Animals

Construction has begun in Agoura Hills on the world’s largest wildlife road crossing. How do you get animals to cross over the busy 101 freeway?

from KCRW Features

The World Health Organization is warning of the dangers of bird flu, should it jump from animals to humans. Last month, a second person in the U.S. contracted the disease.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The Monterey Bay Aquarium has been fostering abandoned sea otter pups for later release into the wild.

Saving orphaned sea otters: Aquariums in Long Beach and Monterey team up

The Monterey Bay Aquarium has been fostering abandoned sea otter pups for later release into the wild.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The southbound 101 freeway in Agoura Hills will be closed nightly for the next few weeks — as Caltrans continues building a massive wildlife bridge.

Animal highway in Agoura Hills: Construction means freeway closures

The southbound 101 freeway in Agoura Hills will be closed nightly for the next few weeks — as Caltrans continues building a massive wildlife bridge.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

LA’s animal shelters are so overcrowded that the City Council has paused issuing dog breeding licenses. The president of a local rescue explains what’s going on.

What's behind the massive influx of dogs at LA's shelters?

LA’s animal shelters are so overcrowded that the City Council has paused issuing dog breeding licenses. The president of a local rescue explains what’s going on.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

A total solar eclipse will trace a path from Texas to Maine on April 8. One zoo curator explains how her animals responded last time.

Pacing, chirping, mating: Animal behavior during a solar eclipse

A total solar eclipse will trace a path from Texas to Maine on April 8. One zoo curator explains how her animals responded last time.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Pine Mountain Club, about an hour north of LA, has suffered hundreds of break-ins and thousands of dollars of bear-related damage over the past decade.

All-out bear assault comes to this SoCal town every year

Pine Mountain Club, about an hour north of LA, has suffered hundreds of break-ins and thousands of dollars of bear-related damage over the past decade.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Tens of thousands of bird enthusiasts are watching Jackie and Shadow, a bald eagle pair, on a live camera. With three eggs laid, hatch time is imminent.

When will eagle eggs hatch? Big Bear residents wait on edge

Tens of thousands of bird enthusiasts are watching Jackie and Shadow, a bald eagle pair, on a live camera. With three eggs laid, hatch time is imminent.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Two recent fires in the Mojave Desert killed millions of Southern California’s Joshua trees. Camels are helping make sure the iconic yucca species survives.

Camels are helping ensure the Joshua tree’s survival

Two recent fires in the Mojave Desert killed millions of Southern California’s Joshua trees. Camels are helping make sure the iconic yucca species survives.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

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.

Elephant death sparks protests of LA Zoo exhibit

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.

Pet custody is a tricky topic for child-free millennials

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