Mexican gray wolf recovery team doing a health check on an endangered wolf that was captured during an annual population survey near Alpine, Arizona.

More endangered Mexican gray wolves are roaming the southwestern US, annual survey shows

This Jan. 30, 2025, image provided by the Arizona Game and Fish Department shows members of the Mexican gray wolf recovery team doing a health check on an endangered wolf that was captured during an annual population survey near Alpine, Arizona.

March 5, 2025, 9:29am Life

It is a ritual that takes place every winter — federal and state wildlife managers use remote cameras, scat collection, radio telemetry devices and helicopters to count Mexican gray wolves that are roaming mountain ranges in parts of New Mexico and Arizona. Read story

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife captured and collared 12 gray wolves in Northern California last month.

Calif. officials seek to track growing wolf population

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife captured and collared 12 gray wolves in Northern California last month.

March 4, 2025, 6:00am Life

Wildlife officials have collared a dozen gray wolves in Northern California in an effort to better understand and manage the species that has made a comeback in the state after being eradicated a century ago. Read story

A grave for a dog named Gazou is seen at the pet cemetery of Asnieres-sur-Seine, west of Paris, on Feb. 21.

How to help those grieving loss of pet

A grave for a dog named Gazou is seen at the pet cemetery of Asnieres-sur-Seine, west of Paris, on Feb. 21.

March 4, 2025, 5:46am Health

Even months later, the pain of losing a pet can still hit without warning. Read story

A team of sled dogs led by Mitch Seavey (32), of Seward, Alaska, mush through downtown during the Ceremonial Start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Anchorage, Alaska., Saturday, March 1, 2025.

Mushers begin rugged Iditarod race after lack of snow forces major changes to iconic Alaska event

A team of sled dogs led by Mitch Seavey (32), of Seward, Alaska, mush through downtown during the Ceremonial Start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Anchorage, Alaska., Saturday, March 1, 2025.

March 3, 2025, 1:14pm Latest News

The move to Fairbanks for the start of the Iditarod Sled Dog Race also forced a new route, and added more than 100 miles that will make this year’s race the longest ever. Read story