Animals

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.

The Prince George’s County Animals Services Facility and Adoption Center is temporarily suspending dog adoptions and viewings due to an “undetermined” illness. The disease is not spreading to other animals in the facility, but shelter staff are beginning protocols to identify the disease, stop its spread and treat the dogs it has contaminated while testing remains ongoing. “As we...

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.

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.

A Florida surfer says he’s thankful to be alive after being attacked by a shark not once, but twice now in his lifetime.

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.

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

Large numbers of birds are expected to fly over the D.C. area for their fall migration this week, and they are at risk from light pollution. But you can help by simply flipping some switches. Bird migration is expected to peak through Thursday, meaning tens of thousands of birds will travel through the skies above D.C., according to BirdCast,...

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

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.