animals

A number of animals who arrive at wildlife rescues are brought in throughout the springtime. When should wild animals be left alone or given help?

After losing her own litter, a mother cat adopted three orphaned kittens.

On the Palouse, there’s a woman who’s been rehabilitating wild and domestic animals for decades, after tragedy in her own family.

(Runtime 0:56)In honor of Valentine’s Day, locals gathered at Ground Control, a taproom in Wenatchee, for a craft night benefiting the Wenatchee Valley…

In Skagit County, a nonprofit that houses a number of animals, including exotic ones, is in continued legal battles. A law firm that advocates for animal rights is claiming the organization may have violated the Endangered Species Act, by, as the law firm claims in its complaint, the illegal euthanization of wolves.

The Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium welcomed a new member into its marine family last month: a California sea lion pup. Already, Pepper is a spicy and playful pup, said Jen DeGroot, curator of marine mammals and birds at the zoo.

The Lolo Pass Visitors Center in the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests straddles the line between Idaho and Montana. It’s surrounded by mountains…

(Runtime 1:04)After years of investigation, Washington’s attorney general has charged the former leaders of a prominent Tri-Cities animal shelter with…

At Northwest Trek in Eatonville, Washington, there are about 300 northern leopard frogs, named for their spotted skin, swimming around in four tanks and getting ready for their new home. The frogs are part of a conservation project that Northwest Trek is partnering with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Oregon Zoo and Washington State University on. The goal is to restore this native species, which became endangered in the state in 1999.

(Runtime 1:03)An animal advocacy group alleges Washington State University broke federal law after several animals died under the university's…