By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Four researchers navigated treacherous terrain and feared for their lives during a harrowing brush with suspected drug traffickers in one of the most dangerous, scientifically unexplored areas in the world, according to the lead scientist and an account published by a nonprofit conservation organization. But the highlight of the
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Ollie curated a guide to help you understand your dog’s nutritional needs at different stages of life, consulting with veterinary experts and using leading pet health resources.
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Both pretty and key pollinators, butterflies are welcome guests in your garden. These native plants compiled by American Home Shield can attract them.
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The entry fee is $20 at the door and $5 for designated drivers.
Continue ReadingWe may find fireworks beautiful and festive, but they explode like magnified gunfire in the exquisitely sensitive ears of many of our pets.
Continue ReadingCNN By Heather Chen, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The world’s smallest bear is finally having its moment in the sun – thanks to a viral video that sparked a conspiracy theory on Chinese social media. Public interest in sun bears, one of Asia’s most endangered and intriguing animals, has rocketed after video footage emerged
Continue ReadingBy Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — Editor’s note: Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. They’re long and skinny. They’re boomerang-headed and coated in toxic mucus. And they’ve been hiding in plain sight in the US for a long time. Invasive hammerhead flatworms have distinctive
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The Idaho Falls Zoo announced Thursday its Bactrian camel calf Humphrey had to be euthanized.
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Effective August 4, 2023, and continuing until Oct. 31, 2023, the Idaho Fish and Game Commission has ordered all size and number limits are suspended on Mackay Reservoir.
Continue ReadingThe oldest examples of swimming jellyfish, which lived in Earth’s oceans 505 million years ago, have been discovered high within the Canadian Rockies. Researchers found 182 fossils encased within the rock of the famed Burgess Shale fossil site.
Continue ReadingA zoo in eastern China has denied suggestions that some of its bears were people dressed in costume after videos of a Malayan sun bear standing on its hind legs – and looking uncannily human – went viral, fueling rumors and conspiracy theories on Chinese social media.
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“It is clear grizzly populations have rebounded,” Risch said.
Continue ReadingSharks have scared us a lot this summer, primarily for suspected attacks on humans. However, humans are a larger threat to sharks than sharks are to us.
Continue ReadingOur planet has been through countless changes since it first came to be 4.5 billion years ago.
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Rigby Police are warning residents of another sighting of a mountain lion in the city.
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A bat found in Ada County tested positive for rabies July 12, making it the first rabid bat reported in the state this year.
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Park rangers say it’s an incredible conservation success story of one of the United States most famous native animals.
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Stacker listed every dog breed officially recognized by the American Kennel Club since the start of the 21st century.
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — An unprecedented discovery made by archaeologists working in Brazil is shaking up what we know about the first inhabitants of the Americas. Three giant sloth bones found at Santa Elina rock shelter in central Brazil were likely perforated and polished by human hands in order to be used for
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Blackfoot Police found an unusual resident wandering around Blackfoot over the weekend.
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Snakes: They’re just like us — at least in one respect. Like humans, the slithery reptiles may rely on others of their kind to stay calm in times of stress, according to a new study published Thursday in the journal Frontiers in Ethology. The study authors focused their research on
Continue ReadingCanada has moved to ban the testing of cosmetics on animals, joining a number of other countries and American states to outlaw the practice.
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Idaho is home to trophy-sized fish, and here’s how to improve your odds of catching one.
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ellowstone Bear World is well know for its main attraction, but now there’s a pre-historic bonus.
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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 (Friends).
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 documented an active octopus nursery. It may be the third known example of a brooding site where huge numbers of the creatures cluster together. During a three-week expedition this month,
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — As a heat wave covers southern Arizona to the Florida coast, bringing triple-digit temperatures and extreme humidity to more than 55 million people—and their pets. Keeping cool in hot weather is challenging for humans. What about our pets? The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the
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Efforts to restore Yellowstone cutthroat trout in southeast Idaho are paying off.
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The Biden administration has proposed new rules for protecting imperiled plants and animals as officials move to reverse changes under former President Donald Trump that weakened application of the Endangered Species Act.
Continue ReadingWe’ve been following the story of a local training dog fighting cancer and tackling items on his bucket list.
