Don't worry -- the mama and her young were safely escorted out of the Lake Tahoe home by the BEAR League, a local group that helps bears in sticky situations.

She's fat, she's fabulous and she's the winner of Fat Bear Week 2019.

Dean-Charles Chapman on "1917" and remembering King Tommen's fallen feline friend.

The adorable animals were ready for their close-up at one San Francisco wedding.

Jill Hicks was trying to do a good deed when she plucked an animal she believed was a housecat from the side of a busy Tennessee road.

Wally Conran created the labrador-poodle hybrid in 1989 and now laments “I opened a Pandora’s box and released a Frankenstein’s monster.”

Grandpa Mason earned thousands of admirers through his affection for orphaned foster kittens.

Sparrows, finches and swallows are among the hardest hit.

A Sonora, California, couple had an uninvited guest who really hogged the toilet.

Cookie's veterinarian says the feline "takes up most of the table" when he comes in for a visit.

At least 10 dogs have perished from medical problems. The State Department sent more, a federal report said.

These are more insightful than any personality test.

The Cirroteuthid octopus with billowing arms was caught on camera by researchers from the vessel E/V Nautilus.

The large bird had been evading would-be captors in two North Carolina counties since June.

National Mill Dog Rescue faces the threat of losing its license in what officials say is a warning to similar operations.

Six people and more than 150 cats and dogs survived after a "raging river" of water overwhelmed the Humane Society of Grand Bahama.