OLDSMAR, Fla. - And some people get jittery about mice in the kitchen.
Sandra Frosti, a 69-year-old central Floridian, found an 8-foot long alligator prowling in her kitchen late Monday night, authorities said.
Frosti said the gator must have pushed through the back porch screen door and then went inside through an open sliding glass door at […]

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Researchers in a remote jungle in Indonesia have discovered a giant rat and a tiny possum that are apparently new to science, underscoring the stunning biodiversity of the Southeast Asian nation, scientists said Monday.
Unearthing new species of mammals in the 21st century is considered very rare. The discoveries by a team of […]

CALIFORNIA - Deer and other wildlife find a welcome home on a Fall River ranch that’s considered an unofficial wildlife preserve by the ranch managers.
Mary Rickert considers the River Ranch in Fall River an unofficial wildlife preserve.
‘These deer are so used to humans, and coexisting with us and the cows, that we feel like it’s […]

Fossil hunters found a 67 million-year-old duck-billed hadrosaur in North Dakota in the US, with its skin, muscle, tendons and other tissue preserved, making it a unique find in palaeontology’s history.
The preservation allowed scientists to estimate that it was more muscular than thought, perhaps giving it the ability to outrun predators like Tyrannosaurus Rex.
It has […]

Minnesota wildlife officials are defending a decision to kill a black bear that had been wandering around Featherstone Township in southeastern Minnesota’s Goodhue County.
According to conservation officer Tyler Quandt, the bear “was getting brave” in recent weeks. Instead of running away from people, it would walk toward them.
So Quandt decided to kill it last week, […]

An unlucky squirrel caused a brief power outage that was way too long for Rodney Johnson — who was stuck in an elevator when the electricity stopped.
Johnson, a member of the maintenance staff at the city’s Enterprise Center, was on the first floor when the power went off just after 10 a.m. Monday. Then the […]

DAVENPORT, Iowa - Who wants a pig in a blanket?
Two stray pot-bellied pigs stirred up a commotion Wednesday morning while on the run from two animal control officers, two police officers and even a couple of utility company workers who joined the 35-minute chase.
Learning from her first pig chase, animal control officer Leah Messmer knew […]

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Thousands of minks escaped from a fur farm in western Denmark — possibly set free by animal rights activists, police said Monday.
Authorities and residents were chasing down about 5,000 minks from the farm near Asp, 200 miles northwest of Copenhagen, police said.
Investigators believe animal rights activists raided the farm overnight to […]

TOKYO (AFP) - Miss Universe, Riyo Mori of Japan, vowed Tuesday not to wear fur and declared herself an animal lover after a protest campaign by animal rights activists.
“I will say this out loud: I will not wear fur,” Mori told AFP. “I love animals and I agree with those who oppose wearing fur […]

Mother moose use roads as a kind of human-made shield to protect their newborn calves from predatory bears, a new study has found.
In Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park, pregnant moose move closer than normal to paved roads before giving birth.
By cozying up to highway corridors, the moose can birth and raise their calves […]