Pets & Wildlife

A 46-foot-whale is seen washed ashore on Monday, Feb. 12, 2024, on Sunset Beach State Park in Clatsop County, Ore.

A fin whale decomposing on an Oregon beach creates a sad but ‘super educational’ spectacle

February 15, 2024, 2:18pm Latest News

It’s not yet known what killed an endangered fin whale, but people can marvel at the large marine mammal as it decomposes on an Oregon beach. Read story

Public comment sought on proposed gray wolf change

February 13, 2024, 10:29am Northwest

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife will accept comments through May 6 on a proposal to change the state’s classification of gray wolf populations from endangered to sensitive. A briefing and public hearing on the proposal is scheduled for the March 15-16 meeting of the WDFW commission, according to… Read story

One-year old African penguin chick Ozzie, foreground, sits in the California Academy of Sciences penguin exhibit in San Francisco, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. The museum in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park has a bounty of African penguin chicks after 10 hatched in just over a year as part of an effort to conserve the endangered bird.

Penguin baby boom a bounty

February 13, 2024, 6:03am Life

A bounty of 10 African penguin chicks has hatched in just over a year at a San Francisco science museum as part of an effort to conserve the endangered bird. Read story

FILE - This Wednesday, March 6, 2019 photo provided by the NOAA Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary shows an entangled subadult humpback whale that was freed of gear by a team of trained responders off Makena Beach, Hawaii. Nearly half of the world’s migratory species are in decline, according to a new United Nations report released Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. Many songbirds, sea turtles, whales, sharks and migratory animals move to different environments with changing seasons and are imperiled by habitat loss, illegal hunting and fishing, pollution and climate change.

Nearly half of the world’s migratory species are in decline, UN report says

February 12, 2024, 3:33pm Latest News

Nearly half of the world’s migratory species are in decline, according to a new United Nations report released Monday. Read story

Dog rescued from shipping container at the Port of Houston

February 9, 2024, 6:03am Life

It was just another routine day of inspecting shipping containers at the Port of Houston for U.S. Coast Guard officer Ryan McMahon when he and his team thought they heard barking coming from inside one of the thousands of containers that surrounded them. Read story

Smuggled cat finds home at Denver Zoo

Dia, a four-year-old Geoffroy’s cat, was rescued by zoo, state and federal wildlife officials after being smuggled through the Denver International Airport in April 2022.

February 9, 2024, 6:02am Pets & Wildlife

The Denver Zoo’s latest feline resident has been waiting in the wings for more than a year — first smuggled through the Denver International Airport on a commercial flight, then held as evidence in a federal investigation. Read story

Pets & Wildlife

A fin whale decomposing on an Oregon beach creates a sad but ‘super educational’ spectacle

Public comment sought on proposed gray wolf change

Penguin baby boom a bounty

Nearly half of the world’s migratory species are in decline, UN report says

Dog rescued from shipping container at the Port of Houston

Smuggled cat finds home at Denver Zoo

Internet celebrity crane dies at 42

‘Puppy Bowl’ celebrates big anniversary

Chihuahua named Washington’s top dog breed

Cafe serves up snuggly pigs