Animals & Pets

A home surveillance video captured five California mountain lions defying their reputation as being notoriously solitary.

Tommy the horse was so weak after the Thomas fire, adoption was uncertain. Then he met Anne Scioscia.

When the Camp fire hit Paradise, scores of volunteers wanted to help, but good hearts are not a defense against danger.

Wildfires in Australia are overrunning vast ecosystems and their wildlife. Nearly half of Kangaroo Island has burned.

The welcome mat for California sea lions has been rolled out in San Francisco, but is nowhere to be seen in La Jolla and many of the state’s fishing ports.

Just after Wednesday’s sunset, Big Bear National Forest’s resident bald eagle laid her first egg of the new year.

Researchers backed by the San Diego Zoo are scrambling to save koalas threatened by the rampaging brush fires in Australia.

Crew members on a whale-watching boat recorded video of the pair off Salt Creek Beach in Dana Point on Tuesday.

A team of eye experts has operated on an unusual patient -- a gorilla

A fire at a zoo in western Germany killed a large number of animals in the early hours of the new year, authorities said. They did not comment on local media reports that the fire was started by celebratory fireworks.

A bill signed in October will allow Californians to recover roadkill. But until a permit program is set up, the practice remains illegal.

California is one of more than 40 states that restricts how local governments can regulate pesticides.