Experts: Leave dogs at home during hikes
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Despite the feel-good story of Velvet, the black labrador mix who helped keep three Mount Hood hikers warm and alive, some experts say taking dogs up the mountain for warmth and companionship is a foolhardy practice that could do more harm than good.
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Wildfires are flaring bigger and hotter in Alaska, the northern Rockies and the Sierra Nevada. Bighorn sheep, mountain goats and grizzly bears in Glacier National Park, along with deer and marsh rabbits in the Florida Keys, face a housing crisis.
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By OSKAR GARCIA A three-week search for the companion dog of an Oregon man battling depression has ended happily in Wyoming, more than 700 miles from where the dog went missing in Nebraska. Melody, a 12-year-old border collie mix, was found huddled under a pickup in Sheridan, Wyo.
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The risk of a volcanic explosion or related landslide on Mount St. Helens has prompted the mountain&#39;s managers to keep climbers off the 8,363-foot peak and close some hiking trails while scientists assess the danger.
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This year's harsh winter could lead coyotes to venture outside normal habitat areas, which could pose a threat to pets, animal specialists say.
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Watch an anthropologist as he works with both wild wolves and down-home pups to discover how dogs evolved to become man's best friend.
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Parents may find some help for their children's ADHD symptoms by going back to nature, new research suggests.
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Wild animals seem to have escaped the Indian Ocean tsunami, adding weight to notions they possess a "sixth sense" for disasters, experts said Thursday.
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Officials in a  rural valley in British Columbia hope that keeping out cell  phones will help attract residents and tourists who want to  escape to the quiet of nature.
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It had been thought that the patter of paws would go the way of casual Fridays and massages at your desk, but, the dogs, it seems, are here to stay.
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LAS VEGAS - People looking for a way to lose weight may want to trade in pills for a pooch. A first-of-its-kind experiment to put people and their pets on a diet and exercise program found that both lost weight
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More park stewards in the West are removing outhouses from trails and asking hikers to pack out their own waste.
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By John David SutterAfter decades of being hunted, poisoned and yanked from their homes by vacuum machines, black-tailed prairie dogs in Oklahoma and elsewhere could have new protection under the Endangered Species Act if a federal lawsuit is successful.
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Walking may not be enough alone to produce significant health benefits, research suggests.
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By Patrick O'Driscoll  Prairie dogs fight for home on the range as suburbs spread. Rodent relocators try to strike a humane    balance of city and wildlife.    BOULDER, Colo.
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Walking leashed dogs along woodland paths leads to a significant reduction in the number and diversity of birds in the area, a new study suggests.
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The Appalachian Trail gives hikers a nearly 2,200-mile trek through mountains, meadows and forests stretching from Georgia to Maine. But to scientists and land managers it's also a living laboratory that could provide warnings of looming environmental problems while there's still time to fix them.