The Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is offering a $1,000 reward in a dog abandonment case. An 8- to 10-year-old corgi mix was found along Hartford Avenue in Johnston on Monday night.

Trisha Chapman sat with her two daughters in her new home Friday morning and decided to name their miracle puppy "Lucky Angel." The name "Lucky" was the winner of the KSAX online poll, and the family decided to pair it with "Angel," because they say the

Killing or removing 25 California sea lions over the past two years has not reduced the toll on salmon at the base of Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River.

Two dogs that authorities said "went on a rampage" Friday near an elementary school in a Sacramento County neighborhood were shot and killed by sheriff's deputies.

Aaron Luke is only 7, but his father, Marcus Luke, is already coaching him on whom to marry when he grows up: a Native American. It's ironic advice from a man who married a white woman

Archie Thompson learned the Yurok language as a boy living on his grandmother's ranch.  "She didn't speak English, and I used to make fun of her all the time, but that's how I learned. She spoke to me every day," Thompson said

Had it been another pow-wow, Jillian Conine probably wouldn't have bothered to stop by at Wichita's Mid-America All Indian Center on Saturday. But because it was a Stomp Dance , she wasn't going to miss it. "I'm not a pow-wow person

Fifty-four feral cats captured on San Nicholas Island are settling in at a wildlife center northeast of San Diego

The San Diego Zoo reports that its male giant panda cub, born in early August, is "definitely hitting all the panda milestones," making gains in weight (more than a pound in just the last week, for a current total of 11.7 pounds) and length (24.8 inches

Call it a victory for scratching-post manufacturers: In preliminary actions, the Los Angeles City Council and the Beverly Hills City Council have voted unanimously to approve a ban on cat declawing in their respective cities