Authorities shot and killed a cougar near a Deschutes River Woods home Sunday night, hours after two men fired several shots at the animal they said…
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BURNS, Ore. (KTVZ) —Two Hines residents have been sentenced for their involvement in killing at least seven elk while shooting into the fleeing…
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Kim Shoop’s Tuesday morning was a bit different from normal, but ended in heart-warming fashion.…
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The Oregon Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal Plant Health Inspection Service confirmed Tuesday the…
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Efforts to conserve the carbon stored in tropical forests would be enhanced by linking the work to the charismatic, threatened primates that live…
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The lighting and thunder that has been happening frequently in Central Oregon recently could make it hard to tell when its best to bring horses to…
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Songbirds learning from nearby birds that food supplies might be growing short respond by changing their physiology, as well as their behavior,…
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The evening grosbeak, a noisy and charismatic songbird, once arrived at Oregon State University in springtime flocks so vast, an OSU statistics…
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By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Wildlife advocates say there has been a distressing uptick in wolf poaching cases in…
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Oregon hunters are offering a $500 reward for information on a poacher who shot a deer and left it dead in a Reedsport boat launch parking lot at…
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Land managers have invested millions of dollars annually since the 1980s to place large pieces of wood back in streams,…
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Last week, Bend wildlife hospital and conservation center Think Wild received a call from the Bear Creek Solar Center, just a half mile away. While…
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Ten tiny northwestern pond turtles have arrived at the Oregon Zoo’s conservation lab. The zoo is “head-starting” the endangered reptiles,…
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Laboratory has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a…
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A baby North American river otter, estimated to be about 8 weeks old, was found in bad shape at a south Deschutes County golf course and is now…
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Researchers say the newest member of a group of endangered southern resident orcas is a female. The Center for Whale Research says…
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Summer came early last week for 23 northwestern pond turtles reared at the Oregon Zoo in Portland. With the help of volunteers, wildlife officials…
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge has given U.S. wildlife officials 18 months to decide if wolverines should…
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Snapping turtles, an invasive species in Oregon, are nesting this time of year and are more likely to be encountered on land, which is an opportunity…
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With more people moving into Deschutes County, some animal habitats are being…
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