Animals & Pets

Hoping to fend off extinction, transportation officials and conservationists will build a mostly privately funded wildlife crossing over the 101 Freeway.

A handful of sites where the United States manufactured and tested some of the most lethal weapons known to humankind are now peaceful havens for wildlife. But some critics say the sites have not been scrubbed well enough of pollutants to make them safe for humans.

Resorts and other property owners turn to professional falconers to get rid of nuisance birds in an eco-friendly way.

The taut rope that was lowering an underwater listening station to the ocean’s floor collapsed on the tug boat’s deck with a slap, signaling to the crew on board that their mission was complete.

Ian Recchio runs the ‘Frog Shack” at the L.A. Zoo, where biologists are racing against time to breed and reintroduce endangered mountain yellow-legged frogs.

Deborah Sue Culwell of Coachella pleaded guilty to seven felony animal cruelty counts and seven misdemeanor animal abandonment charges.

The troubled Wildlife Waystation in the Angeles National Forest is shutting down, and is collaborating with state wildlife officials to relocate more than 470 exotic animals.

The Trump administration says the changes will reduce regulatory burdens, but critics say it will drive more creatures to extinction.

Unraced 3-year-old filly trained by Jim Cassidy euthanized after training breakdown; all four deaths at Del Mar this summer have come in morning workouts

The U.S. Department of Transportation issued new regulations on emotional support animals.

This is the first time a GPS-collared mountain lion has crossed the freeway near the Santa Monica Mountains during the course of a 17-year study.

Opponents have painted Democratic Rep. Josh Harder of Turlock as a Bay Area carpetbagger backed by San Francisco elites and tech moguls. The perfect project to combat that image is taking on the nutria, an invasive swamp rat that threatens to damage levees and eat through Central Valley wetlands.