Calgary Flames player Mikael Backlund backs Parachutes for Pets charity

Critters vs Humans vs Critters

Invasive zebra mussels surfacing in home aquariums via contaminated pet store moss balls

Critters vs Humans vs Critters

In a first, 9 apes and bonobos at San Diego Zoo become first non-humans to get the COVID-19 vaccine

Critter Love

Baarack the sheep burdened by too much wool saved by Australian animal sanctuary

Celebrity Critters

Lady Gaga’s two dogs recovered, dog walker in serious but not life-threatening condition

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“Miracle” puppy born with six legs wows veterinarians in Oklahoma

Calgary Flames player Mikael Backlund backs Parachutes for Pets charity

February 24, 2021

Calgary Flames forward Mikael Backlund is known for giving it his all on the ice, but off the ice he has nothing but heart,…

Charlottetown Police escort lost seal home in back of cruiser

February 23, 2021

Consider it a call for a suspicious seal. On Sunday morning, Charlottetown Police Services responded to “an unusual request for service” after a wayward…

Animals freezing to death in animal sanctuary after rare deep freeze in Texas

February 18, 2021

An unexpected frigid wave of cold temperatures in Texas has killed at least 21 people and in one animal sanctuary, the lack of power…

Snow Leopard celebrated for having 7 cubs now mourned after death to cancer

February 16, 2021

Himani, a 17-year-old snow leopard at the Cape May County Zoo in New Jersey, was more than a prolific breeding big cat. She had…

U.S. Coast Guard rescues skier attacked by bear in Alaska wilderness

February 8, 2021

A backcountry skier is lucky to be alive after being mauled by a bear in Alaska and airlifted to safety by the U.S. Coast…

FLOTUS and First Dogs, Major and Champ, promote mask use in new PSA

February 7, 2021

Pets have been a comfort during the pandemic and in a new public service announcement, First Lady Jill Biden — and official White House…

Baby news! Chick hatched to same-sex penguin parents at Indianapolis Zoo

January 9, 2021

Here’s more proof love has no boundaries. A same-sex penguin couple welcomed their first chick with open wings — and warm hearts — at…

Caught on Video: Cougar follows Utah man for more than 6 minutes

October 12, 2020

For six very long and frightening minutes, a jogger was followed by a cougar in Utah. And that jogger, Kyle Burgess, filmed the entire…

Pandemic Pooches: Helsinki Airport employs COVID-19 sniffing dogs

September 24, 2020

Move over dogs that detect drugs, bombs and all manner of contraband being smuggled through airports. Finland has brought in specially trained pandemic pooches…

Mountain lion baby boom in California stuns researchers

September 9, 2020

Biologists have counted 13 mountain lion kittens born this spring and summer to five different mothers in the Santa Monica Mountains and Simi Hills,…