Meet Taji! Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo gets its first rhino

The first of two rhinos has arrived safely at Woodland Park Zoo. After a two-day road trip from San Diego, Taj, a male greater one-horned rhino, arrived last Friday in healthy condition.

Rare visitors! Bottlenose dolphins living in Puget Sound

There’s been a rare sighting in Puget Sound recently. A group of bottlenose dolphins has been spotted regularly over the past seven months.

Maine petting zoo is site of first reindeer birth in years

A traveling Maine petting zoo says its reindeer has unexpectedly given birth to the first baby reindeer in the state in more than 20 years.

Sloth bear cubs at the Woodland Park Zoo take their first steps outdoors

Over the past few months, Woodland Park Zoo has shared maternity den cam footage of its 13-week-old male sloth bear cubs as they’ve grown bigger and bigger. Now, the zoo is excited to announce that the cubs and mom, Tasha, have taken their first steps outdoors.

Heartbreaking photo shows fallen officer's K9 partner

A new photo posted on the Ohio Going Blue Facebook page shows the K9 belonging to one of two Westerville police officers shot and killed in the line of duty.

Mr. Kitty found at Sea-Tac after missing for 5 days

Hurray! Mr. Kitty is now safe and sound and five days on the run inside Seattle–Tacoma International Airport.

Motion-activated cameras capture animals being wild, weird

Remote cameras have photographed everything from small desert cats called ocelots to snow-loving lynx high in the Northern Rockies.

Nearly 400 cold-stunned turtles in Texas released into Gulf

Nearly 400 sea turtles found stunned by recent frigid weather along the Texas coast have been returned to the Gulf of Mexico near Corpus Christi.

Why are so many of our pets overweight?

As with humans, obesity in pets is at epidemic proportions. Over half of the dogs and cats around the globe battle the bulge.

Study shows the paw-sitive effects of watching cat videos

According to ReelSEO.com, a website about video marketing, there are more than two million cat videos on YouTube. People have watched these videos more than 25 billion times, which equates to an average of 12,000 views per cat video.

Russian army demonstrates latest weapon: Cuddly puppies

The Russian Armed Forces has unveiled its latest cutting-edge weapon in a New Year's greetings video: cuddly puppies.

Snowy owl rescued from prison fence on Christmas Day

A Pennsylvania wildlife conservation officer helped engineer a daring prison escape on Christmas Day. But the plan wasn't sinister. 

Harbor seal stuck in cedar log rescued

Remember the story of Winnie the Pooh getting his head stuck in the honey jar? That story was the inspiration for the name staff members at Camano Island State Park gave to a helpless harbor seal who got its head stuck in a cedar log.

'Kitty Bitty' the stowaway cat from Georgia found in California 5 months later

A feline stowaway discovered riding aboard a big rig in California's Riverside County turned out to belong to a Georgia family who has been missing him since the Fourth of July.

Stunning visuals as geese take flight above Skagit Valley

SKAGIT COUNTY, Wash. -- Thousands of snow geese take refuge this time of year in the Skagit Valley, abandoning their Arctic mating grounds.The Puget Sound region's notoriously mild winters might seem like a paradise for the birds, but the area has transformed, once again, into a bird lover's paradise.Roxanne Wilbur, of La Conner, sent Q13 News this video from Fir Island.

Opossum breaks into liquor store and gets drunk as a skunk

An opossum that apparently drank bourbon after breaking into a Florida liquor store sobered up at a wildlife rescue center and was released unharmed.

Texas stray dogs get new life in PNW for Thanksgiving

Volunteers at PAWS in Lynnwood spent their Thanksgiving driving 50 hours from San Antonio, Texas and back to give 18 homeless dogs a new life in the Pacific Northwest. 

Seattle family finds large snake in their toilet

A large snake was removed from a Lake City apartment complex Friday to the amazement of the family who lived there.