Animals

Instead of immediately moving away or keeping his distance, the cyclist looked to help the snake and ended up needing help himself.

The man tried to nudge it with his water bottle, but it didn’t move. He then reached out with his hand — a move he would very quickly regret.

A Missouri mom taking her son to baseball practice got quite a surprise this week when an unexpected passenger hitched a ride under her car’s hood.

  Missouri conservation officials warn of snakes hiding in cars.

A kangaroo was on the loose in Colorado. Irwin, the pet kangaroo, got out in Durango on Monday, prompting a call to police.

Last Tuesday, the shelter began offering the birds for adoption, but only a few hundred out of thousands have been picked up.

Adorable pooches posed before a glittery backdrop, gave kisses, and strutted their stuff in San Diego.

May 20 is National Rescue Dog Day. In honor of one of our favorite four-legged friends, here are five ways to honor rescue dogs in your community.

Researchers are deploying a new weapon to slow the spread of invasive spotted lanternflies.

Hunter Metzger ordered his dog Iris’ final meal from Texas Roadhouse. He was blown away by the restaurant’s response.

The orangutans were seized Wednesday night and the alleged courier for the seller was arrested at a gas station, police said.

A British-South African swimmer aims to become the first person to swim around Martha’s Vineyard, a popular tourist destination south of Cape Cod, to help change the perception of sharks.

An alligator that appeared in numerous TV shows and films over three decades, most notably the 1996 Adam Sandler comedy “Happy Gilmore,” has died at a gator farm in southern Colorado.

Police bodycam captures what officers found inside a Utah home packed with animals — and why two men now face hundreds of charges.

A 75-year-old man from Long Island, New York, has been arrested for animal cruelty after dozens of dead cats were pulled from his home last weekend.

Authorities are testing DNA samples to determine if any of the bears killed 89-year-old Robert Markel near his home early Monday.

Bodycam footage shows Tacoma officers pulling off an unusual rescue after a Bernese mountain dog got stuck on rocks at a seaside park on Saturday, April 19.

Dramatic video shows how authorities in Manatee County, Florida, wrangled and “expelled” an alligator from a high school campus.

Around 110,000 people die from snakebite every year, according to the World Health Organization. Making antivenom is expensive and difficult.

The Mystic Aquarium Animal Rescue Team in Connecticut says it has seen an “alarming” spike in the number of animals tangled up in fishing gear and garbage.