Animals

Pasadena Humane created dating app profiles for dogs needing homes

5:51am February 14, 2023

Adoption fees have been reduced to $14 if you swipe right on a large dog to celebrate Valentine's Day. But don't worry, you can go on a first date or make an adoption appointment before committing.

Peter Pan, a dog that is part of a USAID rescue crew in Turkey, scrambles over piles of debris, sniffing for the scent of any survivors stuck inside.

Sniffer dogs offer hope in waning rescue efforts in Turkey

1:05pm February 13, 2023

by Jason Beaubien

Days after the Feb. 6 earthquake in Turkey and Syria, hopes of finding people alive is waning. One U.S.-based team uses search-and-rescue dogs to try to find people still trapped days after the quake.

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A police squad in China claims it's trained squirrels to detect the smell of drugs

5:45am February 13, 2023

Police sources told local new outlets the squirrels' keen sense of smell makes them suited for the task. They haven't been deployed, but news of the rodent troop went viral on Chinese social media.

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A woman in El Paso is trying to unite migrants with the pets they had to leave behind

8:02am February 12, 2023

by Angela Kocherga

Some migrants who traveled thousands of miles to the U.S-Mexico border brought their dogs but had to give them up after crossing. A woman in El Paso is working to reunite animals and owners.

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Ever sing to your dog? One TikTok account shows just how universal it is

6:08pm February 10, 2023

One musician on Instagram and TikTok has made a name for himself off something many of us do in the privacy of our own homes — singing made up songs to our dogs.

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A new study finds that orca mothers still feed their adult sons. It's a bond that may come with costs, researchers say.

Killer whale moms are still supporting their adult sons — and it's costing them

5:05am February 09, 2023

by Ari Daniel

Orca moms spent precious resources feeding their fully grown adult male offspring. A new study finds that this may limit how many more young they produce.

Exterminator Nick Castro discovered 700 pounds of acorns hidden in the wall of a customer's home that had been stashed there by woodpeckers.

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Woodpeckers went nuts, stashing 700 pounds of acorns in the wall of a California home

2:59pm February 08, 2023

by Joe Hernandez

Exterminator Nick Castro found the massive stash of acorns after being called to a home with a worm problem. "Bird was a bit of a hoarder," he joked on social media.

This photo provided by the Dallas Zoo shows an emperor tamarin that lives at the zoo. Two of the monkeys were taken Jan. 30 from the zoo, the latest in a string of odd incidents at the attraction that are being investigated.

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A man jailed in the theft of monkeys from the Dallas zoo said he'd do it again

11:09am February 08, 2023

by The Associated Press

Court records say Davion Irvin told police that he jumped a zoo fence after dark, cut the metal mesh of a tamarin monkey enclosure and took the two emperor tamarin monkeys before escaping by train.

A king pigeon that was dyed completely pink was named Flamingo after the domestic bird was rescued. But despite efforts to rehabilitate the animal, Flamingo has died.

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A pigeon named Flamingo is dead after someone dyed it pink

10:16am February 08, 2023

by Bill Chappell

"We don't know why this bird was dyed pink, although many of our followers have speculated that it was for a gender reveal party," a Wild Bird Fund official told NPR.

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Pest control technician finds 700 pounds of acorns in the wall of California home

6:30am February 08, 2023

After getting a call about an insect problem, Nick Castro cut into a wall to find tens of thousands of acorns. Castro thinks woodpeckers spent years collecting, storing and snacking on the acorns.