Animals

Official: Puerto Rico parrot births mark comeback

Danica Coto · August 26, 2014 11:26 pm

Pet-friendly dating sites match up people, pooches

Sue Manning · August 20, 2014 5:04 pm

Northern NY wildlife areas opened for 2 weeks

Northern NY wildlife areas opened for 2 weeks

Washington Examiner · August 16, 2014 12:01 pm

FILE - This Oct. 7, 2008 file photo shows a puppy rescued from a puppy mill, north of Montreal, Canada at the SPCA in Montreal. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved a regulation that will require all puppies imported to the United States to be at least 6 months old, healthy and up to date on vaccinations. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Paul Chiasson, File)

USDA: Puppy imports must be healthy, 6 months old

Sue Manning · August 15, 2014 11:53 pm

In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, Dan Evans, left, of the Sea Turtle Conservancy, examines the fit of a satellite tracking transmitter being affixed to the the shell of Pine Tyme, a subadult loggerhead sea turtle, Friday, Aug. 15, 2014, at the Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital in Marathon, Fla. Friday afternoon, Pine Tyme is to be released off the Keys to join the Tour de Turtles, a three-month-long "race" that features public online monitoring of the forward progress of 11 sea turtles. Turtle Hospital founder, Richie Moretti, is at right. (AP Photo/Florida Keys News Bureau, Andy Newman)

Energy and Environment

Tour de Turtles tracks migration paths

Washington Examiner · August 15, 2014 8:55 pm

FILE - In this March 7, 2011 file photo, trainers Joe Sanchez, left, Brian Faulkner and Kelly Aldrich, right, work with killer whales Trua, front, Kayla, center, and Nalani during the Believe show in Shamu Stadium at the SeaWorld Orlando theme park in Orlando, Fla. After more than a year of public criticism of its treatment of killer whales, SeaWorld said Friday, Aug. 15, 2015, that it will build new, larger environments at its theme parks and will fund additional research on the animals along with programs to protect ocean health and whales in the wild. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

SeaWorld plans bigger killer whale environments

Marley Jay · August 15, 2014 8:23 pm

New Jersey AG sues South Jersey puppy dealer

New Jersey AG sues South Jersey puppy dealer

Bryan Cohen · August 15, 2014 6:45 pm

Meerkat Manor leans against a tree trunk in an enclosure at the Pretoria Zoo, South Africa, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014. One of the most captivating sights of African wildlife is that of sharp-eyed meerkats standing side-by-side on their hindlegs, as though posing for a group photograph. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe )

Energy and Environment

New study explores sinister side of meerkats

Christopher Torchia · August 14, 2014 4:43 pm

Image of Asia: Returning turtles to the sea

The Associated Press · August 13, 2014 10:08 am

Triplet panda cubs rest in an incubator at the Chimelong Safari Park in Guangzhou in south China's Guangdong province Tuesday Aug. 12, 2014. China announced Tuesday the birth of extremely rare panda triplets in a further success for the country's artificial breeding program. The three cubs were born July 29 in the southern city of Guangzhou, but breeders delayed an announcement until they were sure all three would survive, the official China News Service said.(AP Photo) CHINA OUT

China announces birth of rare panda triplets

Washington Examiner · August 12, 2014 12:02 pm

Fla. AG obtains injunction against Jacksonville bulldog puppy mill

Fla. AG obtains injunction against Jacksonville bulldog puppy mill

Bryan Cohen · July 24, 2014 7:52 pm

A circus performer dressed in native American garb leaps on and off a running horse, during a free public show to protest Mexico City's ban on circus animals in Mexico City's main square, the Zocalo, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Mexico's "circus wars" are heating up, with a growing movement to ban circus animals, other than horses and dogs, meeting rising anger from circus workers. Circuses say threats of violence against them have been posted online. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Mexico’s circuses caught up in animal rights spat

Mark Stevenson · July 22, 2014 11:38 pm