Animals

Girl Scouts' first cookies for dogs will go on sale in January
Man’s best friend is getting some love from the Girl Scouts. Girl Scouts of the USA says its first cookies for dogs will go on sale in January. The blueberry muffin-flavored cookies were developed with Bark, a New York-based seller of dog treats and toys.
For these goats in Minnesota parks, invasive plants are on the menu
As you may have seen — and heard — in your neighborhood, goats have been hired by cities or private landowners across Minnesota for years now, to help control invasive species such as buckthorn. Research shows they can bring added benefits to the landscape.
Paul Yoon's novel 'Etna' is told from a dog's point of view, thanks to Oscar
Paul Yoon didn’t know it on the day he and his wife adopted Oscar, a yellow lab puppy, that his world would never be the same. His new novel, “Etna,” grew out of his love affair with his dog.
As county fairs wrap up, 4-H kids prepare to show their animals at the State Fair
Thousands of kids from across the state who did well in their county 4-H competitions are looking forward to bringing their award-winning animals to the Minnesota State Fair later this month.
New partnership helps people seeking addiction treatment find pet care
The Bond Between, a local animal rescue organization, and the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, an addiction treatment center, partnered up to help people seeking addiction treatment find pet care.
Naturalist Robert Macfarlane on the wonder — and warning — of birds
Birds are found on every continent on the planet. But their commonness betrays their miraculousness. In his beautiful new book, naturalist Robert Macfarlane, together with artist Jackie Morris, extols the wonder of birds, and laments their loss.
'It's Wyoming's toad': Inside a multi-state effort to save a humble species from extinction
A rare species of toad native to the high plains of Wyoming went basically extinct more than 30 years ago. Como Park Zoo is part of a group of zoos across the Midwest that are raising tadpoles and toads to help keep the species on the planet.