Animals

The annual competition features about 2,000 dogs of 205 different dog breeds all competing for the prestigious title of “Best in Show.”

In a disturbing discovery at a Long Island home, police said nearly a 11 chihuahuas and a St. Bernard were found living in deplorable conditions, with some of the canines later testing positive for cocaine.

A disturbing discovery was made inside a home on Long Island, as police said 11 dogs were found living in horrific conditions near Centereach. Some of the dogs even tested positive for cocaine. The animals were recovering and receiving treatment after their rescue, and will be put up for adoption. NBC New York’s Greg Cergol reports.

Four newborn kittens were recovering after being tossed out in the trash. They were found double-bagged in a Sunset Park garbage can. NBC New York’s Jessica Cunnington reports.

They may be just a few weeks old, but four kittens already have quite a life story. The young felines are recovering after they were rescued from inside a bag thrown in the trash in Brooklyn.

Authorities say four monkeys remain free nearly two weeks after a group of 43 escaped from a South Carolina compound that breeds them for medical research.

Earlier this month, police in Tacoma, Washington had their hands full with a non-compliant pig.

The N.H. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is scrambling to care for a “crippling” influx of rapidly reproducing mice

The cat’s remains were found in Yakutia, Russia, and were determined to be those of a 3-week-old cub.

In case you can’t get enough of the pygmy hippo Moo Deng from Thailand, there’s now an official song featuring the internet’s favorite baby animal.

Peanut, a social media star pet squirrel seized and euthanized by authorities in New York, has tested negative for rabies.

After four days stuck alone on a cliff in West Oahu, a baby goat was carried down by hikers and brought to an animal sanctuary.

An additional 24 monkeys believed to be among 43 that escaped a South Carolina research facility last week have been recovered, and eyes are on a “sizable group” nearby, police said Sunday, NBC News reported.

Congratulations are in order for one special hound!

Locals were urged to lock windows and doors and not to interact with the monkeys.

More than half of the 43 monkeys were recovered unharmed.

Federal authorities are investigating the butchered remains of a dolphin that were found on a New Jersey beach. The Marine Mammal Stranding Center says the remains of a common dolphin were found on the beach in Allenhurst on Wednesday. The dolphin appeared to have been butchered. It is not known if it was the same dolphin that was seen struggling...

Peanut, who has amassed more than half a million Instagram followers, was euthanized by officials to be tested for rabies.

The Infinite Monkey Theorem is “grossly misleading in the real world,” one of the Australian mathematicians behind a new study questioning the age-old maxim told NBC News.

A New York man who turned a rescued squirrel into a social media star called Peanut is pleading with state authorities to return his beloved pet after they seized it during a raid.