Karin Brulliard

An American oystercatcher, which usually lives on shores, at an inland North Carolina reservoir during Hurricane Florence.

Colorado native one of several birdwatchers that flocked to Hurricane Florence

September 22, 2018 at 1:50 p.m.

As thousands of North Carolina residents were hunkering down or fleeing from Hurricane Florence on Thursday, 21-year-old Alec Hopping got into his car in Ithaca, New York, and headed toward...

In this picture taken on April 3, 2018 Yukine, an Akita puppy, plays at a dog breeding centre in Takasaki, Gunma prefecture.

Puppies’ cuteness peaks right when they need humans most, study finds

May 19, 2018 at 9:27 p.m.

It is not clear exactly when or precisely how, but at some point thousands of years ago, dogs became the world's first domesticated animal. When those descendants of wolves hitched...

Gillums credits Cross with transforming her life.

For military veterans suffering from PTSD, are service dogs good therapy?

March 27, 2018 at 9:46 p.m.

Adam Fuller credits a simple, one-word command - and a black Lab mix named J.D. - for helping to save his life.

Nigel, the world’s loneliest bird, dies next to the concrete decoy he loved in New Zealand

February 3, 2018 at 11:38 p.m.

Nigel, a handsome gannet bird who lived on a desolate island off the coast of New Zealand, died suddenly this week. Wherever his soul has landed, the singles scene surely...

Daniel Thornton takes his dog, Oliver, for a stroll through the lightly falling snow at Washington Park in Denver on Feb. 1, 2014.

People are leaving dogs to freeze to death in the bitter cold

January 4, 2018 at 10:51 p.m.

Police in Hartford, Connecticut charged a woman Thursday with animal cruelty in connection with a grim scene reported by a neighbor on New Year's Day: A dog chained to a...

You spot a raccoon on a lonely Nebraska back road, leap from your pickup truck and somehow manage to take a really crazy cellphone selfie of you and the raccoon, which you have wisely placed right next to your face. (Thinkstock image)

It’s winter. Watch out for falling raccoons.

January 1, 2018 at 10:30 p.m.

For Brad Gates and his team, the event was a typical workday. The wildlife control company he's run for three decades fields such a call - about a raccoon plummeting...

Charley is a golden retriever photographed at Union 206 Studio in Alexandria, Va., in September; he is enrolled in an ambitious, $32 million research project that researchers hope will yield insights into the causes of cancers and other diseases common to goldens, other breeds and maybe even humans.

These 3,000 golden retrievers could help all dogs live longer, healthier lives

December 14, 2017 at 2:54 p.m.

Dogs in the Golden Retriever Lifetime Study are participating in an ambitious research project that could yield insights into the causes of cancers and other diseases common to goldens, other...

Watch these grizzly bears try to break open a cooler. It’s their job.

November 30, 2017 at 10:52 p.m.

Along with five other grizzlies that live at the Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center just outside Yellowstone National Park, Coram spends his summer months beating and biting coolers, food canisters...

Yellowstone鈥檚 grizzly bear population rebounds, creating challenges, fears

November 27, 2017 at 8:15 a.m.

After being saved from the brink of extinction, grizzly bears are spreading far beyond Yellowstone National Park. Can people and the bears coexist?

Missing: Four cats in the Detroit area. Reward: $100,000

November 18, 2017 at 6:58 p.m.

Cygnus and Arcturus are two Detroit-area cats with some very big claims to fame. Arcturus, a spotted Savannah who measures 19.05 inches high, in the fall won the Guinness World...

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