Animal control helps deer with head stuck in plastic pumpkin

A deer got its head stuck in a plastic pumpkin, but luckily, it had two friendly animal control officers come to its rescue.

Crews vacuum ‘murder hornets’ out of Washington nest

Heavily protected crews in Washington state worked Saturday to destroy the first nest of so-called murder hornets discovered in the United States.

Raccoons break into Redwood City bank

A man using the ATM machine spotted the fur-masked intruders before the bank was open.

Laboratory tags record number of sharks off California coast

The Shark Lab at California State University, Long Beach, tagged 38 sharks, which is more than triple the number tagged tag last year.

Video shows mountain lion roaming San Mateo backyard

A resident spotted the big cat about 6:45 a.m. Saturday on a backyard deck in the 4100 block of Alameda de las Pulgas.

Los Angeles man arrested in theft of lemur from San Francisco Zoo

The endangered and elderly lemur was discovered missing Wednesday morning from the Lipman Family Lemur Forest in the San Francisco Zoo.

Ring-tailed lemur presumed stolen from San Francisco Zoo

An endangered male ring-tailed lemur was discovered missing from the San Francisco Zoo Wednesday morning.

Washington state again fails to live-track murder hornet

Washington state officials said Monday they were again unsuccessful at live-tracking a "murder" hornet while trying to find and destroy a nest of the giant insects.

'Tiger King' star 'Doc' Antle charged with animal cruelty

Attorney General Mark Herring said Friday that a months-long investigation found that Bhagavan “Doc” Antle and the owner of a roadside zoo in Virginia trafficked lion cubs between Virginia and South Carolina.

California mountain lion orphan nursed back to health

Taken to the organization's Project Wildlife center in Ramona, where over five weeks her weight has doubled to 22 pounds.

New network established to treat wildlife injured by wildfires

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife released a bear on Monday after treating the 370 pound animal for burns.