Wish Book 2023: Animal Assisted Happiness brings smiles to kids in need This Sunnyvale nonprofit connects kids to barnyard animals — and trains a new generation of animal caretakers in the process.

From monkey gangs dominating the streets of Thailand to Canada's historic ivory trade ban, 2023 proved a memorable one for animal news.

The year 2023 had it share of viral internet videos featuring animals in the most precarious situations, many that were widely shared across the web.

Best animal photos of 2023 by USA TODAY photographers: From a 'zonkey' to a sea cucumber The images captured this year by photojournalists across the USA TODAY Network range in subject and species ...

Puppy Bowl 2023 is closer than you think, prepare for the biggest night in canine football by meeting a pack of rescue dogs competing in February's Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet and discovery+ Kelli ...

Animal shelter populations have surged 900,000 in three years, and more dogs were euthanized in 2023 than cats since a database began tracking them.

To disambiguate the meaning of animal signals, such as a string of dolphin clicks or whalesong, scientists needed some inkling of where meaning-encoding units began and ended, Reiss explained.

U.S. animal shelters will start 2024 the most overcrowded they have been in years, according to a broad survey of animal rescue facilities, a symptom of persistent economic concern as the country ...

These are our favorite animal stories of 2023 Even without a brain, the tiny Caribbean box jellyfish can learn to avoid obstacles, research revealed in 2023. J. Bielecki ...

Every year World Animal Day is observed globally on October 4 with an aim to celebrate animal rights and welfare around the world.

From pandas and gators to dogs and rare giraffes, animals provided some of the most adorable headlines in 2023.

The Chinese Zodiac animal for this Lunar New Year is the rabbit. Here's what that means and some surprising facts about this Lunar New Year.