Animals

Activists are calling on the LA Zoo to release its elephants to sanctuaries after an elephant was euthanized in January, the second to die within a year.

from KCRW Features

You fall in love, move in, adopt a dog, and then? You break up. So who gets the dog? Dividing up the pets can be as contentious as a child custody battle.

from KCRW Features

You often can’t tell cats what to do, much less put leashes on them and take them on walks. But that’s just what LA Times writer Lila Seidman did, and continues to do.

Hiking with your cat? What to know before hitting the trails

You often can’t tell cats what to do, much less put leashes on them and take them on walks. But that’s just what LA Times writer Lila Seidman did, and continues to do.

from Greater LA

In sleepy Sierra Madre, an uptick in bears has spurred the city to declare the animal a “public safety threat.” But locals and officials aren’t sure how to handle the ursine explosion.

Hug vs. harm: Sierra Madreans split over how to handle black bear boom

In sleepy Sierra Madre, an uptick in bears has spurred the city to declare the animal a “public safety threat.” But locals and officials aren’t sure how to handle the ursine explosion.

from Greater LA

Authors Carl Safina and Jennifer Ackerman talk owls: from their extraordinary vision, hearing, and flight to the mystery and folklore that has surrounded them for centuries.

Owls: What they know and what humans believe

Authors Carl Safina and Jennifer Ackerman talk owls: from their extraordinary vision, hearing, and flight to the mystery and folklore that has surrounded them for centuries.

from Life Examined

Urban falconer Adam Baz has carved out an interesting career for himself and his four birds of prey in a city with a lot of pigeons and crows to chase.

LA falconry marries business and mouse heads

Urban falconer Adam Baz has carved out an interesting career for himself and his four birds of prey in a city with a lot of pigeons and crows to chase.

from Greater LA

UCLA scientists say the way ants build their nests might help humans improve traffic and transportation logistics.

Antsy about holiday travel? The tiny insects can help humans solve traffic issues

UCLA scientists say the way ants build their nests might help humans improve traffic and transportation logistics.

from Greater LA

Honeybees have long been the face of the “Save the Bees” campaign, but according to bee researchers at UC Irvine, they aren’t the only bees who need help.

Putting diapers on bees might be the key to saving them

Honeybees have long been the face of the “Save the Bees” campaign, but according to bee researchers at UC Irvine, they aren’t the only bees who need help.

from Greater LA

Zach Phillips, the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden’s “Bug Guy,” takes KCRW on a walk around the grounds to get some sights and sounds.

Take a walk with the ‘Bug Guy’ from Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

Zach Phillips, the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden’s “Bug Guy,” takes KCRW on a walk around the grounds to get some sights and sounds.

from Greater LA

As the Smithsonian National Zoo’s three panda ambassadors return to China, what does this spell for U.S.-China relations?

Is this the end of US-China ‘panda diplomacy?’

As the Smithsonian National Zoo’s three panda ambassadors return to China, what does this spell for U.S.-China relations?

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Hollywood Forever Cemetery is home to dozens of feral cats, peacocks, turtles, and fowl that provide visitors with an “antidote to death.” Where did they all come from?

LA’s historic Hollywood Forever is a ‘paradise zoo’ for wildlife

Hollywood Forever Cemetery is home to dozens of feral cats, peacocks, turtles, and fowl that provide visitors with an “antidote to death.” Where did they all come from?

from Greater LA

LA is in the height of spooky (and spider) season, so the Nature Nexus Institute is holding a “Spooky Critter Crawl” to highlight some of the city’s creepiest residents.

Spiders, snakes, bats, oh my! Go for a creepy hike in Baldwin Hills

LA is in the height of spooky (and spider) season, so the Nature Nexus Institute is holding a “Spooky Critter Crawl” to highlight some of the city’s creepiest residents.

from Greater LA

Neighborhoods historically cut off from government-backed home loans continue to suffer the consequences. That includes smaller and less diverse bird populations.

Redlining reduces bird biodiversity in LA neighborhoods

Neighborhoods historically cut off from government-backed home loans continue to suffer the consequences. That includes smaller and less diverse bird populations.

from Greater LA

Katmai National Park’s brown bears are packing on the pounds ahead of winter hibernation. The public will crown one of them as the fattest ursine resident.

Alaska’s Fat Bear Week: Will Otis prevail over Chunk?

Katmai National Park’s brown bears are packing on the pounds ahead of winter hibernation. The public will crown one of them as the fattest ursine resident.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

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Your stories are our stories: Help KCRW stay connected to your community

Inspire others to join you in making this important community resource possible

from Members

In Laguna Beach, a pet owner could be ticketed if their dog barks for 30 minutes straight or 60 minutes on-and-off within a 24-hour period. So how to keep a dog quiet?

How to stop your furry friend from being a bad neighbor

In Laguna Beach, a pet owner could be ticketed if their dog barks for 30 minutes straight or 60 minutes on-and-off within a 24-hour period. So how to keep a dog quiet?

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The extinction of large, Ice Age mammals coincided with the arrival of humans, according to researchers who studied bones from the La Brea Tar Pits and Lake Elsinore.

Human-ignited fires may have caused Ice Age extinction, scientists say

The extinction of large, Ice Age mammals coincided with the arrival of humans, according to researchers who studied bones from the La Brea Tar Pits and Lake Elsinore.

from Greater LA

Some 80 miles off California’s central coast, thousands of pearl octopuses have gathered near an extinct underwater volcano, an ideal place for mating and nesting.

Octopuses can take years to hatch. Some in CA have learned to ‘short-circuit the system’

Some 80 miles off California’s central coast, thousands of pearl octopuses have gathered near an extinct underwater volcano, an ideal place for mating and nesting.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Certain rules assure that people can live with emotional support animals, but they are different rules than protect service animals.

Emotional Support Animals

Certain rules assure that people can live with emotional support animals, but they are different rules than protect service animals.

from Second Opinion

Third-generation Alaskan Julia O'Malley reports on salmon fishermen trying to keep their head above water amid a lawsuit and starving orcas.

The scales of justice: Salmon fisheries in federal court, fighting to keep their lines in the water

Third-generation Alaskan Julia O'Malley reports on salmon fishermen trying to keep their head above water amid a lawsuit and starving orcas.

from Good Food