Animals

A new study finds the number of butterflies has dropped 22% since 2000.

A beautiful moment was captured live in a nest in Big Bear Valley, California.

Colossal Biosciences announced Tuesday that it has simultaneously edited seven genes in mice embryos to create mice with long, thick, woolly hair.

Animal control officers are looking for the owner of a dog that was found seriously neglected in Meriden last week. Meriden Animal Control-Saving Paws said a Yorkshire Terrier was found dragging a leash on Thorpe Avenue on Wednesday. A woman brought him to the animal shelter after noticing that he was in serious need of medical attention. “I just got…

Connecticut State Police jumped into action to help two dogs that were struck by cars in separate areas of the state Wednesday. Troopers responded to Route 8 North for a report of a roaming dog near Exit 2B. When officers got to the scene, they saw the dog running across the highway where it was hit by a car. A…

A Long Island beachside community in Suffolk County is worried about dozens of dead birds that have washed up on the shore and been found in backyards, especially because officials believe the birds died from avian flu.

Police in New York filmed a horse being pulled out of a frozen pond with a rope during a harrowing rescue scene earlier this week.

Warning: Details in this story may be disturbing to read. A man has been arrested for animal cruelty after authorities found a dead dog, and a severely malnourished dog and cat, in his care in Goshen. State police said they responded to a home in Goshen after getting a phone call from a concerned citizen in August. Troopers encountered a…

While crime in Connecticut is trending down, animal cruelty crimes have increased by nearly 36% over the past year, according to the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection (DESPP). New data from the DESPP shows that there has been a 36.6% increase in animal cruelty crimes from 2023 to 2024. Officials said the animal cruelty crime increase remained consistent…

A giant schnauzer named Monty won the top prize at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show Tuesday night.

The annual celebration attracts thousands of visitors to honor National Golden Retriever Day.

If you tune into the “Puppy Bowl” on Sunday, you’ll likely see a key person’s influence — even if you don’t actually see her.

Ocearch says the shark is the largest male white shark it has ever tagged.

Watch these adoptable pups compete for the “The Lombarky” trophy.

A new study finds that rat infestation in many of the world’s cities appears to be soaring, especially in Washington. Friday’s study blames warming temperatures from climate change, urbanization and other human actions. The first-of-its-kind research looks at trends and reasons in hard-to-count rat population changes based on rat sighting reports in 16 cities around the world. In 11 of...

The monkeys escaped the Alpha Genesis facility in November after a caretaker failed to secure a door properly.

A pair of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals activists have been arrested after attempting to dump a truck’s worth of manure outside the Manhattan offices of a rival animal welfare group.

The Special Needs Senior Dog Sanctuary is a nonprofit rescuing older dogs, often with serious medical challenges, and giving them a home filled with love during their final moments.

37-year-old Allie is due to give birth to the Brookfield Zoo Chicago’s first bottlenose calf in a decade.

The federal government is withdrawing proposed rules that would have required more ships to slow down in East Coast waters to try to save a vanishing species of whale. Environmentalists say the move Wednesday, in the waning days of the Biden administration, will leave the endangered North Atlantic right whale vulnerable to extinction as the Trump administration is signalling a...