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Jump into summer by adding a furry friend to your family and giving him or her a fur-ever home thanks to Friends of the Pocatello Animal Shelter…
Continue ReadingJump into summer by adding a furry friend to your family and giving him or her a fur-ever home thanks to Friends of the Pocatello Animal Shelter…
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — On a rocky outcrop almost 2 miles beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean off Costa Rica, researchers have…
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — As a heat wave covers southern Arizona to the Florida coast, bringing triple-digit temperatures and extreme humidity…
Continue ReadingEfforts to restore Yellowstone cutthroat trout in southeast Idaho are paying…
Continue ReadingThe Biden administration has proposed new rules for protecting imperiled plants and animals as officials move to reverse changes under former…
Continue ReadingWe’ve been following the story of a local training dog fighting cancer and tackling items on his bucket…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A new species of dinosaur with blade-like spikes for armor has been discovered on the Isle of Wight, off the south…
Continue ReadingThe zoo is open daily for the 2023 season, and June has some really emus-ing events planned for everyone at Idaho Falls…
Continue ReadingA male grizzly bear was mistaken for a black bear by a hunter, who reported the…
Continue ReadingBy Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — About 100 million years ago in what is now Utah, a 10-foot-long (3-meter-long) cousin of duck-billed dinosaurs…
Continue ReadingIdaho Department of Fish and Game offices receive calls every spring about fawns that appear abandoned, but that is rarely the…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A Labrador and German shepherd mix named Zoey has claimed the record for the longest tongue on a living dog. At 12.7…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — California and Texas ranked highest on the United States Postal Service’s annual list of states with the…
Continue ReadingDog owners in the Idaho Falls community may soon have another place to take their furry friends to run…
Continue ReadingMany of our local animal shelters are sharing that they are filled to the brim with dogs who need to find forever homes. The Idaho Falls Animal…
Continue ReadingIt’s that time of year again when animals are out of hibernation.…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Falls Animal Shelter is currently offering free dog adoptions and owner reclaims due to the extremely high number of dogs currently at the…
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Magramo and CNN’s Beijing Bureau (CNN) — Giant panda Ya Ya has become an internet sensation again after Chinese state media…
Continue ReadingStacker compiled a list of 25 animals that are illegal to own as pets in the…
Continue ReadingEnvironmental groups have prevailed on appeal in a lawsuit seeking to limit killing of grizzly bears in a mountainous area of Wyoming.…
Continue ReadingFriends will cover 50% of the adoption cost from the…
Continue ReadingThe Blackfoot Animal Shelter is currently in a…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Fossils of an unusual saber-toothed predator that lived during the worst mass extinction event on Earth are…
Continue ReadingThe key to keeping black bears wild is to secure all residential food…
Continue ReadingWorkers at the Idaho Falls Zoo arrived Friday morning to find a new…
Continue ReadingOn May 16, grizzly bear #399 was spotted in the north part of the park, for the first time this year, with one “cub of the…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The world’s largest butterfly tree of life is helping researchers determine where the winged insects…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — In a veterinary lab in North Carolina, Woofus, a 15-year-old basset hound mix, is allowing researchers to attach…
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — The chance discovery of large fossil specimens in a museum drawer have led researchers to conclude there was a…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A 13-strong rescue team has rescued an “injured and exhausted” dog from England’s highest mountain in an…
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN The world’s oldest dog is living it up in his 30s. Bobi, a Portuguese pooch who was declared the world’s oldest dog…
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN Buddy Holly, the petit basset griffon Vendéen, has been named best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show —…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Falls Zoo is having a special for Mother’s Day…
