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When human contact was in short supply last year droves of Americans turned to their local shelters and adopted pets. But your office is now making plans to bring its employees back together under one roof. Try explaining that to the new dog or cat that’s been spoiled rotten by your presence.

A camera on a school bus captured the moment a deer crashed through the windshield and landed on a student in the front seat.

Around the world, scientists and veterinarians are racing to protect animals from the coronavirus — often using the same playbook for minimizing disease spread among people.

An animal therapy program in California is using rescue horses to help at-risk children in Los Angeles overcome their trauma. The Huntington Beach, Calif.-based program, called Free Rein, uses formerly wild horses that might otherwise be destined for a slaughterhouse to connect with children struggling with violence, abuse and grief.

Dogs have been man’s best friend for thousands of years. And they have one of man’s most important jobs – serving our nation’s heroes. Rory Diamond is the CEO of K9s for Warriors, an organization that places service dogs with veterans suffering from PTSD or other trauma.

The region’s largest brood of cicadas will emerge this year

Sakae Kato has been taking care of abandoned cats in the nearly-deserted township of Fukushima that was ravaged by an earthquake and a nuclear disaster 10 years ago.

Environmental officials are investigating the death of a humpback whale what was found stranded along the Maryland coast

University of Florida veterinarians surgically removed a shoe swallowed twice by the same hungry crocodile, the school said.

It was an emotional reunion as 6-year-old German shepherd Sadie bounded into the lap of Brian Myers as he exited his rehab facility, weeks after helping save his life during a medical episode in the middle of the night

When the temperature drops, so do they. As South Florida dips into the 40s and 50s, the National Weather Service in Miami is warning residents about the potential for falling iguanas. “Well it’s that time again,” the agency tweeted. “It’s cold enough for us to forecast falling Iguanas here in South Florida.” Iguanas stunned by cold temperatures in South...

A beached dolphin calf who had been separated from his mother is now receiving around-the-clock care from a veterinary team.

A confused deer broke into a mattress store in Johnson City, Tenn.

A pigeon that Australia declared a biosecurity risk has received a reprieve after a U.S. bird organization declared its identifying leg band is fake

The 5-year-old male elephant died early Friday morning, days after the sudden death Tuesday of his younger brother

Not far from the Intrepid, a Humpback whale burst out of the Hudson River and delighted New Yorkers but experts say they’re worried for the whale because of boat traffic. Whale sightings in the Hudson aren’t common, but they do happen. They’re usually just following the fish, according to marine experts. The last time a whale swam through the...

Atlanta rapper Sterling “TrapKing” Davis took a break from touring to work at an animal shelter scooping kitty litter, which led him to quit his career and open his own cat rescue. The former rapper joins LX News to talk about breaking stereotypes around cat ownership, his cat raps, and a new dating app for cat lovers.

A dog was seen stranded on a frozen river in Fargo, N.D. Local authorities called to the scene braved the cold waters to rescue the dog.

The Department of Transportation issued a new rule Wednesday that when it comes to air travel, only dogs can be considered service animals.