Animals

Vito the pug was named “best in show” at the 2024 National Dog Show, becoming the first of his breed to win the title at the annual Thanksgiving Day canine competition.

The annual competition features about 2,000 dogs of 205 different dog breeds all competing for the prestigious title of “Best in Show.”

A 3-month-old stray kitten found with severe burns likely caused by hiding in the engine of a vehicle is now being cared for by the Animal Rescue League of Boston. The kitten, now named Cynthia, was rescued in late October after a good Samaritan spotted her in a grocery store parking lot in Dorchester. She was severely injured, with burns,…

Authorities say four monkeys remain free nearly two weeks after a group of 43 escaped from a South Carolina compound that breeds them for medical research.

Earlier this month, police in Tacoma, Washington had their hands full with a non-compliant pig.

The N.H. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is scrambling to care for a “crippling” influx of rapidly reproducing mice

The cat’s remains were found in Yakutia, Russia, and were determined to be those of a 3-week-old cub.

A man is surrendering hundreds of pet mice, possibly more than 1,000, from his home in New Hampshire after he became overwhelmed by the ever-growing number in his possession, an animal rescue said Thursday. The New Hampshire SPCA is seeking help from the public to adopt or foster the pet mice, also known as fancy mice, or to donate to…

In case you can’t get enough of the pygmy hippo Moo Deng from Thailand, there’s now an official song featuring the internet’s favorite baby animal.

Peanut, a social media star pet squirrel seized and euthanized by authorities in New York, has tested negative for rabies.

After four days stuck alone on a cliff in West Oahu, a baby goat was carried down by hikers and brought to an animal sanctuary.

An additional 24 monkeys believed to be among 43 that escaped a South Carolina research facility last week have been recovered, and eyes are on a “sizable group” nearby, police said Sunday, NBC News reported.

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.

More than half of the 43 monkeys were recovered unharmed.

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.