Animals

A brave mother said she fatally shot one of the monkeys authorities have been looking for after they escaped an overturned truck in Mississippi.

A gorilla at the San Diego Zoo gave visitors quite a fright on Saturday when he ran at a glass barrier. 

Law enforcement officers were shocked to find an unlikely and very hairy customer inside an ice cream shop on August 17 in South Lake Tahoe, California.

A black bear in Vancouver, Canada, recently met its match when a tiny creature decided to defend its family.

A Florida woman is accused of attacking another driver after that person ran over a chicken crossing a road in Key West, Florida, on July 9, police said.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed two animal protection bills into law on Wednesday that increase the penalties and fines against people who harm animals.

U.S. Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan this week announced that the U.S. Navy is terminating all testing on cats and dogs.

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, President Donald Trump’s director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), announced the closure of the agency’s last remaining beagle experiment lab over the weekend after former NIH physician Dr. Anthony Fauci’s horrific beagle-testing scandal was exposed.

A severe algae bloom has left thousands of marine animals, including sea lions, dolphins, and whales sick or dead along the Southern California coast.

Animal rights nonprofit group PETA is praising the Trump administration for its work to end animal testing within the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), thanking them for “helping spare tens of thousands of animals each year.”

Scientists have reportedly genetically engineered dire wolves back into existence despite them being extinct for over 10,000 years.

A kayaker in Chile became a modern-day Jonah on Saturday when a humpback whale decided to approach him.

New York officials are taking precautions against the avian flu after seven cases were detected at live bird markets in New York City.

A California woman was overcome with joy when she realized her flock of sheep survived the devastating Palisades Fire.

A veterinarian with a huge heart took in numerous animals to save them from the fires ravaging the Los Angeles area.

Dolphins put on an incredible show off the coast of Dana Point in Southern California and video footage of the scene has people in awe.

A wide-eyed creature recently decided to give a family in Arlington, Virginia, a surprise Christmas visit.

Lawmakers celebrated meeting a beagle rescued from an inhumane testing lab, committing to help stop taxpayers from funding such experiments on animals and working with taxpayer watchdog White Coat Waste Project (WCW).

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) revealed that the former owner who had tied a dog to a pole ahead of Hurricane Milton, would be charged with “animal cruelty.”

A fisherman was accused of catching and illegally keeping 14 oversized striped bass off the New Hampshire coast at New Castle and Rye.

An escaped South Carolina cow is back with its owner following a “lengthy pursuit” by local police.

A rodeo bull jumped over an arena’s fence on Saturday in Oregon and plowed through spectators enjoying the 84th Sisters Rodeo.

A missing 45-year-old woman was found dead inside a 16-foot python in Indonesia on Saturday, and video footage shows the moment villagers realized what happened.

A bear is causing some concern for neighbors in Monrovia, California, due to its apparent sweet tooth.

NBCUniversal’s Peacock is proudly releasing a series to push the LGBTQIA2S+ agenda, featuring what they describe as gay and transgender animals, as the preview for the series concludes that “the idea of just having two fixed sexes is clearly out of style.”

A zoo in China was accused of disguising dogs to trick visitors into thinking they were pandas because the zoo did not have the real thing.

A passenger at Miami International Airport was caught with some slithering stowaways in his pants, according to TSA.

Numerous Florida residents in the Clermont and Groveland areas say they keep seeing monkeys roaming their neighborhoods.

Four zebras escaped a trailer in North Bend, Washington, on Sunday near I-90 and community members were shocked at the sight of them.

A crowd of golden retrievers gathered at Boston Common on Sunday and put smiles on many faces, but the meetup was for a very special reason.

A Massachusetts police K-9 has been awarded a heroic honor for tracking down a missing child and reuniting him/her with his/her family.

A homeowner in Venice, Florida, got the shock of her life when a scaly intruder broke into her house and made itself at home.

The largest producer of fresh eggs in the U.S. has temporarily halted production at a Texas plant after detecting bird flu in chickens.

A man has been banned from the popular Buc-ee’s store chains after taking his duck into one of the locations in Tennessee to greet shoppers and explore.

Customs agents in Thailand found a trove of endangered animals hidden in luggage on Wednesday at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport.

An Alaska Airlines flight attendant is being praised for helping rescue some rare creatures during a flight in August.