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If you’re feeding white-tailed deer this winter, you could be killing them with kindness.
Sunday, February 11, 2024
What better way to send Valentine’s wishes than with an Ottergram?
Thursday, February 01, 2024
New Hampshire Audubon’s Backyard Winter Bird Survey is more than just a head count of what you spy from your kitchen window.
Friday, January 26, 2024
NEWBURYPORT — The best bird-watchers around will flock once again Saturday to vie for the Joppa Cup when the Mass Audubon Joppa Flats Education Center hosts the 21st annual Superbowl of Birding.
Thursday, January 25, 2024
Coastal counties in New Hampshire and Massachusetts will host a little-known, but major event for nature lovers on Saturday: the 2024 Superbowl of Birding, which involves hiking, walking, and spying with binoculars on common and hard-to-find birds.
Monday, January 22, 2024
Chomping away on tasty morsels of squid and cucumber, six rescued sea turtles are busy getting better at Pennsylvania’s Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium.
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Saturday, January 13, 2024
When 64-year-old Richard Earl May Jr. entered a construction site in Half Moon Bay to rescue his neighbor's lost cat in January 2015, he triggered an alarm that summoned San Mateo County sheriff's deputies to the site with a K-9 unit.
Friday, January 12, 2024
Forget what you were taught in elementary school about the supposed ravenous meat-eating grizzly bear: New research has found that California’s extinct bear was actually more of a vegetarian.
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
This isn’t your typical Sip and Paint party with drinks and landscapes.
Tuesday, January 09, 2024
The Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association has ended its fight against a California aquarium that says people shouldn’t buy and eat lobster because of the risks the fishery poses on the endangered North Atlantic right whale.
South Korea’s parliament passed a bill to do away with the consumption of dog meat through a rare unanimous vote on the legislation that President Yoon Suk Yeol has pledged to enact as law.
Monday, January 08, 2024
Fire crews from several communities joined forces to rescue a dog that fell down a well in Kingston during Sunday’s snowstorm, officials said.
Sunday, January 07, 2024
Constant phone calls from desperate pet owners. Hallways full of temporary dog crates. Fewer adoptions.
Friday, January 05, 2024
SINGAPORE — Sunny prides herself on being a law-abiding Singaporean citizen, but for the last three years, she’s been hiding a feline fugitive called Mooncake.
Thursday, January 04, 2024
A state trooper and his K9 partner were uninjured when their cruiser was hit by a pickup truck while parked in the breakdown lane of the Everett Turnpike in Merrimack early Thursday.
Wednesday, January 03, 2024
On New Year’s Day, Joe Hollins celebrates his ancient buddy, Jonathan the tortoise, the world’s oldest living land animal. Jonathan is now 191 years old — or so.
Tuesday, January 02, 2024
ATLANTA — Zoo Atlanta received a rather large delivery on Christmas Eve: a southern white rhinoceros calf.
Saturday, December 30, 2023
U.S. animal shelters will start 2024 the most overcrowded they have been in years, according to a broad survey of animal rescue facilities, a symptom of persistent economic concern as the country's pandemic pet-adoption boom finally cools.
Monday, December 25, 2023
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A Chester woman is taking aim at a bill introduced this month she says would allow gray squirrels to be openly slaughtered — “even for target practice” — with zero protections.
Two fugitive sheep are back in their owner’s custody after a brief Christmas Eve escapade through South Boston.
Furry four-legged friends are a big part to many local residents' families, so it makes sense when many take extra caution this holiday season to ensure their pets are safe.
Friday, December 22, 2023
The Portland International Airport in Oregon understands holiday travel is stressful. So this season, it invited a few specialists to help passengers manage their cortisol levels. Over three visits this month, Beni and Prince doled out their brand of medicine.
LAS VEGAS — Clark County pet stores can no longer sell dogs, cats, rabbits or potbellied pigs after an ordinance went into place this week.
Saturday, December 16, 2023
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Fish and Game's conservation officers watch out for NH's wildlife and connect with its people
Friday, December 15, 2023
Biologists with the Loon Preservation Committee have released two common loons back into the wild after rescuing them from two iced-in bodies of water in New Hampshire earlier this month.
Thursday, December 14, 2023
Federal prosecutors in Montana charged two men with poaching federally protected bald and golden eagles in a black market scheme that involved selling their feathers and body parts to buyers around the country.
Friday, December 08, 2023
PULA, Croatia — A huge clam that was on the verge of extinction has made a comeback, with a surge in numbers in waters off Croatia, marine biologists say.
Tuesday, December 05, 2023
A possible cause for the mysterious illness sickening thousands of dogs nationwide has been found by researchers at the University of New Hampshire.
Friday, December 01, 2023
Brenda Johnson was confused at the notifications she started getting last month on a dormant Facebook page she created years ago.
Monday, November 27, 2023
At first, Madeline Wahl thought her new kitten was having a bad reaction to medication for ringworm. After each dose, he would shake his head and flail his legs.
Sunday, November 26, 2023
MINAMI-KYUSHU, Japan — A sea horse aquaculture farm in Kagoshima Prefecture is attracting tourists ahead of the Year of the Dragon because the Japanese word for sea horse is “tatsu no otoshigo,” which means “spawned baby dragon.”
This story was originally published in December 2018.
Friday, November 24, 2023
Stache took the title, but Pumpkin nearly scooped up the win.
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
Marie Heckemeyer had every reason to believe her dog was recovering. Six-year-old Thunder, the beloved Siberian husky she raised from a puppy, was back to digging holes, jumping around the house, playing and seeking back scratches.
Monday, November 20, 2023
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LOS ANGELES — Individuals who are skeptical of vaccines for themselves are also more likely to question the need or efficacy of getting shots for their four-legged companions, according to a recent study.
Sunday, November 19, 2023
Cases of a mysterious and fatal dog illness are being reported nationwide, as veterinarians scramble to find out what might be causing this condition.
Friday, November 17, 2023
State health officials are asking residents to avoid direct contact with stray or wild animals after two stray kittens in North Conway tested positive for rabies this week.
Thursday, November 16, 2023
A Maine lobsterman and viral social media star is calling this catch the coolest he’s ever seen.
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Saturday, January 13, 2024
When 64-year-old Richard Earl May Jr. entered a construction site in Half Moon Bay to rescue his neighbor's lost cat in January 2015, he triggered an alarm that summoned San Mateo County sheriff's deputies to the site with a K-9 unit.
Friday, January 12, 2024
Forget what you were taught in elementary school about the supposed ravenous meat-eating grizzly bear: New research has found that California’s extinct bear was actually more of a vegetarian.
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
This isn’t your typical Sip and Paint party with drinks and landscapes.
Tuesday, January 09, 2024
The Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association has ended its fight against a California aquarium that says people shouldn’t buy and eat lobster because of the risks the fishery poses on the endangered North Atlantic right whale.
South Korea’s parliament passed a bill to do away with the consumption of dog meat through a rare unanimous vote on the legislation that President Yoon Suk Yeol has pledged to enact as law.
Monday, January 08, 2024
Fire crews from several communities joined forces to rescue a dog that fell down a well in Kingston during Sunday’s snowstorm, officials said.
Sunday, January 07, 2024
Constant phone calls from desperate pet owners. Hallways full of temporary dog crates. Fewer adoptions.