Animals

A sample of a new, high-tech wildlife habitat mapping project the Western Governors Association plans to unveil in Las Vegas on Dec. 12 is pictured in this photo taken on a computer at the Nevada Department of Wildlife in Reno. The Crucial Habitat Assessment Tool will pull together in one place maps for 16 western states in the hope of encouraging economic development while protecting the region's environmental treasures, from Puget Sound to the Rocky Mountains. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner).

Economy

Western governors show wildlife maps

December 12, 2013 5:00 am

An animal rights group is asking New York courts to recognize scientific evidence of emotional and cognitive abilities in chimpanzees and to grant the animals

Group seeks ‘personhood’ for 4 chimps in New York

Associated Press -

December 4, 2013 5:00 am

In this Nov. 29, 2013 photo provided by the Smithsonian National Zoo, a giant panda cub is measured as it is about to turn 100 days old, at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington. The National Zoo announced Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013 that it is naming its giant panda cub Bao Bao after receiving more than 123,000 votes from the public. The zoo asked the public to vote for one of five names. The others were Ling Hua, Long Yun, Mulan and Zhen Bao. The panda cub was born Aug. 23. She is only the second surviving panda cub born in Washington. (AP Photo/Smithsonian National Zoo, Abby Wood)

News

National Zoo names 100-day-old panda cub Bao Bao

Brett Zongker -

December 1, 2013 8:27 pm

Popcorn, the National Thanksgiving Turkey, from Badger, Minn., stands on the North Portico at the White House in Washington, before being pardoned by President Barack Obama, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013. This is the 66th anniversary of the National Thanksgiving Turkey presentation by the President. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Politics

Obama grants Popcorn coveted Thanksgiving pardon

Brian Hughes -

November 27, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this April 18, 2013, file photo, a golden eagle is seen flying over a wind turbine on Duke energy's top of the world wind farm in Converse County Wyo. For the first time, the Obama administration is taking action against wind farms for killing eagles. In a settlement announced Friday, Nov. 22, Duke Energy will pay $1 million for killing 14 golden eagles over the past three years at two Wyoming wind farms. The company says it pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. (AP Photo/Dina Cappiello, File)

Energy and Environment

Guilty plea in bird deaths at wind farms a first

Dina Cappiello -

November 23, 2013 8:16 am

Energy and Environment

PETA: Obama Thanksgiving turkeys are dead, pardoning is ‘pathetic’

Paul Bedard -

November 22, 2013 5:00 am

White House

Beg your pardon? Presidential turkey comes from NW Minnesota

Associated Press -

November 20, 2013 5:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Colorado exchange sends Obamacare letter to a dog

Joel Gehrke -

November 20, 2013 5:00 am

Farm bill takes aim at state animal welfare laws

MARY CLARE JALONICK -

November 19, 2013 4:45 pm

The Humane Society of the United States is pushing to bar spectators at animal fights. Frank Loftus/The HSUS

Washington Secrets

Woof! Now Michael Vick bets against animal fighting

Paul Bedard -

November 15, 2013 5:00 am

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