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Harpist elicits ‘happy sounds’ from gorillas, orangutans: Video

by Jeff Baenen The Associated Press September 26, 2014August 25, 2016

Terri Tacheny, a therapeutic harpist, thought if the instrument’s soothing sounds helped calm humans, it would work for primates too.

A Bangor woman goes to a Skowhegan shelter to help her grandfather find a dog, and finds Running Bear, lost for a month.

A pigcam offers a pig’s eye view as children use cookies, vegetables and all manner of treats to try to spur their animals to win the race.

by KIM COOK The Associated Press September 23, 2014September 24, 2014

Elderly dogs and cats get aches and pains just like humans do. Here are some products that can help.

by The Associated Press September 23, 2014September 23, 2014

A skunk recently got its head stuck in a beer can near a Miami (Ohio) University fraternity house. Then PETA heard about it.

Contestants in the steer-pulling contests take their hobby seriously. Amber Ferris, 15, of Peru is one of them.

The explosives-sniffing teams are sometimes called on to board vessels where the only way to get the dogs aboard is to hoist them up ropes.

by The Associated Press September 18, 2014September 18, 2014

The Jack Russell terrier named Gidget is thin but in good shape after somehow traveling 3,000 miles.

by The Associated Press September 18, 2014September 18, 2014

But thanks to lingering cold weather, bald eagles struggled a bit

by The Associated Press September 16, 2014September 16, 2014

The black-crowned night heron and great cormorant could be upgraded from threatened to endangered.