Animals

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.

Police and fire responded to an unusual call at a Bedford, New Hampshire, residence on Thursday morning — a moose had wandered into a swimming pool and gotten trapped under the cover.

On Sept. 21, Sophie Vershbow shared a post on X about how her friend sent $100 to a group of them to take her dog, Sweeper, out to a special lunch.

A man and his dog were stranded when their 36-foot sailboat started sinking off the coast of Florida.

“If it was the last thing I did before I died, I wanted to race a horse,” Nicole Teeny said after her epilepsy diagnosis.

A 64-year-old woman was preparing to do her evening dishes at her home outside Bangkok when she felt a sharp pain in her thigh and looked down to see a huge python taking hold of her.

A rescue team has been working to ensure the safety of a group of bottlenose dolphins that became stranded along Cape Cod’s shores. The International Fund for Animal Welfare says 14 of the marine mammals were stranded Monday afternoon at Linnell Landing in Brewster, Massachusetts — the largest mass stranding of bottlenose dolphins ever in the Northeast. Three of the…

Fans have flooded the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in eastern Thailand, where officials have warned they risk harming the celebrity hippopotamus.

The 3-year-old border collie has become something of an internet sensation in Brazil with hundreds of thousands of followers on Instagram and TikTok.