1+ hour, 21+ min ago  (610+ words) There's no "Little House on the Prairie" without the family dog, Jack, who plays a major role in the Netflix series (now streaming). Jack, the fiercely loyal brindle bulldog from Laura Ingalls Wilder's classic book series, was portrayed by a…...

6+ hour, 43+ min ago  (884+ words) CiCi enjoys the attention of a Brownie Troop from Colts Neck, NJ. One of the many good qualities of therapy dog CiCi is she knows how to read the room. Whether in a hospital, school or nursing facility, the 3-year-old…...

7+ hour, 51+ min ago  (405+ words) Assistance dogs have been trained to help diabetics take control of their glucose levels. Within days of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012, Abby Hill began getting the calls. Families, first responders and Newtown residents flooded the Newtown dog…...

11+ hour, 41+ min ago  (540+ words) £60 million is being spent on Natural England’s Species Recovery Programme. MORE than 350 threatened species, including some only found in this country, will benefit from the largest ever investment in recovering England’s wildlife. The announcement by Natural England is part of…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (723+ words) The Trump administration finalized a rollback of the Endangered Species Act on Friday, paving the way for drilling, mining and other human development across protected wildlife habitats. The move redefines “harm” under the Endangered Species Act, the landmark conservation law…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (998+ words) It wouldn’t make much sense to prohibit people from shooting a threatened woodpecker while allowing its forest to be cut down, or to bar killing endangered salmon while allowing a dam to dry out their habitat. But that’s what the…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (454+ words) UPMC Washington marked the official launch of its therapy dog program for employees and patients with a celebration for Savior the therapy dog's first birthday. The event also introduced the Washington Greene Health Foundation — formerly the Washington Health System Foundation…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (541+ words) Jul 11, 2026 at 12:50 PM EDT Jul 11, 2026 at 12:52 PM EDT The Trump administration on Friday finalized a sweeping overhaul of how the Endangered Species Act (ESA) is enforced, narrowing a key definition of wildlife "harm" that has drawn condemnation from environmentalists who…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (352+ words) An international union of conservation groups and governments has determined gopher tortoises are more at risk of extinction than ever before. The U.S. government does not agree. The International Union for Conservation of Nature revised the animal’s status from “vulnerable” to…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (112+ words) Article by American Bird Conservancy “Habitat loss and degradation are the primary drivers of bird declines; it’s what’s led many species to be listed under the ESA in the first place,” said Michael J. Parr, President of American Bird Conservancy…...