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Wild horses appear to kiss as they graze at Mount Charleston on May 20, 2021.

Nevada’s wild horses and burros still subject of awe

Wild horses appear to kiss as they graze at Mount Charleston on May 20, 2021.

January 10, 2025, 5:56am Life

Driving over the cattle guards that mark the boundaries of the Las Vegas Valley, Southern Nevadans are likely to come across an equine friend or two. Or a herd. Read story

FILE - This photo provided by Grand Teton National Park shows Grizzly bear No. 399 and her one-year-old cub after emerging from hibernation, May 16, 2023. (C.

U.S. will keep protecting more than 2,000 Rocky Mountain grizzly bears

FILE - This photo provided by Grand Teton National Park shows Grizzly bear No. 399 and her one-year-old cub after emerging from hibernation, May 16, 2023. (C.

January 8, 2025, 1:12pm Life

The Biden administration will continue protecting about 2,000 grizzly bears in four Rocky Mountain states despite objections from Republican-led states, U.S. wildlife officials said Wednesday. Read story

FILE - A crayfish walks on pavement after floodwaters from the Ahr River receded in Schuld, Germany, Friday, July 16, 2021.

New research shows a quarter of freshwater animals are threatened with extinction

FILE - A crayfish walks on pavement after floodwaters from the Ahr River receded in Schuld, Germany, Friday, July 16, 2021.

January 8, 2025, 11:11am Life

Nearly a quarter of animals living in rivers, lakes and other freshwater sources are threatened with extinction, according to new research published Wednesday. Read story

A gray wolf. (Gary Kramer/U.S.

Reward up to $20,000 offered for information on each of three WA wolf killings

A gray wolf. (Gary Kramer/U.S.

January 8, 2025, 7:31am Latest News Free

Conservation advocates and a federal wildlife agency are offering $20,000 for information on each of three recent wolf poaching incidents in Washington. Read story

The Tortoise Research and Captive Rearing Site raises vulnerable tortoises on the vast Marine Corps base.

‘Gitmo’ in the Mojave: How the Marines are saving endangered desert tortoises

The Tortoise Research and Captive Rearing Site raises vulnerable tortoises on the vast Marine Corps base.

January 5, 2025, 6:02am Latest News

Reporting from TWENTYNINE PALMS Marine Corps base, Calif. — The two tiny tortoises emerged from their burrows as soon as they detected Brian Henen’s footsteps, eager for the handfuls of bok choy and snap peas that would soon be tossed their way. Read story

ADVANCE FOR USE TUESDAY, OCT. 15, 2019 AND THEREAFTER- This combination of 2003 and 2006 photos shows a northern spotted owl, left, in the Deschutes National Forest near Camp Sherman, Ore., and a barred owl in East Burke, Vt. Barred owls are native to eastern North America but began moving West at the turn of the 20th century. Scientists believe they migrated to western Canada across the Great Plains in the early 1900s, using forests that popped up as people learned to manage wildfires and planted trees around farms. They arrived in Washington in 1973 and then moved south into Oregon and California.

Why wildlife officials are killing some PNW owls to save others

ADVANCE FOR USE TUESDAY, OCT. 15, 2019 AND THEREAFTER- This combination of 2003 and 2006 photos shows a northern spotted owl, left, in the Deschutes National Forest near Camp Sherman, Ore., and a barred owl in East Burke, Vt. Barred owls are native to eastern North America but began moving West at the turn of the 20th century. Scientists believe they migrated to western Canada across the Great Plains in the early 1900s, using forests that popped up as people learned to manage wildfires and planted trees around farms. They arrived in Washington in 1973 and then moved south into Oregon and California.

January 5, 2025, 6:02am Latest News

Stripes, round bodies, dark penetrating eyes. At a glance, the barred owl and the northern spotted owl are easily mistaken for the same bird. Read story

Coyote nearly drags 5-year-old into forest until mom steps in, Washington officials say

January 3, 2025, 12:12pm Life

A 5-year-old boy was nearly dragged into woods by a coyote until his mom stepped in, Washington officials said. Read story

FILE - In this July 31, 2015 file photo, an orca leaps out of the water near a whale watching boat in the Salish Sea in the San Juan Islands.

New WA law creates 1,000-yard boat buffer from southern resident orcas

FILE - In this July 31, 2015 file photo, an orca leaps out of the water near a whale watching boat in the Salish Sea in the San Juan Islands.

January 3, 2025, 7:22am Latest News

A new law requiring all boaters to stay a minimum of 1,000 yards away from endangered southern resident orcas in Washington waters is now in effect. Read story

This photo provided by the Metro Richmond Zoo shows a pygmy hippo on Dec. 23 in Moseley, Va.

Virginia zoo welcomes pygmy hippopotamus

This photo provided by the Metro Richmond Zoo shows a pygmy hippo on Dec. 23 in Moseley, Va.

January 3, 2025, 5:59am Life

A female pygmy hippopotamus delivered a healthy calf at the Metro Richmond Zoo earlier this month, officials said — the third baby hippo born at the zoo within the past five years. Read story

North Atlantic Right Whale #3720 and her calf. This still image is from a drone video taken by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources under NOAA Permit 20556.

How long do right whales live? Nearly twice as long as previously thought

North Atlantic Right Whale #3720 and her calf. This still image is from a drone video taken by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources under NOAA Permit 20556.

January 3, 2025, 5:58am Life

Southern right whales can live to be more than 130 years old — which is decades longer than previously thought, according to new research. Read story