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PIXLEY, CA - MAY 20: Dairy cows feed at a farm west of Pixley, CA in Tulare County. Some town residents believe their health problems are owed to air pollutants from the nearby dairy facilities. The topography of the San Joaquin Valley contribute to the region's poor quality trapping dirty air from traffic on Interstate 5, State Route 99, locomotives and farming pollutants including open burning and emissions from dairy cows. Photographed in Pixley, CA on Saturday, May 20, 2023. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

Bird flu infections in dairy cows are more widespread than we thought, according to a new CDC study

A CDC study has found H5N1 bird flu antibodies in veterinarians who had no symptoms and no knowledge they had been working with infected livestock.

SACRAMENTO, CA - FEBRUARY 11: Senator Tom Umberg (D-Orange) answers questions during a press conference introducing bills to end puppy mills at the California State Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025 in Sacramento, CA. (Jungho Kim / For the Times)

California lawmakers propose banning sales from dog brokers in crackdown on puppy pipeline

Ontario, CA - July 27: Amazon warehouse is visible in distant from Bosch Dairy on Wednesday, July 27, 2022 in Ontario, CA. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

New H5N1 bird flu variant found in Nevada dairy worker as new data show changes in virus

Los Angeles, California-Feb. 6, 2025- U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists found 37 giant live beetles-valued at $1,480-inside the air cargo shipment that had arrived in California from Japan, authorities said this week. (US Customs and Border Protection)

Smuggled live beetles found stashed inside Japanese snacks at LAX, officials say

LONG BEACH, CALIF. -- WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2020: A child interacts with an endangered adult giant sea bass in the Blue Cavern in the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. The Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach has partnered with academic institutions and organizations to create a "report card" detailing the conservation story of roughly 30 marine species. The project is an effort to refocus conservation on individual species - which regular people can connect to - while critiquing a modern trend of taking a big-picture ecosystem approach. Many of the species in the report card can be found at the aquarium, which is also involved in helping conserve some of the ones that have declined, including white abalone and bull kelp. Photos taken at Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Long Beach aquarium spotlights ‘real animals, real birds, real fish’ with new report card

Scientists search for answers after gray whale washes ashore in L.A., bitten and underweight

Nearly 300 trout rescued from Palisades fire burn scar. Their watershed could take a decade to heal

Column: Chickens, cats, dogs, goldfish: From the front lines of the fires, stories of survival

Trio of mountain lion cubs rescued at Oakland Zoo after mother was likely struck, killed

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Climate & Environment

Another unwelcome consequence of climate change: An explosion of urban rats

Global warming is worsening droughts, making sea levels rise, and fueling deadly storms. Now scientists have a new problem to add to that list: Climate change is helping rat populations thrive in U.S. cities.

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