Animals

Kenya arrests four in probe into 18 elephant deaths in Amboseli

Kenya's Tourism and Wildlife Ministry said the first 15 elephant deaths were recorded between June 24 and July 24.

Elephant graze at Kimana Sanctuary, on the outskirts of Amboseli National Park, on August 12, 2026, following a series of elephant deaths in the area.
Sea Turtle Rescue Center.

The new attraction where you can get up close to sea turtles

At an animal shelter, teenage volunteers from the youth club care for and walk beagles from pharmaceutical laboratories that are awaiting adoption, in Yvre L Eveque, France, September 6, 2025.

Over 150 beagles rescued from testing at Wisconsin facility, marking over 2,000 released this year

A Palestinian boy feeds a monkey evacuated from a zoo in Rafah due to the Israeli military operation, at a sanctuary in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, May 20, 2024.

At a Gaza zoo, war takes its toll on the animals


Turkish man to pay ex-wife ‘cat support’ as felines caught in divorce crossfire

Ex-husband Bugra agreed to pay 10,000 liras every three months for the next 10 years to cover part of the cost of their food, vaccination and medical needs.

Study: Petting your cat sends an oxytocin wave through both of you.

Runaway camel rescued by Ukrainian army after escape from Russian forces - report

The seven foot tall camel was recorded traipsing behind a white pick-up truck filled with Ukrainian soldiers.

 Illustrative image of a camel in Israel.

Rare wolf spider not seen since 1985 rediscovered on remote nature reserve

The last recorded sighting of the spider in the UK was in the National Trust’s Newtown nature reserve on the Isle of Wight in 1985.

The White-Knuckled Wolf Spider found at Newtown Nature Reserve in autumn 2025.

Monkey business: Authorities hunt for missing monkey after truck carrying primates overturns

Law enforcement shared that the truck’s driver warned them the monkeys “were dangerous” and “posed a threat to humans.”

Rhesus macaque monkeys hang from their cage at the Tulane National Primate Research Center, where the focus of study has shifted to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Covington, Louisiana, U.S., May 14, 2021.

Israeli scientists discover feline herpes can be treated with human coldsore medication

Treatment of FHV-1 ocular disease is challenging; until now, it has been treated less successfully with a pill, but it had to be forced on cats, and they didn’t like it.

CATS TREATED successfully with Fenlips cream after FHV-1 infection.

Haifa beaches to reopen Saturday after sightings of rare whale shark

At adulthood, the species can reach 12–14 metres and weigh more than 20 tonnes, making it the largest fish on Earth.

Whale shark swimming. (illustration)

Honoring 'The Last Samurai': Fallen soldier Adi Tzur remembered with new home for abandoned dogs

DOMESTIC AFFAIRS: After St.-Sgt. Adi Tzur was killed defending Kibbutz Kissufim on October 7, The Magic House, a shelter helping stray and abused dogs find homes, was founded in his honor.

NOTWITHSTANDING THE warmth and support surrounding The Magic House, adoptions and donations have dropped sharply, even as more dogs are being abandoned. In a typical year, Lives of Others manages to place around 250 dogs in homes. This year, that number fell by more than half, to just 120.

​​Illegal cockfighting ring broken up by Israel Police, 150 cockerels rescued

The territorial animals were forced to fight each other while patrons gambled on who the winner would be.

 Chickens are seen in cages to be used as game cocks in illegal cockfights in Israel.

New scans challenge the idea that Indigenous Australians hunted giant animals to extinction

A study in Royal Society Open Science by Professor Mike Archer shows no evidence that humans hunted or butchered megafauna in the fossil record.

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How Taylor Swift's vintage tee choice is helping to save orphaned, wounded sea otters

Averaging $100,000 in sales every 15 minutes, the successful fundraiser collected funds to help injured and orphaned otters.

A person wears a sea otter T-shirt, originally produced in the 1990s by the Monterey Bay Aquarium, recently popularized by Taylor Swift and now featured in a fundraiser for the aquarium, in Monterey, California, U.S., October 17, 2025