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Cats will come first at new Tree House building

May 9, 2019 at 7:26 p.m.

After 40 years in its present location, Tree House Humane Society, Chicago's pre-eminent cat shelter, will break ground on a new $7 million facility Tuesday. The 15,000 square-foot adoption center,...

Dog found in Grant Park ‘having a rough time’

May 9, 2019 at 7:26 p.m.

It sounds almost romantic — sleeping under the lilac bushes in Grant Park. But if those bushes are the last refuge for a starving dog, well, the picture isn't as...

One Tail at a Time plans adoption center

May 9, 2019 at 7:26 p.m.

After seven years and more than 1,000 rescued dogs, One Tail at a Time plans to open an adoption center in Chicago's Bucktown neighborhood on Aug. 1. The organization began...

Rescues have an urgent need for dog-free homes

May 9, 2019 at 7:26 p.m.

ALIVE Rescue has a chance to pull dogs from Chicago's Animal Care and Control facility, but there's a hitch: The dogs have to go to dogless foster homes. The canine...

The pros say that key to winning at minigolf is perfecting the speed of your shots: Get your golfball as close to the hole as possible on your first shot. That makes it easier to tap the ball into the hole in two shots.

Miniature golf: Expert advice on improving your score

July 24, 2019 at 3:48 a.m.

Those elaborate and wacky miniature golf courses, with windmills and giant clown heads and dinosaurs that you'd direct your shots at, are largely a thing of the past. But the...

Deep in the heart of Texas, a plan to save lost pets

May 9, 2019 at 7:26 p.m.

He'd rather be rescuing animals full time. Or acting. But Jay Pennington is a practical guy. "Programming data bases pay the bills for now," he says from his home in...

A documentary on the greater sage grouse will air on PBS' "Nature" program May 20.

Wildlife documentary explores rare bird’s fate

May 9, 2019 at 7:26 p.m.

The fate of the greater sage grouse will be decided this year — the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service must decide by September if the increasingly rare bird should be...

Love golden retrievers? Check out Brookfield Zoo's annual Golden Night event this Saturday, May 16.

Golden rescue event coming to Brookfield Zoo

May 9, 2019 at 7:26 p.m.

It will be a golden night at Brookfield Zoo Saturday. In fact, that's the name of the event, A Golden Night at Brookfield Zoo, and it serves as the largest...

A caterpillar munches on a milkweed leaf on its way to becoming a monarch butterfly. Pollinator-friendly gardeners need to accept that caterpillars will be devouring some of their plants in order to become mature, beautiful butterflies.

The buzz on garden pollinators

May 23, 2019 at 8:46 a.m.

All across the country, it seems, gardeners are taking up the cause of pollinators. Maybe it was the plight of the honeybee (colony collapse) or the dwindling numbers of monarch...

Good dog, or genius?

May 9, 2019 at 7:25 p.m.

Nat Geo Wild is broadcasting a three-part series Friday, Saturday and Sunday, "Is Your Dog a Genius?" People no longer have to take your word on how smart your dog...

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