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Ariel, a black spaniel, after surgery, in Bristol, England, on Jan.

6-legged spaniel undergoes surgery to remove extra limbs and adjusts to life on 4 paws

Ariel, a black spaniel, after surgery, in Bristol, England, on Jan.

January 26, 2024, 6:04am Life

A spaniel born with six legs that was found abandoned in a supermarket parking lot is now like other dogs after having her extra limbs surgically removed. Read story

CAPTION CORRECTS INFO FILE - Keeper Zachariah Mutai attends to Fatu, one of only two northern white rhinos left in the world, in the pen at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia county in Kenya. Fatu is incapable of natural reproduction. The last male white rhino, Sudan, was 45 when he was euthanized in 2018 due to age-related complications. In testing with another subspecies, researchers created a southern white rhino embryo in a lab from an egg and sperm that had been previously collected from other rhinos and transferred it into a southern white rhino surrogate mother at the Ol-Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya. The team only learned of the pregnancy after the surrogate mother died of a bacterial infection in November 2023.

A rhino got pregnant from embryo transfer, in a success that may help nearly extinct subspecies

CAPTION CORRECTS INFO FILE - Keeper Zachariah Mutai attends to Fatu, one of only two northern white rhinos left in the world, in the pen at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia county in Kenya. Fatu is incapable of natural reproduction. The last male white rhino, Sudan, was 45 when he was euthanized in 2018 due to age-related complications. In testing with another subspecies, researchers created a southern white rhino embryo in a lab from an egg and sperm that had been previously collected from other rhinos and transferred it into a southern white rhino surrogate mother at the Ol-Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya. The team only learned of the pregnancy after the surrogate mother died of a bacterial infection in November 2023.

January 25, 2024, 8:00am Life

A rhinoceros was impregnated through embryo transfer in the first successful use of a method that conservationists said might later make it possible to save the nearly extinct northern white rhino subspecies. Read story

Vancouver native Mark Bittner and his many parrot friends one day in the early 2000s on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco.

Birder of Telegraph Hill: Kiggins screens parrot documentary starring Vancouver native

Vancouver native Mark Bittner and his many parrot friends one day in the early 2000s on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco.

January 25, 2024, 6:02am Clark County Life

It was big Bay Area news last summer when sea lions, the tourism darlings of San Francisco’s Pier 39 Marina, took a dive in a contest to name that city’s “unofficial-official” animal. Read story

FILE - A bald eagle flies at Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge, Dec. 24, 2021, in Mound City, Mo. Harvey Hugs, a Montana felon previously convicted of killing eagles to sell their parts on the black market, was sentenced to three years in federal prison Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, for related gun violations.

Montana man convicted of killing eagles is sentenced to 3 years in prison for related gun violations

FILE - A bald eagle flies at Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge, Dec. 24, 2021, in Mound City, Mo. Harvey Hugs, a Montana felon previously convicted of killing eagles to sell their parts on the black market, was sentenced to three years in federal prison Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, for related gun violations.

January 24, 2024, 6:47pm Life

A Montana felon previously convicted of killing eagles to sell their parts on the black market was sentenced to three years in federal prison on Wednesday for related gun violations. Read story

FILE - A Louisiana black bear, sub-species of the black bear that was protected under the Endangered Species Act, is seen in a water oak tree, May 17, 2015, in Marksville, La. A move is underway that wildlife advocates hope will persuade the state to end plans to overturn a nearly 40-year-old hunting ban on Louisiana black bears. The petition had just over 7,500 signatures as of Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024.

Federal officials consider adding 10 more species — including a big bumble bee — to endangered list

FILE - A Louisiana black bear, sub-species of the black bear that was protected under the Endangered Species Act, is seen in a water oak tree, May 17, 2015, in Marksville, La. A move is underway that wildlife advocates hope will persuade the state to end plans to overturn a nearly 40-year-old hunting ban on Louisiana black bears. The petition had just over 7,500 signatures as of Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024.

January 24, 2024, 3:57pm Life

Federal wildlife officials announced Wednesday they will consider adding 10 new species to the Endangered Species Act, including a big bumble bee that serves as a key pollinator across the United States. Read story

Blast of cold lets alligators show off special skill

January 23, 2024, 5:37pm Life

The recent blast of cold weather has given alligators a chance to show off their way of coping with freezing temperatures. Read story

FILE - Benito the giraffe looks out from his enclosure at the city run Central Park, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, June 13, 2023. A campaign to save the 3-year-old male from extreme hot and cold temperatures and a small enclosure has paid off with officials from Chihuahua state promising in a Jan. 8, 2024 statement to move him to the more spacious Africam Safari park in the state of Puebla.

Benito the giraffe is on a 50-hour trip to central Mexico, where the weather feels more like home

FILE - Benito the giraffe looks out from his enclosure at the city run Central Park, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, June 13, 2023. A campaign to save the 3-year-old male from extreme hot and cold temperatures and a small enclosure has paid off with officials from Chihuahua state promising in a Jan. 8, 2024 statement to move him to the more spacious Africam Safari park in the state of Puebla.

January 22, 2024, 8:11am Life

After a campaign by environmentalists, Benito the giraffe left Mexico’s northern border and its extreme weather conditions Sunday night and headed for a conservation park in central Mexico, where the climate is more akin to his natural habitat and already a home to other giraffes. Read story

&ldquo;How Pets Changed the World&rdquo;

Multiplied by billions: Clark County author connects kids’ lives to big environmental problems, solutions

&ldquo;How Pets Changed the World&rdquo;

January 20, 2024, 6:13am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive

In a new series of six slim books for kids, Clark County author Stephanie Feldstein explores the industrial-scale, systemic sources of our personal, daily environmental impacts. Read story

A coyote rests in a commercial lot in Port Richey, Fla., in 2012. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got coyotes in all 67 counties of Florida,&rsquo;&rsquo; said Gary Morse, a spokesman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission. &ldquo;They are relatively common.&rsquo;&rsquo; (Douglas R.

Florida has a new hairy nuisance: Coyotes

A coyote rests in a commercial lot in Port Richey, Fla., in 2012. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got coyotes in all 67 counties of Florida,&rsquo;&rsquo; said Gary Morse, a spokesman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission. &ldquo;They are relatively common.&rsquo;&rsquo; (Douglas R.

January 19, 2024, 6:00am Nation & World

Seminole County has long been known as Florida’s epicenter for bear encounters in residential neighborhoods. Read story

Black bear safely removed from home’s crawl space

January 19, 2024, 5:54am Life

A black bear was removed from under a North Lake Tahoe home Sunday, the Bear League said in a social media post, a nonprofit committed to saving bears. Read story