No audience, new venue, but Westminster dog show barks on

Animals

Published
June 10, 2021

No audience, new venue, but Westminster dog show barks on

The show kicks off with an agility competition Friday, followed by weekend events including the traditional breed judging that leads to the best in show title.
Published
April 4, 2021

For Oakland man, trapping beaver a lifelong avocation

Caleb Jones, 28, sets traps in large waterways all over Kennebec County, and helps remove beavers from people's property, where the rodents chew through trees.
Published
April 2, 2021

Westminster dog show will return to New York City in 2022

Because of coronavirus precautions, this year's competition will be held outdoors at a riverfront estate about 25 miles north of Manhattan in Tarrytown, N.Y., June 12-13.
Published
March 10, 2021

Warming oceans mean baby sharks are born smaller, struggle to survive

Warmer conditions seem to speed up the sharks' growing process, and that means they hatch earlier and are born exhausted.
Published
February 19, 2021

Amy Calder: Celebrating national pet day during the pandemic

The world would be a sadder and lonelier place without our pets, and celebrating National Love Your Pet Day on Saturday gives us a chance to honor and pamper them, Amy Calder writes.
Published
January 27, 2021

Shark populations dropped 71% since 1970, study says

Sometimes sharks are intentionally caught by fishing fleets, but more often they are reeled in incidentally as “ bycatch," in the course of fishing.
Published
January 15, 2021

Fake U.S. leg band gets pigeon a reprieve in Australia

Authorities concluded that 'Joe the Pigeon is highly likely to be Australian and does not present a biosecurity risk.'
Published
January 14, 2021

Australia to kill pigeon that crossed Pacific from Oregon

The racing pigeon disappeared from a race in Oregon on Oct. 29 and survived an extraordinary 8,000-mile Pacific Ocean crossing.
Published
December 31, 2020

Quick-thinking kayaker helps corral free-swimming goat

A Belfast goat balked at going to the vet, went on the lam and swam with the fishes.
Published
October 9, 2020

Maine’s piping plovers had another record nesting season

The state recorded 98 nesting pairs and 199 fledglings this summer despite greater foot traffic at beaches during the pandemic.