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN Thousands of dogs have descended upon New York City for what may be the most eventful week of their lives — or, at…
Continue ReadingBy Mindy Weisberger, CNN Translucent, fragile marine creatures that drift through the sea are riding the motion of the ocean to a destination…
Continue ReadingBe Kind To Animals Week is an annual week-long celebration held in the first full week of May and takes place from May 7 to 13 this year.…
Continue ReadingLicense fees are half-price during the month of…
Continue ReadingPocatello Animal Services will be hosting a rabies clinic Saturday, May 6, from 10 a.m. to 2…
Continue ReadingBy Yenny Sanchez, CNN If you’re looking for a job, love animals and don’t take yourself too seriously, an opportunity at the Blackpool…
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau, CNN One of the world’s most densely populated cities might seem an unlikely refuge for endangered wildlife. But behind the…
Continue ReadingBy Sophie Tanno, CNN The artist behind a sculpture of a walrus that was controversially euthanized over public safety concerns says she hopes her…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN In some ways, Earth’s oceans are as alien to us as distant moons in the solar system. The vast bodies of water cover…
Continue ReadingThe Snake River Animal Shelter (SRAS) is holding a special kind of party: its first ever kitten baby…
Continue ReadingZoo Idaho in Pocatello is morning the loss of one of its long-time…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN One of Earth’s largest habitats could see its rich diversity of life reduced by the end of the century due to the…
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan, CNN Elephants have lost almost two-thirds of their habitat across Asia, the result of hundreds of years of deforestation and…
Continue ReadingDespite a long off-season, the Idaho Falls Zoo at Tautphaus Park officially opened today.…
Continue ReadingBy Martha Shade, CNN It all seems so daunting: plastics in the ocean, dying coral reefs, entire species being wiped out — but don’t click…
Continue ReadingBears are expected to be out more in force coming into the next few months for…
Continue ReadingHalf-priced dog and puppy adoptions have been extended at the Pocatello Animal Shelter thanks to Friends of the Pocatello Animal Shelter…
Continue ReadingBy Barbie Nadeau and Toyin Owoseje CNN A female bear that was sentenced to death for the fatal mauling of jogger in Italy has been given a stay of…
Continue ReadingBy Kate Golembiewski, CNN An elephant’s trunk is a remarkable organ: a fusion of nose and upper lip, capable of movement via a dense network of…
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN Two 52 million-year-old bat skeletons discovered in an ancient lake bed in Wyoming are the oldest bat fossils ever found — and…
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN Pearl is no ordinary handbag dog. She’s so tiny, her owner can just slip her into her pocket. The two-year-old…
Continue ReadingWag! compiled a list of seven plants that are nontoxic and fun for cats to chew and play with, especially if they don’t react well to catnip. …
Continue ReadingA local animal shelter and car dealership team up to provide a home for our furry…
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN Eggs have been laid on land by birds, reptiles, dinosaurs and a few oddball mammals for more than 200 million years. And humans…
Continue ReadingBy Amy Woodyatt, CNN From flying through the air to turning their bodies into a lasso and climbing smooth surfaces, we thought we’d seen snakes…
Continue ReadingStarting April 8, Zoo Idaho will open its gates Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4…
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau, CNN Cruising at a depth of 8,336 meters (over 27,000 feet) just above the seabed, a young snailfish has become the deepest fish ever…
Continue ReadingThe cost to enter is a donation of $20 per person or $5 for designated…
Continue ReadingMuch of Wyoming is experiencing an increase in snowfall and extremely cold temperatures this winter.…
Continue ReadingThe Blackfoot Animal Shelter is cautioning people against breeding dogs after four cocker spaniel puppies were dropped off at the shelter from an…
Continue ReadingBy Jay Croft, CNN The killer whale known as Lolita appears one step closer to returning to its natural habitat of the Pacific Northwest, after…
Continue ReadingThe long harsh winter continues to sweep through East Idaho and has been especially difficult for big game…
Continue ReadingCurrently, the Pocatello Animal Shelter has 26 dogs and 14 puppies available for…
Continue ReadingBy Tara Subramaniam and Manveena Suri, CNN More than 70 years after cheetahs were declared officially extinct in India, the country is now home to…
Continue ReadingZoo Idaho will be delaying its opening day due to the weekend weather forecast.…
