Topic: Animals

Police in Mississippi are asking residents to be on the lookout for an unusual suspect wanted for "felony fleeing and disorderly conduct" -- an emu.

A New York Zoo offered a sneak preview of some of the artwork that will be available at its upcoming gala auction: creations by animals including penguins, giraffes, sloths, capybaras and others.

An opossum was treated at a Nebraska animal hospital after wandering into a family's back yard and gorging itself on an entire chocolate mousse cake from Cosco.

A California zoo is asking visitors to be on the lookout for a bat-eared fox that escaped from its enclosure, but is believed to still be somewhere on the grounds.

Animal rescuers in California came to the assistance of a coyote that wandered out into a retention pond and was unable to climb back out.

It was a bit safer to go into the water last year: Unprovoked shark attacks worldwide fell by about a third in 2024 compared to the year before, new data show.

A seafood company that lost about 27,000 salmon from a fish farm off the coast of Norway is offering a bounty of about $45 per fugitive fish caught.

A Ryanair flight bound for Germany was grounded for two days in Rome after a stowaway cat was found to have climbed into the plane's electrical bay.

Two American women visiting the Bahamas over the weekend were attacked by a shark, local authorities said, with at least one of the victims sustaining serious injuries.

A 3-year-old water buffalo living at a farm in Thailand has been named the tallest in the world, with a height of 6 feet and .8 inches from hoof to withers.