"Shark Week" is back for a 35th year. The show has been criticized for becoming more sensational and for presenting graphic animal violence. So what's the truth behind shark attacks?
Two years after a resident allegedly let loose lionhead rabbits, the fluffy animals now outnumber the homes in the Jenada Isle neighborhood. The bunny invasion has left some locals hopping mad.
Otter 841 has become a celebrity after a month of stealing surfboards at a popular beach in Santa Cruz. Authorities are trying to catch her, but the otter's fans want her to be left alone in the wild.
For 36 hours, dozens of police, veterinarians and hunters scoured a wooded German suburb while warning residents a lion could be at large. Turns out they may have misjudged a video of the animal.
Funny Cide was an unknown racehorse from New York state in 2003 when he came out of nowhere to win the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness. He died this week at the age of 23.
Wildlife authorities have killed the leader of a pack of dingoes that mauled a jogger on a popular Australian tourist island in a ferocious attack that a rescuer said could have been fatal.
A boy in Oklahoma reeled in an alarmingly weird catch this past weekend: a pacu, the South American fish that's a cousin of the piranha — and whose humanlike teeth have long struck fear in swimmers.
A 125-million-year-old fossil from the early Cretaceous shows the skeletons of a smaller mammal biting a larger horned dinosaur, suggesting a much more complex ancient food web.
After the Toronto Zoo warned visitors against showing videos to gorillas, NPR's Scott Simon wonders what sort of motion pictures might entertain a great ape.
"If it's hot outside for you, it's most likely even hotter for your pet," one expert tells NPR. Here's how to protect your pet outdoors, keep them engaged inside and respond to signs of heat stroke.
Passengers of the Ambassador Cruise Line had just arrived in the Faroe Islands when a group of small boats drove the whales to shallow water for killing, part of a long-standing local tradition.
The 5-year-old female southern sea otter was first seen hijacking surfboards in Santa Cruz last September. Officials successfully drove the otter away from the area, but she has since returned.
Georgia's Department of Public Safety is adding 12 new K-9 officers. The dogs and their handlers got badges Thursday at the governor's mansion in Atlanta, with first lady Marty Kemp providing dog treats.