Continue ReadingBy Mindy Weisberger, CNN Living in a neighborhood with lots of noise can make you jittery, especially if you’re a lizard that’s just a…
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN Deadly spores lurk in the water and infect the skin of the creatures they touch. Spreading on contact and then invading the…
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN A new and large species of spider has been found living in Queensland, Australia, and researchers say it’s in need of…
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN Bear lovers rejoice: The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish is hiring for “professional bear huggers.” The…
Continue ReadingIt’s calving season and, so far, it has been challenging for cattle…
Continue ReadingIs your pet missing?…
Continue ReadingDozens of bison from a mountain park outside Denver have been transferred to several tribes from across the Great Plains.…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Asmelash, CNN Move over, Labrador Retrievers. There’s a new top dog in town. For the first time in 31 years, the Labrador Retriever has…
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN A plant-eating sauropod that lumbered around what’s now China some 162 million years ago had a neck that was about 10 feet…
Continue ReadingBy Heather Chen, CNN Three elderly king penguins have been fitted with custom-made eye lenses during surgery to remove cataracts in what is believed…
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart, CNN A man was hospitalized after a zebra attacked him and bit his arm in Ohio Sunday before a deputy shot and killed the animal,…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Department of Fish and Game with input from the Southeast Region Winter Feeding Advisory Committee (WFAC) has initiated winter-feeding…
Continue ReadingIdaho Department of Fish and Game will stock 950 rainbow trout in the 10 to 12-inch range at two family-friendly destinations March 27-31. …
Continue ReadingAdmissions will not be sold at the…
Continue ReadingHeather Chen, CNN Elephants may be known for their size and strength, but tourists who ride on their backs can still do great harm, as this photo…
Continue ReadingBy Mindy Weisberger, CNN Booty-shaking worker bees guide their fellow workers to pollen by a form of communication known as “waggle…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho department of Fish and Game has begun to harvesting elk near Sugar City due to disease concerns.…
Continue ReadingOn Tuesday, a Yellowstone National Park wildlife biologist on a radio telemetry flight observed the first grizzly bear of 2023 to emerge from…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Falls Animal Shelter typically only sees a handful of cases per year in their rescued pets, but this year they have already seen three…
Continue ReadingBy CNN’s Philip Wang and CNNE’s Abel Alvarado Thousands of sea lions have died in Peru amid an outbreak of bird flu, according to…
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Nicioli, CNN An insect found on the side of a Fayetteville, Arkansas, big-box store has been identified as the species Polystoechotes…
Continue ReadingDue to the potential spread of brucellosis, Fish and Game has begun removing elk from of group of around 30 that are consistently mixing with cattle…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Falls Zoo will reopen for the 2023 season on Wednesday, April 12 at 9:30…
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN Scientists are puzzling over a strange feeding technique that they think whales recently began using: The creatures swim to…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN When researchers found a hummingbird with shiny gold feathers on its throat in Peru’s Cordillera Azul National Park,…
Continue ReadingWag! compiled eight ways to make the most out of walking your dog, from focusing on terrain over distance to counting walks as…
Continue ReadingBy WCVB Staff Click here for updates on this story ASHLAND, Massachusetts (WCVB) — Spencer, a golden retriever known…
Continue ReadingRemmi and Baxter are just two of many dogs left abandoned by their owner in Idaho…
Continue ReadingBy Claudia Dominguez and Hafsa Khalil, CNN Twelve cheetahs have arrived in India as part of efforts to revive the species after decades of extinction…
Continue ReadingStacker compiled a list of 25 of the smallest mammals in the world using AnimalTraits as a reference. All mammals listed have a mass under 1…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN A giant carnivorous dinosaur likely rested or crouched down in Yorkshire 166 million years ago, deeply pressing its feet…
Continue ReadingAs cold temperatures stick around awhile, the Snake River Animal Shelter in Idaho Falls is helping keep your pets…
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