Pet of the Week: Meet Diego!
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Diego is a former stray who has been at the Pflugerville Animal Shelter for a couple of months. He loves other dogs and people and he's also cool with cats. He's hoping to find his forever home.

360 lbs of marijuana seized in New Braunfels with help from K-9: police

A traffic stop in New Braunfels led to the arrest of the driver and the seizure of 360 pounds of marijuana, all with the help of NBPD K-9 member Sophie.

Video: Large alligator wrangled by child on Florida highway

Video captured the moment a child helped wrangle a large alligator on a Jacksonville expressway on Monday. 

Polly the Duck to get new 3D-printed prosthetic bill

The Georgetown community is coming together to support a domestic duck with a big personality. Polly the duck was found at a pond in Leander with a partially missing bill.

Famous casino cats need new home after closure

The Tropicana casino and hotel in Vegas is being torn down to build a baseball stadium.

VIDEO: Deer smashes through bank window in Lockhart

A deer smashed through several windows at the First Lockhart National Bank and got stuck inside. It was all caught on camera.

'Mountain lion' turns out to be chonky cat, police admit

A large cat seen in a South San Francisco residential area, initially mistaken for a mountain lion, was confirmed by police to be an oversized domestic or feral feline.

Pets and the solar eclipse: What to know

While some abnormal animal behavior has been recorded during eclipses of the past, don’t expect anything unusual from your pets. But there are a few things you can do to make sure they’ll stay safe.

Texas person diagnosed with bird flu

The Texas Department of State Health Services confirmed the state’s first human case of avian influenza, or bird flu, on Monday. This comes after the virus was found in dairy cattle in the Texas panhandle last week.

Texas person is diagnosed with bird flu after being in contact with cows

A person in Texas has been diagnosed with bird flu, an infection tied to the recent discovery of the virus in dairy cows, health officials said Monday.

San Diego dog found in Metro Detroit

A dog from San Diego was found in Metro Detroit and reunited with their owners.

Firefighter adopts puppy rescued from house fire

A puppy that survived serious injuries in a house fire found a very special forever home. Now, he'll tour schools to teach the importance of fire safety.

‘Ozempig’ remains St. Paul Saints' mascot despite uproar that name is form of fat-shaming

For a Minnesota minor league baseball team known for a history of outlandish promotions, the idea of naming its longtime live pig mascot after the weight loss drug Ozempic made perfect sense.

Adopt Marcela from Austin Animal Center!
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Marcela is a sweet pup who has been at the shelter for far too long. She is a bundle of joy looking for her forever home, and she is available for adoption at Austin Animal Center.

Austin mobile vet clinic combats veterinarian shortage

One Austin-based veterinary clinic is taking an out-of-the-box approach to combating the nationwide veterinarian shortage.

Sneakers at Austin Animal Center
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Kimberly White Erlinger introduces us to a two-year-old boxer/bulldog mix who's great at making friends, including with kids.

First-of-its-kind bill could limit bulldog, pug breeding

The bill wouldn’t single out any specific breeds but aims to limit the intentional breeding of animals that have identical physical deformities that negatively impact their health.

Punxsutawney Phil and wife Phyliss are parents of 2 babies

Now we know what Punxsutawney Phil, the groundhog who predicts whether an early spring will arrive each Feb. 2, does on the other 364 days.