Animals and Wildlife

In a storyline better befitting a melodrama than a popularity vote, Grazer won her second Fat Bear Contest Tuesday by defeating the male behemoth that killed her cub this summer.

A 74-year-old Colorado man was injured in his home by a black bear after the animal and its three cubs opened a partially cracked sliding glass door, authorities said.

It turns out a viral video of Nibi the beaver building a dam helps explain why Massachusetts’ governor is letting her stay at Newhouse Wildlife Rescue.

The spotted lanternfly continues to pop up in Massachusetts.

More than a dozen tigers have died after contracting bird flu at a zoo in southern Vietnam.

Turns out, Nibi the beaver won’t have to learn how to live in the wild on its own after all.

Voting has started in the annual Fat Bear Week contest at Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve.

The story of Nibi the beaver, who’s been in the care of Newhouse Wildlife Rescue, has captivated many, and when Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey heard the animal was being ordered released into the wild, over protests that Nibi has no family or survival skills, she intervened....

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Jasper and his “Irish twin” sister, Ruby, are the first mandrills to be born at the zoo since 1995.

Even some universities have tried out herds of goats and sheep on campus property. Here’s why.

The Joro spider is in Boston, according to a researcher who tracks the species, and it’s “the most northern sighting yet.” See images of the arachnid here.

Comedian and actress Brittany Furlan Lee, wife of Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee, is sharing an urgent message to pet owners after a coyote attack at their Woodland Hills home nearly left her without her beloved dog.

Octopuses have often been thought to prowl the seafloor solo using camouflage. But a new study suggests that some have surprisingly rich social lives.

Scientists said Tuesday they had discovered a new species of ghost shark that lives exclusively in the waters off Australia and New Zealand.

The rhino population across the world has increased slightly but so have the killings, mostly in South Africa, as poaching fed by huge demand for rhino horns remains a top threat.

Pesto is one. Big. Penguin.

A father-son duo was hunting in the Wisconsin woods when they shot and wounded a black bear. Twenty minutes after being shot, the bear mauled the father, leaving his 12-year-old son to step in.

Only a month after the adorable baby hippo Moo Deng was unveiled on Facebook, her fame became unstoppable both domestically and internationally.

A 64-year-old woman was preparing to do her evening dishes at her home outside Bangkok when she felt a sharp pain in her thigh and looked down to see a huge python taking hold of her.

Wildlife officials say a river otter attacked and dragged a young child from the dock at a Seattle-area marina and into the water.