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Animals

Up, up and away! Spider hatchlings need to disperse quickly, making use of silken strands, wind and electrostatic forces in a phenomenon known as ballooning.

Good Natured Column: It's Ballooning Season

When I sat down to write this week's column, the last thing I wanted ...

Pet of the Week: Smoothie

It’s a mystery, really...

Fox Valley Mall is hosting a Dinosaur Show this Saturday with 50% of ticket sales going to the Highland Park Shooting Response Fund.

Dinosaur Show at Fox Valley Mall Saturday Benefits Highland Park Shooting Victims and Survivors

This Saturday, August 6, Fox Valley Mall will host an educational dino...

100 beagles rescued from a breeding and research facility in Virginia are arriving in Kane County the second week in August and will need foster homes!

100 Rescue Beagles Need Foster Homes!

Anderson Humane will have 100 beagles available to foster the se...

Good Natured Column: Randy the Ratsnake

Are there any animals more misunderstood than snakes...

Kids with Donation

Grateful for Kane County Kids

These three children had a lemonade stand for the month of July during...

Kane County hopes to become the next site of the world's largest dog wedding.

World's Largest Dog Wedding to Raise Money for Animal Organizations

Register your canine for what hopes to be the world's largest dog wed...

The European Mantis

Good Natured: The European Mantis

“That's me in the cornerThat's me in the spot-lightLosing my religion…...

Blair Peters with Frisbee

There’s a New Dog in Town: Meet Frisbee

For a second time, the Kane County board room is doubling as a classr...

Pet of the Week: Snickers

He’s not what some might call a “normal” looking dog, whatever the de...

With assistance from wildlife biologists from the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, American kestrel chicks in the Kane County nest box program are weighed, measured and banded. Photo credit: John Heneghan

Good Natured: The American Kestrel- Part II

After last week's column on American kestrels, a few folks contacted m...

Pet of the Week: Tucker

His puppyhood with his forever family didn’t last a full year...

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