Animals

raccoon
North America

For 15 years, a neuroscientist has studied raccoon intelligence in Central Virginia. Then a drunk one passed out in a nearby liquor store

By Kelly Lambert and The Conversation
January 16, 2026
vervet
Law

Monkeys are on the loose in St. Louis, and AI-generated jokes are just slowing down animal control’s primate chase

By Heather Hollingsworth and The Associated Press
January 12, 2026
dog
North America

‘It was the chillest dog I’ve ever seen in my life’: Rhode Island firefighters rescue yellow lab trapped in ice

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January 3, 2026
Teddy Roosevelt Terrier
North America

Meet the Teddy Roosevelt terrier, one of the American Kennel Club’s new dog breeds for 2026

By Jennifer Peltz and The Associated Press
December 30, 2025
coyote
Environment

Why coyotes won’t become the new wolves and what it has to do with moose and beaver

By Alex Jensen and The Conversation
December 23, 2025
loon
Environment

Maine is getting Loony again as population of beloved bird doubles since 1983

By Patrick Whittle and The Associated Press
December 14, 2025
Jaguar
Environment

‘This species is recovering’: Jaguar spotted in Arizona, far from Central and South American core

By Susan Montoya Bryan and The Associated Press
December 5, 2025
Zoe Rosenberg
Law

Gen Z activist gets jail time for liberating chickens from Perdue plant in Northern California

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December 4, 2025
claude
Environment

San Francisco mourns its albino alligator, Claude, dead at 30 years old

By Janie Har and The Associated Press
December 3, 2025
turkeys
Law

‘You only hear about kind of the dead turkeys’: Thousands of Americans have been rescuing turkeys instead of eating them since the 1980s

By Hallie Golden, Thomas Peipert and The Associated Press
November 27, 2025
turkey
Health

Meet the rescue barn where turkeys get cuddled in between their acupuncture appointments — and one goat without hooves gets a wheelchair for his pains

By Kristin M. Hall and The Associated Press
November 27, 2025
Gramma
Environment

Gramma, Galapagos tortoise and oldest resident of San Diego Zoo, dies at (probably) 141 years old

By Jaimie Ding and The Associated Press
November 25, 2025
tigers
Environment

Tiger trafficking crisis reaches unprecedented levels as wild species plummets from 100,000 a century ago to 5,500 at most

By Eileen Ng and The Associated Press
November 25, 2025
alligator
Law

Boston falls in love with tiny alligator in Charles River, rescues footlong reptile before it freezes

By Rodrique Ngowi, Patrick Whittle and The Associated Press
November 14, 2025
Monkeys
Innovation

3 monkeys still on the loose after research transport truck crashes in rural Mississippi

By Jeff Martin and The Associated Press
November 4, 2025

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