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Shipping lanes off Calif tweaked to protect whales
Ship traffic off the California coast will be re-routed under new rules designed to protect slow-moving endangered whales from ship collisions.
SeaWorld files to go public with $100 million IPO
Looks like Shamu may soon be making a splash in the stock market. The company famous for water shows featuring killer whales, dolphins and other ...
Volunteers toughen up bobcat kitten who's too nice
A Northern California animal rescue group is trying to help an orphaned bobcat kitten with a problem: She's too nice. The friendly baby bobcat was ...
South Africa president prefers people over pets
South Africa's president says a dog should not be man's best friend. President Jacob Zuma made critical remarks about pet care that touch on sensitive ...
College student's turtle project takes dark twist
Clemson University student Nathan Weaver set out to determine how to help turtles cross the road. He ended up getting a glimpse into the dark souls ...
Pony back with circus after Christmas kidnap
A tiny pony is back at its Austrian circus home more than a week after apparently being kidnapped by a woman who wanted to give her sick daughter a ...
Marvel's Peter Parker in perilous predicament
After 50 years of spinning webs and catching a who's who of criminals, Peter Parker is out of the hero game. But Spider-Man is still slinging from ...
New turmoil hits Egypt's tourism
At Egypt's Pyramids, the desperation of vendors to sell can be a little frightening for some tourists. Young men descend on any car with foreigners ...
Hero dog missing snout seems to have beaten cancer
A veterinarian at the University of California, Davis, has some good news about a dog from the Philippines who became an international hero after ...
Calif. ban draws interest in using hounds to hunt
Gary Ramey and his adult daughter traveled 2,500 miles to hunt California bears with hounds last month, eager to take part in what he calls a ...
Chilean street dogs are protesters' best friends
They don't have demands, but they're loyal to the cause and are always on the front lines of the fight. They run with protesters, lap up shots from ...
Annual bird counts give scientists climate clues
Armed with flashlights, recordings of bird calls, a small notebook and a stash of candy bars, scientist Rich Kostecke embarked on an annual 24-hour ...
Asian toad stowaway gets new home in South Africa
They say cats have nine lives. Now a Chinese toad has joined that club of wily survivors. South Africans are marveling at the endurance of a toad that ...
Federal government lists 2 ice seals as threatened
Two types of ice seals joined polar bears Friday on the list of species threatened by the loss of sea ice, which scientists say reached record low ...
Australian boy's egg collection turns into snakes
A 3-year-old Australian boy was lucky to escape uninjured after a collection of eggs he found in his yard hatched into a slithering tangle of deadly ...
Chinese toad in candlestick comes to South Africa
It's a real life Mr. Toad's Wild Ride. Animal rescue officials in South Africa say they found a toad from China hidden inside a porcelain candlestick.
Katherine Heigl starts pet products line
Bedtime at Katherine Heigl's house can take a while. As a mom of two daughters and seven other kids of the four-legged variety, she likes to give each ...
South Africa: 633 rhinos poached this year
South Africa says at least 633 rhinoceros have been killed this year alone as a poaching epidemic continues to threaten the animals. South Africa's ...
Conservationists team up with ranchers, loggers
Two cowboys on horses pushed cattle across an expanse of golden hills overgrown with tall grasses and oak trees, up an unpaved road toward another ...
Lack of food stunts Chad children, damages minds
One morning, a little girl called Achta sat in the front row of this village's only school and struggled mightily with the assignment her teacher had ...
Circus claims vodka saves elephants in Siberia
Circus trainers claim two of their elephants were saved from the deadly Siberian cold by vodka. Emergency ministry spokesman Alexander Davydov said ...
Scientists seek to solve mystery of Piltdown Man
It was an archaeological hoax that fooled scientists for decades. A century on, researchers are determined to find out who was responsible for ...
Pet apps make clutter-free gifts for owners
Apps aren't just for people anymore. Here is a roundup of popular pet apps for mobile devices. The cost of apps ranges from free to a few dollars.
Holiday gifts for pets following high-tech trend
A holiday present for Fido or Fluffy used to be an extra table scrap or a new squeeze toy. But as with gifts for their human counterparts, pet ...
Coat-wearing monkey caught outside Toronto store
Shoppers at an Ikea store in Toronto weren't monkeying around when they reported a primate on the loose. Customers spotted a monkey — clad in a ...