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Lokiceratops, named after Norse god Loki, is possibly fifth species of Ceratops and roamed Earth nearly 78m years ago

USDA report finds transmission likely happening when workers, cows, vehicles and equipment go to multiple farms

Caleb Adams tells NBC emotional tale of swimming through his own blood to get help for bites to his body, arm and hand

In more than one image from 1900s Japan, they look hungover

Kevin, a great dane from Iowa, is the same height as a three-year-old – but can’t stand up to his family’s vacuum cleaner

Agency principal deputy director wants more testing of farm workers who work in proximity to affected animals

Leif, a seven-year-old sitatunga antelope, choked on cap from squeeze fruit pouch that is not allowed at zoo

Bangalow Koalas and private landholders have planted more than 377,000 trees across the region

Black bear apparently opened the vehicle by lifting door handle with its mouth, after breaking into same car last year

The birth, not yet confirmed by park officials, holds special significance to tribe as ‘both a blessing and warning’

Cubs killed by cars earlier in the day before spooked Nakoda ran on to highway, where another vehicle struck her

Public consultation found widespread support to allow cats in the city’s Housing and Development Board flats, in which 80% of the population live

Queensland conservationists say the ‘world’s only bridge for a bird’ is a template for saving a species at risk of disappearing

Brandon Garrett was driving solo with his four dogs near where his family was camping, when he failed to navigate a turn

Woman, 45, sustains ‘significant trauma’ and has part of arm amputated, as two teens injured in second attack

Turtle’s long lives may be masking extent of loss of young and eggs, experts say, with estimates that one species has declined in population by 90% or more

At a workshop in southern California, students learn a practice long associated with grizzled hunters: ‘We feel we’re giving animals a second chance’

State racing minister says allegations relating to treatment of greyhounds at Wyee centre could ‘undermine public trust’ in the industry

NYC Bird Alliance dropped name of 19th-century conservationist and abolition opponent John James Audubon

Mammal was likely swimming between Queensland islands when it ‘just got unlucky and got snapped’ – spikes and all – in apparent world-first

National parks service says bison aren’t agressive ‘but will defend their space when threatened’ after 83-year-old was wounded

George Frandsen’s Poozeum in Arizona features nearly 10,000 coprolites – fossilized feces originating in Earth’s distant past

Photos of otter 841, who gave birth to a pup last year, show her floating over holiday weekend in popular Santa Cruz surfing spot

Bao Li and Qing Bao will be the first pandas to reside at the Smithsonian zoo in Washington DC since last fall

Emergency accommodation helps those fleeing violence – but few will accept animals

Three-year-old male bear was killed after swiping at boy’s face twice and ‘got him on the nose and the cheek’

Six people who ate a meal in South Dakota in 2022 with black bear meat diagnosed with trichinellosis, a parasitic zoonotic disease

Discovery of ‘echidnapus’ and two more species show the furry egg-layers predated marsupials

Staff raise concerns as Wyee rehoming centre abruptly closed after steep drop in gambling revenue for governing body

Romeo, who stands at 6ft 4.5in, unseated Tommy of Cheshire, Massachusetts, to claim the title

Humid climate makes Texas city attractive to the insects, but with rainfall and major flooding, residents are forced indoors

Animal spotted in Griffith Park, where ‘Brad Pitt of mountain lions’ P-22 lived, bringing excitement at possibility of a new cat in area

Tassal staff legally killed 53 of the native birds with permission from the Department of Natural Resources and Environment

The well-preserved huia bird feather was expected to fetch up to NZD$3,000 but ended up selling for more than NZD$46,000

Species, with only a few dozen seen by humans since first discovered, usually lives in darkness up to 3,300ft below sea level

Bird Key, a nesting sanctuary bought for a song in mid-1980s, is for sale for $31.5m as ‘a golden opportunity for a developer’