Animals

The pug group is judged outside at the 145th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, June 12, 2021, in Tarrytown, N.Y. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Judge tosses PETA’s lawsuit against the American Kennel Club over dog breed health

PETA’s lawsuit over the health of French bulldogs and some other popular dog breeds has been dismissed.

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Trucks come and go from the "Alligator Alcatraz" immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, in Collier County, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Environmental groups urge appeals court panel to lift halt on closing Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

This image taken from an undated video provided by ZooAmerica shows two wolves inside an enclosure at ZooAmerica at Hersheypark, in Hershey, Pa. (ZooAmerica via AP)

Parents charged after toddler slips into wolf area and gets hurt at Hersheypark zoo

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A lushly planted strawberry pot serves as a focal point in a succulent garden in Sacramento, Calif., on March 30, 2026. (Luz Yuhas via AP)

Strawberry pots aren’t just for the fruit. Its ‘windows’ make for striking, efficient displays

A rescued bat sits on a hand during a ceremony of returning bats to the wild in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov)

After harsh winter, Ukrainians find joy in releasing bats rescued from war

A zoo in Chile stages an Easter egg hunt with treats for the animals

Chile’s largest private zoo marked Easter Sunday by having several of its animals search for their food during an annual event that resembles an easter egg hunt and is meant to entertain visitors and stimulate the natural behaviors of various species. (AP video by Alexandre Plaza)

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Oregon Zoo welcomes two penguin chicks

Critically endangered bongos to be sent to Kenya from European zoos

Fossil discovery rewrites history of complex life

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Eggs for Easter cost much less in the US than last year

A little roar of hope: Zoo Knoxville’s hand‑raised lion cub

Chester Zoo welcomes the birth of one of world’s tiniest antelopes

A native seabird population is surging in Honolulu, finding a home among office towers and traffic

Rescuers lose hope for humpback whale stranded in Baltic Sea

Spring lambs audition for starring role in London’s sheep drive

Lost dog rescued by helicopter in New Zealand after strangers fund search

Susan Holmes, executive director of the Endangered Species Coalition, right, speaks in front of the Interior Department building during a rally to oppose the Trump administration's convening of the Endangered Species Committee, in Washington, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Trump officials exempt oil and gas drilling in Gulf of Mexico from endangered species rules

Big ears, big energy: Threatened painted dog pups make debut at Chicago area zoo

Penguin steals items from another nest as nest building season begins at Chicago aquarium

Meet the rare Alborn Skink lizards facing extinction

‘Decisive day’ for humpback whale stranded off German coast amid fading hopes it can regain strength

Bird sellers carry towers of caged songbirds in annual Palm Sunday pilgrimage to receive blessings

Chesney the kangaroo scales tall fence and flees petting zoo in Wisconsin for three days

A whale lies on a sandbank in the Bay of Wismar, Germany, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (Philip Dulian/dpa via AP)

Humpback whale freed by rescuers in Baltic Sea has become stranded again

Fishermen untangle a net after suspending fishing trips because of an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that authorities said originated from an unidentified vessel and two natural oil seeps in Salinas, Mexico, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

Gulf oil spill disrupts key Lent fishing season in Mexico

Gulf of Mexico oil spill spread hundreds of miles and polluted Mexican reserves

Whale stranded at Baltic Sea resort swims off sandbank but isn’t safe yet

Scientists train to dive beneath polar ice as climate change warms the Arctic and Antarctica

This 2023 photo provided by Project CETI shows female sperm whales holding a newborn calf above the water until it can swim on its own. (Project CETI via AP)

Watch: Rare moment sperm whales help newborn to swim

Critically fragile to cautiously optimistic: Clover the mountain lion cub is on the mend in Oakland

A 3-limbed Kemp’s ridley sea turtle is now being tracked at sea by satellite

Pets become hidden victims of Iran war as some owners abandon them to flee

New studies of old dogs help scientists understand where they came from

Spectacular cherry tree blossom attracts visitors day and night

Blind harbor seal named Onion starts a new chapter in Washington state

Rescuers try to refloat stranded humpback whale in Germany’s Baltic Sea

A woman holds a British Shorthair cat during a judging session of an international feline beauty competition, dubbed the Feline Oscars, featuring more than 200 cats, in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, March 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

More than 200 cats compete in Romania’s ‘Feline Oscars’

Uganda reintroduces rhinos into protected area where they’ve been extinct since 1983

Endangered monkey gives birth after pioneering surgery