Pets and Animals

The criteria for including domestic cats among alien invasive species, “are 100% met by the cat,” the biologist said.

"This definitely gets filed in the puppies do the darndest things category," the Tennessee fire department said in a social media post.

Oh, dear. A bus driver in Lawton, Oklahoma, kept her cool after a deer went flying through the windshield one morning.

The introduction was done on a day the zoo was closed so no visitors were present, said Jennifer Ogilvie, a spokeswoman.

The blanket of bugs not only creates slick spots on highways but they also can devour crops in the area.

Nearly two dozen people got sick and five were hospitalized.

A North Carolina-based company is recalling certain dog treats after samples of the product tested positive for potentially harmful bacteria.

BluePearl Pet Hospitals in the Charleston, South Carolina, area say they only get about a third of the donations they’d like. When they don’t have enough blood — that leads to tough situations.

The brightly-colored orange lobster – now named "Cheddar" after Red Lobster's famous Cheddar Bay Biscuits – has made her forever home at Ripley’s Aquarium of Myrtle Beach.

Roughly 4,000 beagles are being rescued from an Envigo breeding facility in Virginia after the Humane Society and Department of Justice worked out a removal plan.

Two helpless dogs in the Middle East faced terrible abuse and almost-certain death until two U.S. Navy sailors not only rescued them — but found a way to get them out of there and on toward a safer, healthier and far happier life. 

“Most anglers fish their entire lives and never see one. I am 67 years old, have boated literally tens of thousands of catfish over the years and it was the first I'd ever seen in person,” the boat's captain said.

How hot is it in the South? It's so hot that the birds are panting.

It’s a signature mustache that any snack food lover can spot.