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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’

Vermont State University confers doctorate in ‘litter-ature’ upon tabby for being keen hunter of mice and beloved figure on campus

Scientist discovers a cast of recurring characters using burrows in the aftermath of bushfire, after sifting through more than 700,000 images

Exclusive: Study shows Penguin Island population in freefall, sources say, amid pressure from tourism, boat traffic and warming seas

The behavior, documented in footage from researcher Chris Law, is most seen in females and sheds light on the threatened species

Raccoon runs through pitch during game between New York City FC and Philadelphia Union before being captured in trash can

Most Australians don’t know what to do with their dead pets, vapes and lightbulbs, a waste survey has found

A miniature poodle named Sage is America’s top canine after earning the title of best in show on Tuesday night at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show

Rolling report: America’s top canines vie for the coveted title of best in show at the Westminster dog show in New York. Follow along with Bryan Graham

State’s department of fish and wildlife says the brown pelicans are showing signs of malnutrition, but that the cause is still unclear

Huge effort to save the horses involved clearing a roadway into the thick woods and building a bridge utilizing logs and plywood

Porcine pals Patty and Betty were shot by butchers who said their GPS ‘screwed up’ when it pointed them to the wrong house

In a revolutionary approach, scientists are hoping that modifying the marsupial’s genes to resist cane toads’ toxin will save it from extinction

Loss of habitat and food sources driving fruit bats closer to urban centres, leading to bat deaths, power outages

Exclusive: great-niece of Walt Disney issues appeal to appalled voters on behalf of Progressive Change Campaign Committee

Shug the pinstriped pony, who hoofed it as her trailer stopped on a highway, was eventually found horsing around

Republican senator says Noem’s story of killing her 14-month-old hunting dog makes her unlikely to be Trump’s running mate

Clarence Yoder was reportedly injured by animal in return, before police arrested him for disorderly conduct and other charges

No dog person himself, apparently even Trump sees the bad optics in having a ‘puppy killer’ as a running mate

Family discovers ‘terrifying’ gigantic bee colony in wall of home with blood-like honey oozing down wall and $20,000 in damage

National Park Service will reintroduce bears to Washington’s North Cascades and won’t remove horses from North Dakota park

Virus has already killed other mammals including sea lions and seals, while also taking toll on farm animals

Six people have been killed and more than 200 injured in attacks by bears over the past year