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 coast of England. Named Vectipelta barretti, it is the first armored dinosaur, or ankylosaur, to have been found on the island in 142 years, according to a statement
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The zoo is open daily for the 2023 season, and June has some really emus-ing events planned for everyone at Idaho Falls Zoo.
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A male grizzly bear was mistaken for a black bear by a hunter, who reported the incident.
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 pulverized tough plant stems and leaves with its robust teeth and powerful jaws. It probably was too busy chewing to notice that the once-familiar world around it was transforming. But for the
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Idaho Department of Fish and Game offices receive calls every spring about fawns that appear abandoned, but that is rarely the case.
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 centimeters (5 inches), Zoey’s tongue is longer than a soda can, according to Guinness World Records. Her owners, Sadie and Drew Williams from Metairie, Louisiana, US, said
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 most dog bites against its employees, the USPS announced. The report calls attention to the aggressive dog behavior mail carriers often face as the USPS kicks off National Dog Bite Awareness
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Dog owners in the Idaho Falls community may soon have another place to take their furry friends to run free.
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Many 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 Shelter is experiencing such difficulties.
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It’s that time of year again when animals are out of hibernation.
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The Idaho Falls Animal Shelter is currently offering free dog adoptions and owner reclaims due to the extremely high number of dogs currently at the shelter.
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Magramo and CNN’s Beijing Bureau (CNN) — Giant panda Ya Ya has become an internet sensation again after Chinese state media showed images of her arriving at her new home in Beijing on Sunday, following an end to her quarantine since returning from the United States. On Weibo, China’s heavily restricted version of
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Stacker compiled a list of 25 animals that are illegal to own as pets in the U.S.
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Environmental groups have prevailed on appeal in a lawsuit seeking to limit killing of grizzly bears in a mountainous area of Wyoming.
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Friends will cover 50% of the adoption cost from the shelter.
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The Blackfoot Animal Shelter is currently in a struggle.
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Fossils of an unusual saber-toothed predator that lived during the worst mass extinction event on Earth are revealing how unstable things were for animals during “the Great Dying.” A series of supervolcanoes in Eurasia erupted 250 million years ago at the end of the Permian era, expelling greenhouse gases
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The key to keeping black bears wild is to secure all residential food sources
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On 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 year.”
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The world’s largest butterfly tree of life is helping researchers determine where the winged insects originated when they first appeared on Earth about 100 million years ago. During the age of the dinosaurs, some moths transitioned from flying at night to daytime, evolving to take advantage of the nectar
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 an electroencephalogram, or EEG, electrodes to his head before padding off to a dark, cozy room for an afternoon nap. During his snooze, the study team will analyze Woofus’ brain waves
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 gigantic marine reptile called a pliosaur swimming the seas 152 million years ago, according to a recent study. The findings from the Late Jurassic period, though fragmentary, suggest the pliosaur
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 operation lasting more than four hours. According to rescuers, the 33-kilogram (73-pound) pooch was “refusing to move” from Scafell Pike, located in the Lake District national park, northwestern England, on Saturday. The
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 by Guinness World Records in February, celebrated his 31st birthday on Thursday, according to a news release from Guinness. Bobi’s family planned a Saturday birthday party at his home
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 — the first of his breed to win the prestigious contest’s top prize. The PBGV, who earlier Tuesday won the hound group, charmed judges with his confidence and calm demeanor. “He’s
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The Idaho Falls Zoo is having a special for Mother’s Day weekend.
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 least, their humans’ lives. The dogs, among the most beautiful and well-behaved in the country, have trained for this day for months or years. They’ve come to compete
Continue ReadingBy Mindy Weisberger, CNN Translucent, fragile marine creatures that drift through the sea are riding the motion of the ocean to a destination that’s infamous as a home for trash: the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Ocean surface currents have shaped the enormous garbage pile for decades, funneling human-made debris into a region that extends for
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Be 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.
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License fees are half-price during the month of May.
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Pocatello Animal Services will be hosting a rabies clinic Saturday, May 6, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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 Zoo might pique your interest. The animal sanctuary in Lancashire, England, is seeking seagull deterrents to help with the “nuisance” of the birds stealing food from visitors and animals. How, exactly? Well,
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 concrete jungle of Hong Kong, where more than 7 million people mingle in a 430 square mile area home to more skyscrapers than New York city, lies one of the last holdouts
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 creation becomes a “three-dimensional history lesson” after it was unveiled in Norway’s capital Oslo. The life-sized bronze statue shows Freya the walrus curled up on her side close to the water’s
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 more than 70% of our planet and include mysterious regions like the “twilight zone,” where an extraordinary number of species thrive beyond the reach of sunlight — and
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The Snake River Animal Shelter (SRAS) is holding a special kind of party: its first ever kitten baby shower.
