You might think twice about hunting deer if one comes charging at you with a gun. In the Czech Republic, a hunter's gun got caught in a deer's antlers. The animal promptly ran off.
A Minnesota woman left and old pear out for the squirrels in her backyard. One squirrel was videoed in a drunken stupor, because the pear had fermented.
The National Zoo in Washington, D.C., announced the name of its latest Internet star. Thousands of people sent the zoo their suggested names for the four-month-old giant panda cub.
Scientists are trying to restore the range of loons. The iconic birds vanished from Massachusetts lakes decades ago. Loons from Maine are being moved back to those places, and the plan is working.
"Relationships with animals are simple," notes one researcher. In a year when life feels fraught, pets have been healers, helping human companions get exercise, quell anxiety and make new friends.
In 2015, the mosquito-borne virus Zika exploded in South America. Health experts predicted it would erupt in Africa. But a major outbreak never happened. Now scientists think they understand why.
When the worker found the owl, it was hungry and dehydrated but otherwise fine. The owl was taken to a nearby wildlife center. The owl has been named as you might have guessed: Rockefeller.
The cull was ordered after a mutated version of the coronavirus was found to have spread among the country's mink herd. It later emerged the government did not have legislation in place for the order.
In the Canadian Rockies, moose learned cars can be a source for the needed mineral salt in the winter. Officials say large animals getting too attracted to cars and roads can be a bad combination.