Animal Stories

The owner of a New Jersey pet store said that three rare, expensive birds that were stolen from the shop over the weekend have been returned, along with an apology note.

Federal prosecutors have brought another case against the so-called “Lizard King” of Florida, accusing him of scheming to export illegally harvested turtles to China and Japan.

Five zebras that escaped from a Maryland farm nearly a month ago are still on the loose.

Federal officials said the extinctions declaration was driven by a desire to clear a backlog of recommended status changes, and that it would free up resources for on-the-ground conservation efforts for species that still have a chance for recovery.

At wildfire base camps in California and beyond, therapy dogs and their handlers are providing firefighters with a much-needed distraction from the taxing work they face on the front lines.

A beehive that had grown to a few hundred thousand bees needed to be removed from under a roof in Boston.

Rome has been invaded by Gauls, Visigoths and vandals over the centuries, but the Eternal City is now grappling with a rampaging force of an entirely different sort: rubbish-seeking wild boars.

It’s not clear what will happen to Barney next — or what exactly he’s been doing since his escape from a local farm on July 20.

Egyptian scientists say the fossil of a four-legged prehistoric whale found in 2008 is that of a previously unknown species

The most notable catch in Saturday’s game between No. 22 Miami and Appalachian State didn’t even happen on the field

Zebras were spotted roaming around neighborhoods in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, in recent days.

A giraffe calf born Monday at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park was the perfect gift to the late actress and wildlife advocate, Betty White, on what would have been her 100th birthday.

Six days after a Seattle house collapsed in a landslide, firefighters rescued a dog that had been missing and presumed dead.