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Zoo Idaho in Pocatello is morning the loss of one of its long-time animals.
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 climate crisis. The ocean’s mesopelagic zone, also called the “twilight zone,” is located between 656 feet and 3,280 feet (200 meters to 1,000 meters) below the surface. The marine
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 increasing human use of land for agriculture and infrastructure, a new study has found. The Asian elephant, listed as endangered, is found across 13 countries in the continent but their forest and
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Despite 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 away in despair! There really are things everyone can do to help make the ocean cleaner and keep our environment healthier. Here are some easy (or mostly easy) life changes
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Bears are expected to be out more in force coming into the next few months for spring.
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Half-priced dog and puppy adoptions have been extended at the Pocatello Animal Shelter thanks to Friends of the Pocatello Animal Shelter (Friends).
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 execution until May 11, officials in Trento have said. Andrea Papi, 26, was attacked and killed last week while jogging in a public nature reserve in
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 muscles. It’s strong enough to lift a log, and sensitive enough to perform delicate tasks like picking up a single tortilla chip without breaking it. Now a team 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 they reveal a new species. Tim Rietbergen, an evolutionary biologist at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden, the Netherlands, identified the previously unknown bat species when he began collecting
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 chihuahua, who measures around the same length as a dollar bill, has been named the world’s shortest dog by Guinness World Records. Born in Florida on September 1 2020, Pearl is
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Wag! 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.
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A local animal shelter and car dealership team up to provide a home for our furry friends.
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 have been using some of these eggs as a nutritious source of food, and their shells as bowls, bottles and jewelry for most of our history on the
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 do it all. Now, researchers have discovered a species that can actually cartwheel. Found in some areas of Southeast Asia, including southern Thailand, peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo and the
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Starting April 8, Zoo Idaho will open its gates Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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 filmed by scientists during a probe into the abyss of the northern Pacific Ocean. Scientists from University of Western Australia and Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
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The cost to enter is a donation of $20 per person or $5 for designated drivers.
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Much of Wyoming is experiencing an increase in snowfall and extremely cold temperatures this winter.
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The Blackfoot Animal Shelter is cautioning people against breeding dogs after four cocker spaniel puppies were dropped off at the shelter from an overwhelmed Ririe-area breeding business.
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 performing at a Miami tourist attraction for decades. It was taken from the ocean in 1970. But after a long-running dispute over where Lolita belongs, officials from various parties announced
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The long harsh winter continues to sweep through East Idaho and has been especially difficult for big game animals.
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Currently, the Pocatello Animal Shelter has 26 dogs and 14 puppies available for adoption.
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 four newborn cheetahs, India’s Environment Minister announced Wednesday. The cubs were born to Siyaya and Freddie, two of the eight rehabilitated cheetahs brought from Namibia to India’s Kuno National Park
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Zoo 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 few inches long. It’s no wonder that lizards exposed to noise pollution from low-flying fighter jets have resorted to stress-eating. Colorado checkered whiptails (Aspidoscelis neotesselatus) — striped and patterned lizards that
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 body, this fungal disease causes ulcers and peeling so severe skin comes off in sheets. Joints in the leg begin to lock up, and, shortly after symptoms set in,
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 protection. Rare and colorful, the tarantula-like creature is a type of golden trapdoor spider belonging to the genus Euoplos, which since 2017 has been the subject of an extensive research
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN Bear lovers rejoice: The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish is hiring for “professional bear huggers.” The department posted an adorable job listing on Facebook on Monday, featuring precious snaps of conservation officers cuddling baby bears. Unfortunately, a love of bears is not the only qualification you’ll need to become
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It’s calving season and, so far, it has been challenging for cattle ranchers.
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Is your pet missing?
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Dozens 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 been unseated as the most popular dog breed in the US, according to the American Kennel Club’s 2022 registration statistics. In its place sits the cute and compact French
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 longer than a typical school bus — and the longest of any known dinosaur. The creature’s 49.5-foot-long (15.1-meter) neck would have allowed it to stand in one spot and
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