Animals and Wildlife

More than 30 cats rescued from a house in City Heights in early May are now available for adoption during National Adopt a Shelter Cat Month, it was announced Thursday.

Matschie’s tree kangaroos are considered endangered, with fewer than 2,500 adults of their species in the wild.

Congratulations are in order for a new mother at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, where they celebrated the birth of an endangered kangaroo.

The cubs were the first to be born in India in more than seven decades after they were declared extinct in 1952 from hunting and habitat loss.

A 23-year-old man was flown by helicopter to a hospital on Sunday morning after he was bitten by an alligator in Port Charlotte, Fla.

A 350-pound bear was in a tree for hours on Sunday, watched by dozens of people, before it was tranquilized and dropped onto mattresses below.

Scientists set out to determine whether washing with different soaps could make a person more or less attractive to mosquitoes. The answer, they found, was not that simple.

Well-meaning “kitnappers” inadvertently separate young kittens from their mothers at ages they still need them most, according to the county.

Federal and state wildlife authorities are asking for the public’s help in catching whoever might be responsible for the deaths of four bald eagles in Arkansas’ Marion County earlier this year.

About 50 koi fish are missing from San Jose’s Japanese Friendship Garden, the city’s department of parks, recreation and neighborhood services said Wednesday.

An elephant known for being a peaceful presence to her peers at the San Diego Zoo has died at the age of 59, according to the zoo.

A black bear gave a West Virginia principal quite the wake-up call when it emerged — growling and roaring — from a dumpster outside an elementary school.

School surveillance video shows an elementary school principal in West Virginia coming eye-to-eye with a bear when unlocking the school dumpster one morning.

A mother was stung by bees more than 75 times as she protected her children when a swarm disrupted their family photo shoot in Arizona, fire officials said.

Three orphaned bear cubs, rehabilitated by the San Diego Humane Society’s Ramona Wildlife Center, are back in the wild Thursday.

Three bear cubs that were under the care of the San Diego Humane Society have been released to the wild.

Authorities are seeking public help today in a felony animal cruelty investigation after a dog was abandoned and ultimately euthanized in Escondido.

If you’ve ever wanted to be part of a wild animal’s life, a handful of organizations in San Diego County allow just that via sponsorship and symbolic adoption programs.

As an ambassador for rats, it’s never easy to win over the public. But Runa at the San Diego Zoo has been charged with teaching people the virtues of rats.

While you can’t take a koala or lion home, there are several programs in San Diego County that allow you to symbolically adopt or sponsor wildlife to help them thrive.