Friends of Oakland Animal Services (FOAS) is reaching out to the community for support for, what it calls, “catastrophic” budget cuts. OAS — the animal shelter for the ...

Malena was euthanized after one of the zoo's vets found a developing cancer was keeping her kidneys from functioning properly ...

Community leaders in Oakland's Chinatown are looking to paint a different image of their neighborhood, with the help of series of murals to add color to blank walls.

Tragic incidents, such as a mountain lion killing a dog in Downieville and the rescue of a badly burned cat named Spirit from wildfire, reveal the dangers animals face. On a brighter note, Fiesta ...

Billy, 40, wasn’t hanging out by the waterfall. Tina, 59, wasn’t in the barn. On Tuesday morning, animal rights activists — ...

The Senate has voted to block California’s first-in-the nation rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035 as ...

Experts say the black-crowned night herons are faring better after a population dip, but they still need our support.

A baby pudu at the Oakland Zoo has been given the name Quilla after a moon goddess in Incan culture, the zoo said.

An 18-month-old spider monkey named Violeta has been rescued during a narcotics-related search warrant executed at a Vallejo, ...

The young spider monkey has now been placed with Oakland Zoo and named Violeta, after she was discovered, along with two ...

Violeta the baby spider monkey is beginning a new chapter at the Oakland Zoo after she was rescued by authorities during a ...