animals

Swimming within 50 yards of Hawaii’s spinner dolphins in nearshore waters has been against federal law since 2021.

Tuscaloosa police tried to offer pizza crusts or peppermints to a runaway pony. The animal was eventual brought in on charges of resisting arrest and disorderly conduct

A runaway pony in Alabama was charged with resisting arrest after leading police on an hourslong low-speed chase.

The dog, Patch, somehow walked himself back to his home and waited at his neighbor’s front door.

A Queens family is outraged and demanding answers from the city after they said their dog was wrongly euthanized at a New York City animal shelter.

A Queens family is demanding action and justice for their dog, who was lost but quickly found by a good Samaritan, who took the pup to a Brooklyn shelter. But within hours, the shelter put the dog down, the family said. NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo reports.

The young zebra broke through the wooden deck surrounding his enclosure on Thursday.

After causing some bovine bedlam on Brooklyn streets, a cow that escaped a slaughterhouse will get to enjoy the green grasses of a New Jersey animal sanctuary.

The cow was finally corralled after dodging cars and those trying to capture it Tuesday afternoon. NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo reports.

Most people probably don’t think of Canarsie as cattle country. But a slaughterhouse escapee set off a full-scale urban round-up in the Brooklyn neighborhood Tuesday afternoon.

A man was scratched by a mountain lion while sitting in an in-ground hot tub with his wife at a rental home in Colorado on Saturday.

The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish is hiring conservation officers, or “professional bear huggers,” for a research project analyzing bear movements and population dynamics.

Police in New Jersey are looking for a man who was caught on a home security camera allegedly putting a dead cat in the mailbox of another home.

The monkey ran onto a nearby porch, attacking the neighbor and her friend.

A man’s arm was nearly bitten off when a zebra he owned attacked him Sunday.

An Arizona homeowner found an unexpected four-legged intruder inside their home on Monday after returning home from work.

An African serval cat is recovering after being found weeks ago wandering an Ohio neighborhood with cocaine in its system.

An exotic cat is recovering at the Cincinnati Zoo after testing positive for cocaine.

Just because we may enjoy cuddling with our pets (and it may actually be good for our sleep), it doesn’t mean all pets are meant to share the bed with us.

Students at George Washington University hired sheep to mow the grass at their community garden for some natural lawn care.