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The birdlegger cops to his cargo.
animals

Smuggler Caught With 11 Songbirds In His Pants

The aspiring birdlegger was trying to sneak his captives into Taiwan.
Cara Giaimo April 18, 2016
Miss Kitty, way up there.
animals

Cat Rescued After 4 Days Stuck On Insanely Tall Pole

All of British Columbia mobilized to get Miss Kitty back to earth.
Cara Giaimo April 15, 2016
animals

Bad Sniffer Dogs at Airport Keep Finding Only Cheese and Sausages

No heroin or cocaine, though.
Erik Shilling April 14, 2016
A member of the tiger trio hangs out with a human performer.
animals

Rare Bengal Tiger Cubs Born to Exiled Circus in Nicaragua

The three cubs each had different colors.
Cara Giaimo April 14, 2016
animals

On the Scene: The Japanese City Where the Deer Roam Free

In Nara, you can stroll along the streets with a doe.
Anika Burgess April 14, 2016
animals

Tailing an Overnight Doctor at New York's Busiest Animal ER

A sleepover with radioactive cats and malady-riddled French bulldogs.
Tao Tao Holmes April 12, 2016
animals

World's Wild Tiger Count Rises For First Time in Over a Century

Wildlife groups counted 3,890 of the big cats across the planet.
Erik Shilling April 11, 2016
Sheep lined up for the main event.
animals

New Zealand's Biggest Sheep Race Was Led By a Black Goat

The most difficult part of the race, it turns out, can be getting the sheep to start running.
Cara Giaimo April 11, 2016
snakes

Found: The Largest Python Ever Captured

She's 26 feet long and a whopping 550 pounds.
Sarah Laskow April 11, 2016
animals

Watch This Video of a Dog Flying a Plane

It actually, finally happened.
Erik Shilling April 8, 2016
monkeys

Have You Ever Felt as Good as These Sunbathing Lemurs?

Ah, the sensation of sunlight warming one's belly fur.
Tao Tao Holmes April 8, 2016
An adult Urial in a Swedish zoo.
animals

Policemen Caught With Cruiser Full of Kidnapped Lambs

The lambs were later rescued and seen "frolicking."
Cara Giaimo April 7, 2016
animals

Tigers Have Gone Extinct in Cambodia

The country is working on a plan to reintroduce them.
Erik Shilling April 6, 2016
animals

The Colorful, Crocheted World of Turkish Camel Wrestling

Selçuk, are you ready to rumble?
Tao Tao Holmes April 6, 2016
monkeys

The World's Largest Gorillas Are Being Massacred Because of War

Up to 93 percent of Grauer's gorillas have disappeared in two decades.
Erik Shilling April 5, 2016
The crane works side by side with a rice farmer.
animals

Lost Siberian Crane Wins Taiwan's Heart While Improving Its Food Supply

"He is like my son," says one local rice farmer.
Cara Giaimo April 1, 2016
animals

Why Do We Even Have Toes?

Seriously, why?
Dan Nosowitz March 31, 2016
Is this owl a who or a that?
animals

Why Writers Fight Style Guides Over Animal Pronouns

Should a moose be an "it"? Some writers and scientists think creatures deserve better.
Cara Giaimo March 30, 2016