Ducklings in distress saved from storm drain by Calgary police

May 24, 2019

Everything about this rescue mission is police-speak perfection. “On Sunday, May 19, 2019, Calgary Police were called to the community of Royal Oak for…

24 hours in California: Police, fire crews rescue trapped kitten, injured hawk

May 23, 2019

Sometimes they save cats up trees. Sometimes it’s kittens down sewers. On Tuesday morning, emergency crews in Cupertino, Calif. responded to a call for…

Wednesday Zen Moment: Japan’s pet cafes, meant to ease stress, could be stressing out animals

May 22, 2019

They love their cute critters in Japan so much that there’s a whole industry around pet cafes. Spending time with cute animals is a…

UK’s “unluckiest dog” finally finds a home after five years at Edinburgh shelter

May 21, 2019

Star was known was the “unluckiest dog” in the United Kingdom. For the past five years, the Staffordshire terrier has been biding his time…

Canada goose found “clinging” to her rotten eggs to be given orphaned goslings

May 21, 2019

The goose had already lost everything when Carolina Waterfowl Rescue got the call. The Indian Trail, N.C. wildlife group said the Canada goose was despondent…

World Bee Day reminds everyone to help protect the planet’s pollinators

May 20, 2019

The world’s abuzz about bees. Today is World Bee Day. And it’s a reminder that today, and every day, people need to do their…

Jockeyless horse Bodeexpress loses at Preakness but wins Twitter

May 20, 2019

War of Will took the second jewel of the Triple Crown Sunday but all eyes were on Bodeexpress, a jockeyless horse who lost his…

Stowaway kittens rescued from steel column after epic California road trip

May 17, 2019

It’s not clear how they got there, but five teeny kittens are lucky to be alive thanks to some compassionate construction workers. The week-old…

Good Samaritan stops to free baby moose caught in barbed wire fence

May 15, 2019

Chris Fisher was in the right place at the right time and just happened to be the right guy. The wildlife biologist was travelling…

Rewards for learning mask how smart animals really are, study finds

May 15, 2019

Using rewards to show how rodents and ferrets learn are actually masking the true knowledge that these animals have, researchers at Johns Hopkins University…