Animal News

The 40-year-old Idaho man suffered minor injuries when he kicked a bison in the leg, the National Park Service said. He has pleaded not guilty.

The bizarre rescue effort involved a rodeo clown, who happened to be passing, one local said.

The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance recently visited China to meet the giant pandas, Yun Chuan and Xin Bao, ahead of their planned trip to California.

Galena, a timid indoor cat, survived for six days without food or water before being discovered by a warehouse worker in Los Angeles.

The complicated process requires trapping, trucking and moving bears by helicopter from Montana or British Columbia.

The calf had been stuck in the tidal lagoon since March 23, when its pregnant mother became trapped at low tide and died on a rocky beach.

“There were well over 200 along the beach here and just nearby, and there’s 31, I think, deceased, but the rest got away, which is an amazing story,” a researcher on the scene said.

Trillions of red-eyed periodical cicadas are emerging from underground in the eastern U.S. this month.

First responders raced to incidents across the British capital after five horses from the Household Cavalry became spooked by construction work and bolted, injuring at least four people.

Karen the ostrich was known for her love of playing in water “and, best of all, being our ‘dancing queen!’” the zoo said.

Gabriela Bryan of Hawaii took a commanding lead with a 7.83 for two powerful turns on her forehand as a handful of dolphins swooped around her.