Animal Stories

A 14-year-old Maryland girl has adopted all 75 ponies from the Maryland herd of Assateague Island ponies.

The Guide Dogs of America’s Canine Development Department held a mock airport simulation to train puppies on helping their visually impaired human companions through their flights.

After participating in 53 rescue operations, saving a dozen lives and finding 41 bodies in disaster zones, Frida, the beloved yellow Labrador retriever from Mexico’s Navy unit, retires. The Mexican navy celebrated the contributions of their canine fellow honoring her in a ceremony on Monday. “Her bark always gave hope, and in moments of pain ...

The 41-year-old tortoise named Dino ambled away after a storm blew open the latch on its outdoor enclosure in Red Bluff.

Rob Johnson said he dropped his best friend Grover off to be boarded at The Doggie Oasis in late August. Six days later, he was at the vet getting him euthanized.

Want to know why you should adopt a dog this weekend? Because it might one day do what James White’s dog, Darby, did for him. Darby, a pitbull, saved White from a 6-foot, 100-pound sevengill shark at Bodega Bay.

The San Diego Zoo Safari Park has given its new baby rhino a chance to do what all kids love: play in the mud.

Workers at shelters in the Houston area say some animals respond to a variety of spoken languages

Dachshunds are ready to go the distance for dogs in need, at Los Alamitos Race Course.

A dog rescued from Lake Michigan on Chicago’s North Side Monday was reunited with its owner days after it went missing.

Bailey, a long-haired Chihuahua mix, is sprawled out on the kitchen floor enjoying tummy rubs from the hands of three children simultaneously. But her life didn’t always look like this. She was once a stray.

About six years ago, Paula Slaasted’s husband found Merlin, a boxer-pit bull mix, as a stray running around the campus of USF Holland, a trucking company, near General Mitchell International Airport. Slaasted’s husband sent her a picture of Merlin, saying: “Here’s our next dog.” The couple took the dog to the Wisconsin...

When a gunman opened fire inside an El Paso Walmart, killing 22 people and wounding dozens more, scores of first responders stepped up to help the victims. Their work is taxing, both physically and mentally. To help the paramedics, firefighters, nurses and doctors cope with the incredible stress, trauma and grief in the aftermath of the tragic even...