Pets and Animals

A foul-mouthed parrot named Pepper has found a forever home after grabbing attention on Facebook and attracting would-be adopters from across the country.

“She would not let me sleep,” Samantha Griffin said of her rescue dog, Luna.

In the video, the animal watches the newborn intently and eventually makes a kissing gesture toward the baby through the glass.

The 1-in-30-million orange lobster was caught off the coast of Canada and "accidentally delivered" to a Red Lobster in Pueblo, Colorado.

Georgetown firefighters rescued a cat and dog from a house fire.

A big pup is safe after being rescued from Saddle Mountain in Oregon with injured paws.

Austin Wildlife Rescue welcomed 76 birds from Houston following Hurricane Beryl.

A cat named Prince is being credited with saving the lives of sleeping occupants of a home that caught fire in Maryland, giving its life to save its owners.  

Bruno was dumped outside of a Virginia animal shelter in March 2023, along with his siblings.

Spade-toothed whales are the world’s rarest, with no live sightings ever recorded. No one knows how many there are, what they eat, or even where they live in the vast expanse of the southern Pacific Ocean.

The Pennsylvania SPCA says Max was adopted as a puppy 8 years ago, but “unforeseen circumstances" brought him back to the shelter last week.

A Pasco County animal rescue group stepped in to save 16 puppies allegedly found dumped at a gas station despite limits on intakes with canine influenza.

Officials are reporting a rapid surge in sightings of potentially dangerous algae at Red Bud Isle and Auditorium Shores over the last couple of weeks.

The death of a dog that swam in Lake Travis on July 4 is not connected to toxic algae, according to test results from LCRA.

A different kind of porch pirate prompted Round Rock animal control officers to respond to a resident's home Thursday.