Animals

Bruce, a dog, has been rescued from the North Sea after drifting away in an inflatable kayak.

Missing dog Bruce, swept out to sea on a kayak, was rescued by a tour boat off the coast of England.

Tour boat skipper Jimmy Reid recounts the "needle in a haystack" mission to rescue missing dog Bruce, who was swept out to sea off the coast of England.

A bear that had been roaming a city north of Tokyo for a number of days has been tranquillised and captured.

Bear encounters are rising in Japan, and the problem is not confined to the wilderness.

A two-year-old Tasmanian devil has been on the loose since last Tuesday when she leapt out of her enclosure at a Gold Coast wildlife park. 

The missing Tasmanian devil was spotted roaming on CCTV in a neighbourhood about two-kilometres from the park she vanished from.

Roadkill is a common sight on outback roads, but a group of travellers was dedicated to making sure a joey found in north Queensland survived. 

A kitten left for dead after being thrown from a moving car has spent months recovering and is now at a new home with two familiar faces.

More than 100,000 live exotic cockroaches have allegedly been seized from a commercial breeder in Central West NSW.

An application for a proposed puppy farm in central Victoria has been withdrawn after lobbying by nearby residents and animal activists.

Drone vision shows the stretch of bushland where a Tasmanian Devil, named Mary, is believed to have gone missing from the Paradise Country Wildlife Park.

Sniffer dogs and thermal imaging drones are being deployed as the search for a missing Tasmanian devil on the Gold Coast goes into a second day. 

A sports development in Sydney's north-west has been accused by residents of killing and displacing wildlife.

The recently arrived young devil has been kept in a secure indoor facility while quarantining, but was noticed missing Tuesday morning.

Penguins have been sighted on a remote Bass Strait island for the first time in decades after the successful eradication of feral cats and possums.

Fireworks set off without permission by a police officer during a rehearsal for Italy's Republic Day parade startled dozens of horses, sending them bolting through the capital and injuring several riders.

Multiple horses ran through Rome after being spooked by fireworks during rehearsals for Italian Republic Day.

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Artificial habitats are giving the Kangaroo Island dunnart a chance at recovery, after bushfires left them largely homeless.