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An elderly South Carolina woman was killed by an alligator on Monday, according to the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office. This is the second fatal attack to have occurred in the state this year. 

Ontario Premier Doug Ford was buzzing with laughter after he accidentally swallowed a bee during a press conference.

Scientists from China and Singapore recently announced the detection of a novel animal-derived virus known as Langya henipavirus (LayV) in at least 35 humans across China’s eastern provinces of Henan and Shandong, China’s state-run Global Times reported on Tuesday, noting that the zoonotic virus is often found in shrews.

A cockatiel bird was reunited with his family after going missing for four days and being located 40 miles east across state lines.

A 100-pound sailfish jumped out of the water and stabbed a Maryland woman who was fishing with friends off the coast of Florida.

A K-9 officer is recovering and “all smiles” after suffering three gunshot wounds during a police pursuit near the Jacksonville Zoo on Friday.

A small fluffy dog that went missing for over a month after running away from the scene of a car accident has been reunited with its owner.

Taking care of man’s best friend under the Biden administration is yet another task made more complicated by inflation.

Shocking footage captured the moment a Washington State toddler ran towards a black bear in her backyard before her worried mother corraled the child and brought her into the house.

A six-year-old dog named “Baby Girl” has been found her forever home after her previous owner tied her to a fire hydrant in Green Bay with all of her belongings in a bag as she could no longer care for the pooch due to her own medical complications, the Wisconsin Human Society (WHS) announced.

A Massachusetts dog that was ‘stolen’ 11-years-ago was found running around on the loose Wednesday and was reunited with its original owner. 

Wild video caught the moment an Arizona mountain lion was startled after walking past automatic sliding doors at a luxury resort on Monday.

A three-legged hero dog battling cancer rescued a struggling week-old otter adrift in a frigid Minnesota river without its mother.

The fox that menaced Capitol Hill earlier this week, biting a Congressman and at least eight other people, has tested positive for rabies.

A five-year-old New Hampshire boy alerted his parents to a fire on their property, allowing the family to evacuate and save their animals.

An Italian national who runs an animal refuge in Ukraine vowed to stay by his pets’ sides on Sunday, telling Argentina’s Clarin newspaper he would rather “die” in Ukraine amid its ongoing military invasion by Russia than leave the shelter.

The city of Ottawa threatened in a statement Thursday to place the pets of Freedom Convoy protestors into “protective care” or possibly take them away permanently if their owners are arrested.

A dog named Bullet helped save the lives of a clerk and a store manager in Philadelphia on Tuesday by engaging two armed suspects, the manager said.

Kenya Airways says it plans to stop transporting monkeys on behalf of a Mauritius-based primate farm after a recent such shipment suffered an escape of four cynomolgus macaques while in transit in Pennsylvania to a U.S.-based laboratory that uses the

Shocking video shows the moment a Florida man fought off a black bear on his porch, saving his dachshunds.

A trailer transporting around 100 monkeys crashed in Pennsylvania on Friday which set four monkeys loose — one of which is still at large.

A wild sea lion with a reputation for showing up in “odd places” was found wandering a San Diego highway on Friday before a SeaWorld rescue crew corralled the animal.

Footage captured the moment a bull elk used its antler to ring the doorbell of an Estes Park home in Colorado.

Red crabs are causing traffic issues on Christmas Island in Australia as an estimated 50 million of the crustaceans are making their customary fall migration from the island’s inland to the coast.

A four-eared, four-month-old kitten named Midas, who is best of friends with two golden retrievers, is making waves on social media.

A Peruvian family adopted what it thought was a pet dog, but after it began attacking neighbors’ chickens, the family learned it was a fox.

A wild video shows a U.S. Army veteran captured an alligator in a trash barrel outside a Florida residence. 

Moscow approved the “world’s first” coronavirus vaccine for pets, Russia’s federal veterinary service said Wednesday.

Police are searching for a man accused of sexually abusing two horses Tuesday morning in New Orleans, Louisiana.

PARIS (AP) — Armed with knives, some knowledge of their prey and a large dose of cruelty, attackers are going after horses and ponies in pastures across France in what may be ritual mutilations.

Around 200 caprine invaders descended on an east San Jose neighborhood Tuesday evening after escaping their enclosure.

A 16-year-old toy poodle, snatched from the deck of her home by a hunting hawk, was found alive the next day.

An unlikely pair of rescue animals have become the closest of friends, as one pigeon that cannot fly befriended a newborn Chihuahua puppy that cannot walk.

The head of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) said that it is “derogatory” to call animals “pets,” and owners should instead call their beloved animals “companions.”

A seven-year-old girl from England raised hundreds of dollars for animals injured by the Australian wildfires by selling juice.

Vegetables were air-dropped to feed Australian wildlife recently after their food sources were burned by the bushfires.