Animals

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.

People seeking treatment for substance abuse don’t have to give up their pets thanks to the work of volunteers in a Colorado-based organization.

National Dog Day is observed each year to celebrate the love, loyalty and companionship that dogs bring to our lives.

The Northern Bald Ibis, or the Waldrapp, once soared over North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and much of Europe. They were hunted essentially to extinction by the 17th century.

The National Animal Disease Center in Ames, Iowa, is the place where scientists are pushing to solve the bird flu outbreak currently spreading through U.S. animals — and develop ways to stop it

The cubs were born on Thursday, the zoo said in a statement. They were born only 11 days after ultrasound scans showed that Meng Meng, 11, was pregnant.

To process the loss of his partner, Magic, 8, was taken to Sphen’s body “so that he could understand his partner wouldn’t return,” Dilly said.

Todd and Anna Giorgi run the Special Needs Senior Dog Sanctuary in Stamford, Connecticut, which gives love and support to senior dogs in need.

Celebrity dog trainer Tom Davis says pit bulls can get a bad rap. Here’s what makes them Davis’ favorite breed.

Cat behaviorist and former host of hit TV show “My Cat from Hell” Jackson Galaxy opens up on how cats changed his life and urges others to consider adopting from a shelter. “Whoever you are, I can find you a cat,” Galaxy says. “There is someone out there for you.”

Hong Kong has welcomed the births of its first locally born giant pandas. The theme park where the twins were born said their mother is the world’s oldest first-time giant panda mother on record. Ying Ying gave birth to the male and female pandas at Ocean Park on Thursday just a day before she turned 19 years old. Ying Ying...

The 10th anniversary of Clear The Shelters is officially underway, and Kwani Lunis visited local adoption center MSPCA-Angell to learn more about how you can support the campaign....

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This is your sign to adopt, don’t shop: we had some furry friends from Animal Rescue League of Boston visit in-studio to bring light to Clear The Shelters, and you can adopt all of them!...

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Animal breeders say sales of pint-sized farm animals have grown since the COVID-19 pandemic, when more people started raising backyard chickens for fun and fresh eggs.

Dozens of dogs, cats and other animals living in poor conditions have been seized from a home in Connecticut.

A raccoon gave an especially mournful look before being rescued, with the help of olive oil, from a storm drain in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Thursday morning.

This 9-month-old stray kitten was just spared one of its nine lives. The cat was pulled out of a car’s engine compartment by a mechanic at Mavis Tires & Brakes in Dedham, Massachusetts, last week, the Animal Rescue League of Boston said Thursday. The cat was unharmed. Presumably in honor of the team that saved him, the kitten has...

“At the end of the day, her dog saved her life by barking to alert our officer and K-9 Kip,” the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources said.

A rare sea bird visited a South Boston beach this weekend and bird watchers from all over traveled to see it. As of Monday, the bird was still there. The brown booby, a bird common in the Caribbean but a rarity to see in the U.S. or Canada, was spotted perching on an old pier on a South Boston...