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A hunter is facing criminal charges in Connecticut after admitting to killing and skinning what he thought were two coyotes. However, he later discovered they were pet German shepherds owned by a family in Danbury, Connecticut.

A cute mystery animal found huddling near a dumpster has rescuers scratching their heads in Dallas, Texas. Earlier this week, officers from the Dallas Police Department found the sweet little puppy eating out of a dumpster and stranded all alone. However, upon closer inspection, the adorable puppy looked an awful lot like a baby fox or coyote, leaving rescuers with the question: Just what kind of animal is it, exactly?

A quahog clam found at Florida's Alligator Point was determined by researchers to be about 214 years old. Photo courtesy of the Gulf Specimen Marine Lab/Facebook Feb. 27 (UPI) -- A 2.6-pound quahog claim that made a rare visit to the Florida coast is believed by researchers to be 214 years old. Blaine Parker said he was collecting shellfish to make chowder at Alligator Point, on St. James Island in Franklin County when he found the gigantic quahog clam, an Atlantic species found most often north of North Carolina. "We were just going to eat it, but we thought about...

Newly released photos offer a rare glimpse into the abandoned demilitarized zone between North and South Korea, revealing rare wildlife and plant life flourishing in the space largely untouched by humans. Endangered animals and unique flora are thriving in the 160-mile-long strip of border land that has been largely deserted by humans for decades. A total of 6,168 wildlife species have created a home in the DMZ area, where landmines buried underground are a reminder of the Korean War that ended in armistice some 70 years ago.

A teaching aide who was brutally beaten by a 6'6" teen student is a 'humble' mom-of-two whose son attends the same high school, it has been revealed. Joan Naydich, 57, of Palm Coast, Florida, was thrown to the ground and knocked unconscious by an unidentified teen student on Tuesday at Matanzas High School after she took away his Nintendo Switch. The mother-of-two has a son Morgan, a senior, who attends the high school and a daughter who graduated in 2013. She has worked for Flagler County Schools since 2004 and has worked at Matanzas since 2021. 'Joan is humble, never...

The man suspected of stealing two emperor tamarin monkeys from Dallas Zoo and keeping them in an abandoned house has been apprehended. The two monkeys were reported missing from the Dallas Zoo on January 30, 2023.

All wild cats are majestic creatures that some of us wish to keep as pets. If you come face to face with their cubs, you wouldn't want them to grow into wild cats that can kill you. Needless to say, cubs are cutie pies and the teeny tiny versions of our wild friends! Sometimes we just want to look at pictures of adorable cubs in a futile but fun effort to identify the cutest.

It all began when Dave Fleishman, of El Dorado County, California, noticed his pups sniffing under his back deck. To find out, Fleishman set up a camera under the deck and couldn’t believe his eyes when he checked the footage in the morning.

Investigators in Dallas, Texas say they have located the two monkeys that were reportedly stolen from the Dallas Zoo alive inside a closet at an abandoned house on Tuesday. The two emperor tamarin monkeys were found shortly after police released a photo of a person of interest in the bizarre case.

A 77-year-old Arizona woman is facing forty-three counts of felony animal cruelty charges after complaints of animal hoarding at two separate residences led law enforcement officers to discover the homes in a filthy condition.

A fascinating video of a thinking gorilla uploaded on Twitter shows an uncanny behavior similar to humans.

A wild deer wreaked havoc in Minnesota last weekend after launching itself through the glass door of a butcher shop. The shop's surveillance camera captured the mid-sized deer making its grand entrance by shattering the glass door in the entryway.

Residents of a Detroit-area community with a large Muslim population can sacrifice animals at home for religious reasons. The Hamtramck City Council explicitly approved the practice, 3-2, Tuesday, another step in recognizing a cultural shift in a city whose 20th century history was shaped by Polish immigrants. Muslims often slaughter animals, typically goats or sheep, or pay someone to do it for them during the holy holiday of Eid al-Adha. Meat is shared with family, friends and the poor. The Hamtramck council in December had voted to continue a ban on animal slaughter but reversed course, at least for religious...

Earlier this month, an Arizona woman named Jill Rogers noticed an unusual sight when she was driving through her Phoenix neighborhood. Rogers, after spotting the animal from afar, said she was like, "What the heck is that on the car?" Upon taking a closer look, Rogers discovered that the animal, who calmly perched atop the parked car in front of her, was a coyote.

DOD report notes 'tables, chairs and cots broken' by Afghans, 'tents and cots ruined by spray paint, human biological matter and holes' ... A new Department of Defense (DOD) report found that the U.S. military bases that housed Afghan evacuees suffered $260 million in damages, with the Air Force saying the damage was "unrepairable." The DOD inspector general reported last week that the eight bases housing the refugees in Texas, Wisconsin, New Jersey, Virginia, New Mexico and Indiana are asking for repair money after they sustained over a quarter-billion dollars in damage. Over 17 days, 120,000 evacuees were taken to...

A two-year-old boy in the western Kasese District of Uganda survived an attack from a wild hippopotamus after it swallowed him and then threw him back up. The boy was playing at home in Katwe Kabatoro Town Council on Sunday when the hippo attacked him, swallowing him head first, according to local police reports cited by Newsweek. Locals saw the attack and threw stones at the hippo, causing the semiaquatic mammal to regurgitate the young boy and dash back to Lake Edward, which was half a mile away from the boy’s home. The boy, reportedly identified as Paul Yiga by...

German artist Werner Härtl creates intricate paintings celebrating Bavaria’s rural heritage while using a surprising medium: cow dung! Despite the strange “paint,” Werner’s monochromatic artworks resemble sepia photographs, rich in detail. He first happened upon the idea of using cow dung as a medium while working as a farmhand.

Tomorrow, Saturday, November 12, 2022 might be one of the biggest games in the TCU v. Texas intrastate rivalry. Number 4 undefeated TCU is attempting to keep its playoff bid alive vs. #18 Texas at Austin. The former head coach of TCU, who took the team to the cusp of a playoff bid and was unceremoniously dumped into the garbage by TCU when the team started to struggle, is on the Texas sideline plotting revenge. ESPN is bringing the Game Day crew to Austin and the game is being broadcast during the primetime window with Rece Davis and Kirk Herbstreit....

A Republican campaign volunteer was brutally beaten by people who said Republicans 'weren't allowed' in their area, Florida GOP Senator Marco Rubio said on Monday morning. The canvasser was clad in Rubio's campaign gear and that of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, the senator said. 'Last night one of our canvassers wearing my T-shirt and a Desantis hat was brutally attacked by 4 animals who told him Republicans weren’t allowed in their neighborhood,' Rubio wrote on Twitter. 'He suffered internal bleeding, a broken jaw & will need facial reconstructive surgery.' It's not immediately clear whether law enforcement is investigating the alleged...

WASHINGTON — It’s not just curiosity killing the cat anymore — it could be the Army. The Army Medical Research and Development Command has quietly allowed shooting cats and dogs for wound experiments despite a 1983 Defense Department ban on the practice, according to a policy update obtained by The Post. While the change was made as early as 2020, it’s being publicized for the first time after the Army command turned aside a bid by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals to find out how many such experiments had been conducted since the switch.