Animals

Peanut, who has amassed more than half a million Instagram followers, was euthanized by officials to be tested for rabies.

The Infinite Monkey Theorem is “grossly misleading in the real world,” one of the Australian mathematicians behind a new study questioning the age-old maxim told NBC News.

A New York man who turned a rescued squirrel into a social media star called Peanut is pleading with state authorities to return his beloved pet after they seized it during a raid.

Birch Aquarium shared adorable video of the birds checking out their very own pumpkin house.

A Florida surfer says he’s thankful to be alive after being attacked by a shark not once, but twice now in his lifetime.

A bear was caught on camera moving a trash can outside this Alabama home.

Almost two dozen local foster dogs got their pictures taken professionally in the hope that it will help them find forever families.

A new study shows a Burmese python’s maximal gape is 10.2 inches. The measurements equate to a circumference of 32 inches.

Almost two dozen local foster dogs got their pictures taken professionally in the hope that it will help them find forever families.

The Burmese pythons have such large gapes because their lower jawbones are not fused at the front, and their skin is especially elastic.

The pilot was part of a volunteer mission to transport more than 100 animals out of areas impacted by Hurricane Milton.

Seven cownose stingrays were successfully relocated by animal care experts with The Florida Aquarium in coordination with the Tampa Bay Rays.

An elephant sanctuary in Thailand is asking for help after flash floods forced the evacuation of around 100 elephants.

When someone dumped a jaguar cub in Alpine in 2021, no one knew the legal battle that would follow or the scandal it would reveal. NBC 7’s Shandel Menezes explains the full story now that the case is solved.

Rescuers reveal tragic background of trafficked jaguar cub abandoned in Alpine.

A house owned by a veterinarian on Long Island was found to be filled with more than 200 birds and other animals in a hoarding situation that officials described as among the worst they have ever seen.

On Sept. 21, Sophie Vershbow shared a post on X about how her friend sent $100 to a group of them to take her dog, Sweeper, out to a special lunch.

A man and his dog were stranded when their 36-foot sailboat started sinking off the coast of Florida.

“If it was the last thing I did before I died, I wanted to race a horse,” Nicole Teeny said after her epilepsy diagnosis.

A 64-year-old woman was preparing to do her evening dishes at her home outside Bangkok when she felt a sharp pain in her thigh and looked down to see a huge python taking hold of her.