Australian man charged after kidnapping platypus and wrapping it in a paper towel

April 7, 2023

An Australian man has been charged after allegedly stealing a platypus from the wild, taking it on a train and then showing it off…

Adopted dog holds new owner’s hand all the way home from South Carolina animal shelter

March 25, 2023

Abigail Arellano really knew she found the one on the drive home. She had just adopted Loki from the Oconee Humane Society in Seneca,…

Escaped zebra strolls and saunters down Seoul’s streets as onlookers stop

March 23, 2023

A zebra named Sero who escaped from a children’s park in Seoul , South Korea spent hours wandering the streets before getting captured and…

Five adorable orphaned fox kits rescued in Ohio now at wildlife sanctuary

March 21, 2023

It’s not clear what happened to their parents, but five itty-bitty orphaned fox kits are now in the care of a wildlife rehabilitation group…

12-year-old beagle arrives at animal shelter with toys, sweaters & framed portrait

March 19, 2023

Whatever the reason, it couldn’t have been easy for Abby’s family. The 12-year-old beagle recently arrived at a Virginia animal shelter with her bed,…

“Cocaine Cat” on mend and now on way to becoming Cincinnati Zoo “cat ambassador”

March 13, 2023

Like a sad sequel to Cocaine Bar, a drug-fuelled serval is making headlines for its wild, albeit brief, escape from police in Ohio. Amiry,…

Arizona family comes home to bobcat in their dog bed

March 9, 2023

It’s not your usual cat burglar. But an Arizona family came home to find one very comfortable bobcat curled up in their pooch’s dog…

Climate change forcing animals to increase their metabolic rates if they want to survive

March 6, 2023

New research, published in Nature Climate Change, suggests temperature is not the only environmental factor affecting the future energy needs of cold-blooded animals. How they…

Emergency feeding of elk as harsher than expected winter condition descends in Wyoming

February 21, 2023

Much of Wyoming is under a blanket of deeper-than-normal snow and experiencing severe, cold temperatures, causing elk to raid haystacks and livestock feedlines. Due…

“Finch-smuggling kingpin” sentenced to year in jail for trafficking songbirds into United States

February 12, 2023

A man considered by prosecutors one of “New York’s finch-smuggling kingpins” has been sentenced to prison for repeatedly, illegally bringing in songbirds from Guyana….