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Rare Birds Witness Lake's Transformation
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (643+ words) After years of restoration, Baiyangdian Lake in Anxin county, part of the Xiong'an New Area in Hebei province, has regained its historical beauty, with more than 139 square miles of interconnected lakes now teeming with life. In late spring the reed…...
Costa Mesa serves Priceless Pets walking papers, ending 8-year animal care alliance
16+ hour, 33+ min ago (913+ words) Priceless Pets " a nonprofit that's provided animal rescue, adoptions and care in Costa Mesa in a relationship dating back to 2018 " was handed its walking papers this week, after city officials voted to terminate its contract and seek services elsewhere. The…...
Did you know there's a reptile zoo in an Orange County strip mall?
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (96+ words) Los Angeles Times Did you know there's a reptile zoo in an Orange County strip mall? Rebecca Castillo is a content creator for the Los Angeles Times. Previously, she was a special projects lead for the Times' High School Insider…...
Mule deer become first animals to use California's first wildlife crossing
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (253+ words) Three mule deer have become the first animals to walk over California's first wildlife crossing, which is nearing completion in Siskiyou County, according to the UC Davis Road Ecology Center and the California Department of Transportation. The deer were captured…...
Contributor: Human wars are displacing and killing hidden nations of animals
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (878+ words) Upon returning home from his time as a volunteer ambulance driver in World War I, naturalist Henry Beston famously described wild animals as "other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendour…...
Endangered sheep dies after getting entangled in razor wire at the border, biologist says
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (970+ words) A Peninsular bighorn sheep appears to have died after getting tangled in razor wire installed earlier this year on the California-Mexico border, realizing the fears of wildlife advocates that the security barrier would harm the endangered animals. On Wednesday morning,…...
Two bald eagles seen taking it easy in L. A. County park
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (210+ words) A pair of nesting bald eagles has been spotted in Los Angeles County, according to a recent Instagram post from the L. A. County Department of Parks and Recreation. In the video posted Friday, the two eagles are perched on a high…...
Mountain lion sighting reported in Santa Monica; residents told to stay indoors
1+ week, 16+ hour ago (130+ words) A reported sighting of a mountain lion has shut down a few local roads in Santa Monica as authorities look for the dangerous cat and warn residents to stay indoors. The Santa Monica Police Department responded to the sighting near…...
Oxnard man smuggled baby crocodiles, among 1, 700 reptiles, gets 5 years
1+ week, 17+ hour ago (458+ words) An Oxnard man has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for smuggling at least 1, 700 reptiles worth more than $739, 000 into the U. S. over six years, the U. S. Department of Justice announced Friday. The animals, including baby crocodiles and Yucat'n box…...
The latest on our gray whales
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1048+ words) It's looking like another really bad year for gray whales. Thus far, 23 have stranded or died along the Washington coast " outpacing the strandings recorded during the historic 2019 die-off. The number has been more modest farther south. There have been 20 beachings…...