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A viral video of a giant tortoise eating a bird was just as shocking to one of the researchers who discovered the behavior. “It’s moving with intent,” said Justin Gerlach. “It’s focused in on this chick and then it goes in for the kill … It’s something which they’re just not supposed to do.”

It might sound like one of Liberty Mutual’s “Limu Emu” ads, but police in Massachusetts really did have to wrangle one of the large, flightless birds this week. But the emu that wandered away from its home is back with its owners thanks to the Franklin Police Department, the agency said Monday.

An owl is expected to make a full recovery after it was hit by a car in Massachusetts, according to Franklin police. Officers responded to a call from a driver who said they hit an owl while traveling on Interstate 495. Photos of the scene show the owl in quite a predicament, as it appears to be stuck near the...

A video of an animal being stroked has the internet wondering if it’s a crow or a bunny.

Andrew Hardy was crossing the street on an electric scooter in downtown Los Angeles when a car struck him at 50 miles per hour and flung him 15 feet in the air before he smacked his head on the pavement and fell unconscious. The 26-year-old snapped two bones in each leg, broke a thighbone, shattered a kneecap, punctured a lung...

Animal control officers in Fall River, Massachusetts finally captured a goose with an arrow in its chest after the bird evaded officials for days. WJAR reports the goose was first spotted by a Fall River photographer, who saw the injured bird. The photographer reportedly called animal control, who told him they received their first report on the goose on March 21.

Maine officials say the effort to protect a rare bird species has met success with a record number of piping plover hatchlings.

A California-based electric scooter rental company that left scooters on public sidewalks without warning has left two Massachusetts cities.

Over 200 birds that were involved in a mass cockfighting operation in Northampton, Massachusetts were saved from euthanasia and found their forever homes.

A Boston-bound JetBlue flight had to make an emergency landing in Buffalo Thursday morning after a reported bird strike.

A Boston-bound JetBlue flight had to make an emergency landing in Buffalo Thursday morning after a reported bird strike.

As is the case with every award show, some stars were unexpectedly left out of the running for an Academy Award while others were surprisingly included.

With a red carpet dyed black by actresses dressed in a color-coordinated statement, the Golden Globes were transformed into an A-list expression of female empowerment in the post-Harvey Weinstein era. Oprah Winfrey led the charge. “For too long women have not been heard or believed if they dared to speak their truth to the power of those men,” said Winfrey,...