Animals

A group of talented canine surfers caught waves with their human partners in Huntington Beach Friday.

The World’s Ugliest Dog will be determined on June 21 in Petaluma, California, as part of the annual Sonoma-Marin fair.

Tuna, a stream of water and a stretched out sheet: All tactics that neighbors and even firefighters tried to get a trapped cat out of a Harlem tree. But an effort Tuesday night may have been the one that saves the cat’s life. NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.

A Queens woman is facing multiple charges after police allegedly saw her attempting to sell puppies from what police described as a “sack” that was tied shut over the weekend. According to the NYPD, on Saturday, shortly before 7 p.m., officers Lukasse Pusz and Brian Chan, who were in the field training unit of the 101 Precinct saw a woman…

Jessica Cunnington reports.

The Marine Mammal Stranding Center crews responded to a call about a rare ocean mammal that washed ashore on a Jersey Shore beach Thursday, June 13, 2024.

Animal rescue crews responded to a call about a rare ocean mammal that washed ashore on a Jersey Shore beach Thursday.

Police in New Jersey had to shoot and kill a bear that charged at them after apparently trapping a mother and her daughter inside a nature preserve, according to the county sheriff’s office.

The horse facility nearly burned to the ground with possibly 60-90 horses inside.

Veterinarian Amy Attas has spent the last 32 years traversing the wild streets of New York City as a full-time house call doc — and, boy, does she have stories to tell. It’s all in her memoir, “Pets and the City.”

It a worst nightmare for some: Giant venomous flying spiders making their way up the East Coast, and they are expected to arrive in New York and New Jersey this summer.

It’s some people’s worse nightmare: Giant venomous spiders making their way up the East Coast that can fly (sort of) by releasing silk threads into the air. The Joro spider has a leg span of up to 4 inches, but experts say they don’t pose any real risk to humans and pets. How worried should you really be? NBC New...

An Oregon man who crashed his car over an embankment was found and rescued after his dog ran four miles to alert family members at a nearby campsite that something was wrong, officials said.

High school football players in Truckee, California had a surprise interruption when a black bear crossed the field during practice.

Who knew a trip to the eye doctor could be so adorable?

Penguin residents of the St. Louis Zoo visited the veterinary eye doctor at Animal Eye Associates.

A five-foot python was found under a sink inside an Upper West Side apartment, and now police are trying to figure out how it got there and to whom it may have belonged.

A five-foot python was found under a sink inside an Upper West Side apartment, and now police are trying to figure out how it got there and to whom it may have belonged.

Yes, they’re big, yellow and scary looking, but Joro spiders are mostly harmless.

Video recently posted by Saguaro National Park shows a bobcat swatting at a rattlesnake.