Animals

Through 22Mohawks’ Pups for Vets program, Millis WWII veteran and widower Edward Shropshire has a pet dog who gives him “somebody to love.”

Thanks to the Pups for Vets program and 22 Mohawks, Massachusetts WWII veteran Edward “Buddy” Shropshire has a friend to keep him from getting lonely: Puppy the Cavalier King Charles spaniel.

Congratulations are in order for one special hound!

Locals were urged to lock windows and doors and not to interact with the monkeys.

Police said they were using thermal imaging in an attempt to locate the primates.

Peanut, who has amassed more than half a million Instagram followers, was euthanized by officials to be tested for rabies.

The Infinite Monkey Theorem is “grossly misleading in the real world,” one of the Australian mathematicians behind a new study questioning the age-old maxim told NBC News.

A New York man who turned a rescued squirrel into a social media star called Peanut is pleading with state authorities to return his beloved pet after they seized it during a raid.

A bear was caught on camera moving a trash can outside this Alabama home.

A new study shows a Burmese python’s maximal gape is 10.2 inches. The measurements equate to a circumference of 32 inches.

The Burmese pythons have such large gapes because their lower jawbones are not fused at the front, and their skin is especially elastic.

This cow found himself in a little too deep on Monday morning. Charlie the cow decided to take a dip in his family’s above-ground swimming pool in Northfield, New Hampshire. Unfortunately, it was too cold, too deep, and Charlie found himself stuck. Thankfully, the Tilton Northfield Fire Department and family members teamed up to safely remove Charlie from the...

The pilot was part of a volunteer mission to transport more than 100 animals out of areas impacted by Hurricane Milton.

Seven cownose stingrays were successfully relocated by animal care experts with The Florida Aquarium in coordination with the Tampa Bay Rays.

A bill addressing the safety of pets at Massachusetts kennels was signed into law Thursday. Until now, the Bay State had no oversight for puppy day care and boarding facilities. The only requirement for anyone with more than four dogs was to obtain a kennel license. Gov. Maura Healey signed the legislation known as Ollie’s Law, which requires the...

A bill creating state oversight for puppy day care and boarding facilities has been signed into law.

An elephant sanctuary in Thailand is asking for help after flash floods forced the evacuation of around 100 elephants.

Rescuers reveal tragic background of trafficked jaguar cub abandoned in Alpine.

A house owned by a veterinarian on Long Island was found to be filled with more than 200 birds and other animals in a hoarding situation that officials described as among the worst they have ever seen.

A moose sauntered out of a pool in Bedford, New Hampshire, right giving a look to the police officers who helped get it out from under a tarp. Watch the end of the rescue here, in this video shared by Bedford police.