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Newly recovered DNA shows the predators share little genetic ancestry with domestic dogs and are descended from ancient animals from China

When Mike Hohnen moved into a new suburb he was looking for solitude. His tabby had other ideas

Encounters disrupted Fourth of July at South Padre Island, as two were taken to the hospital

Federal review sparks fresh warnings that biodiversity scheme is increasing risk of animals going extinct

Contest condemned by animal rights groups sees children and adults hunt cats, which threaten native wildlife

Most rats, like most people, try to distinguish themselves

Park staff say they have not been able to locate calf, who fulfilled Lakota prophecy and is named Wakan Gli

Volunteers work to herd Atlantic white-sided dolphins found Friday in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, into deeper water

Swimmer off Fernandina beach was rescued by Nassau county marine unit after distress call from boat on Friday

From its sprawling HQ in Tennessee, Mars is courting the next generation of high-spending pet owners

Xi Jinping suggested sending pandas to California as ‘envoys of friendship’ between China and the US

Great dane, named after the protagonist of the Home Alone film series, died after falling ill and undergoing unplanned surgery

Fishers take to shore three boatloads of hound dogs who had plunged in while chasing a deer during a fox hunt

Eight dogs vied for the title in the Sonoma-Marin Fair’s disagreeable-looking dog competition

California family lets Diesel ‘live his best life’ with his new herd after he got loose on a camping trip

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

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