Animals

Two new areas off Vancouver Island have been designated by the federal government as protected for critical habitat for resident killer whales.

A two-year-old boy has minor injuries after an encounter with a cougar in a park in Mission, B.C.

With only a dog crate door and about 10 feet of beach between them and the wide open Salish Sea, seven seal pups were ready Tuesday morning to rock back to where they belong.

Meet Cosmo. She’s a blue-fronted Amazon parrot, and she, like many of us, can’t help but sing along when Mariah Carey’s "All I Want For Christmas Is You" tune comes on the radio.

Reader Chris Allnutt sent in these incredible shots of eagles perched in Mariner's Village, in Steveston. Eventually they took flight, but Allnutt caught it all on camera.

Squee! Adorable bunnies are going to be on hand at Vancouver's starting tonight for a few days' stay at this fun Meet & Treat "hop up."

A North Vancouver man who kicked his elderly dog in public and dragged it down the street by the leash when the dog had difficulty walking has been handed a suspended sentence by a judge and been banned from owning an animal for five years.

Fewer things brighten up a ferry ride to or from the Lower Mainland than when some friends in the ocean seem to take the trip with you. Such was the case this week when a man taking the ferry to Horseshoe Bay captured a pod of 200 dolphins swimming alongside the boat.

Dairy cows can be optimistic or pessimistic from a young age and their inherent outlook can predict their ability to cope with stress, new research from the University of British Columbia says.

A University of British Columbia researcher is sharing her experiences helping run a "jungle school" in Indonesia that rehabilitates orphaned orangutans back into the wild.