Pets and Animals

Dozens of hippos who descended from the ones brought to Colombia by onetime drug kingpin Pablo Escobar will be killed as the South American nation looks to control its population.

One of the Antarctic’s most well-known and beloved animals is at the brink of extinction, and environmentalists are calling it a "stark warning" of the threat of climate change.

The Austin Humane Society says Chico, a puppy that was stolen from its care on April 7, has been returned to the shelter.

Austin’s iconic great horned owl welcomed new owlets at Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.

The Austin Wildlife Rescue is off to a busy start to the spring with an influx of fury and feathered friends.

Neighbors in Killarney, Ireland got a rude awakening when a dog started honking a car horn while waiting for its owner to come back.

Have you seen her? A woman is being accused of stealing a four-month-old puppy from the Austin Humane Society.

A Central Texas cat is finally back home after five years on the run. She is a little older, and perhaps has spent a few of her nine lives.

An autonomous vehicle company is investigating after a local says he watched one of its self-driving cars run over and kill a duck in the Mueller neighborhood.

Austin Wildlife Rescue welcomed a different kind of Easter chick on Sunday, a baby vulture!

Two eagle eggs in Jackie and Shadow’s nest have hatched.

Sugar, a beloved surfing dog from California and the first canine inducted into the Surfer’s Hall of Fame, has died at age 16 after battling cancer.