Asian elephants demolished pumpkins during the Oregon Zoo’s 22nd annual Squishing of the Squash.

A Canadian photographer's footage captures a beaver emerging from a frozen pond in Saskatchewan.

It’s a boy — a big boy

Entomologists tracked the invasive insects then had heavily protected crews move in to destroy the nest.

A hiker on a Colorado trail recorded a video of birds eating granola from her hand.

Scientists found the Asian giant hornet nest inside a tree in Blaine, Washington. They plan to destroy it to keep the dangerous insects away from honeybee hives.

Seasonal halloween pumpkin enrichment treats were given to animals at the Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Illinois.

A fisherman in Australia struggled to release the lure from the crocodile’s mouth.

A golfer in the U.K. was interrupted by a magpie that repeatedly knocked away the ball.

The Canadian woman discovered five bears casually playing in front of her home.

A deep-sea diver off the coast of the Farne Islands encountered a friendly grey seal who was eager to play.

This goat jumped on a trampoline to reach a chair.

Boston's Franklin Park Zoo is celebrating the birth of its first baby gorilla. Caretakers say the baby male gorilla and 39-year-old mom Kiki are doing well and have already started bonding.

Perth Zoo orangutan Teliti celebrated her 11th birthday on Tuesday.

Two rhinos enjoyed playtime as they rolled and splashed in mud puddles.

A curious cub paws at a sliding door while peeking into a California home.

A mother panda helps her cub explore his surroundings as he tries out his crawling skills. with a brief ‘field trip’ to their indoor habitat.

Volunteers checking sea turtle nests on a South Carolina beach came upon a rare sight: a white sea turtle hatchling crawling across the sand

Police in California have announced two arrests and the return of a pair of unique lizards that were stolen from a reptile shop last year

An Ohio woman was reading an instruction manual when her pet goat grabbed the brochure with its teeth.

San Francisco Zoo officials announced a $2,100 reward for information leading to Maki's recovery, a ring-tailed lemur stolen from the zoo.

Kyle Burgess described the close call when hiking and he came across a cougar on the trail and then recorded the animal stalk and lunge at him.

A Utah hiker's video shows a cougar following him down the trail, lunging at him several times, before finally running away.

The culling of at least 2.5 million minks in northern Denmark has started, authorities said Monday after the coronavirus has been reported in at least 63 farms

The number of raccoon-related incidents is seemingly growing nationwide. ABC's Will Ganss explains the recent trend.

The Tasmanian devil has been released to roam Australia's mainland for the first time in 3,000 years.

The three African lion cubs wrestled, frolicked and melted hearts as they explored their new surroundings.

All hail 747, The Earl of Avoirdupois.

Curious bear cub investigates wildlife camera in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in Alaska.

The chick is the first of its kind to hatch at Roger Williams Park Zoo in more than two decades.

Scientists at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo confirm the newborn baby panda is male.

A pair of dolphins followed a police patrol off the coast of Newcastle, New South Wales.

Indigenous persons in the Pacific Northwest bred dogs for their wool, which was used to make blankets.

Each fall the Resch family bring their cows down from Alpine pastures, and each year the crowd of tourists coming to watch the traditional Bavarian spectacle grows bigger

A mob of emus give a herd of young cattle the runaround on a farm in Australia.

The London Zoo is celebrating the birth of a rare, endangered okapi calf, a female named Ede.

A humpback whale in Canada startled researchers, lifting their boat as they attempted to take photos.

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill that would ban doping horses on race day.

At least 6,000 sheep and six shepherds have been stranded in the French Alps since Saturday after a surprise snowfall.

A British zoo has had to separate five foul-mouthed parrots who keepers say were encouraging each other to swear

France’s environment minister has announced a gradual ban in the coming years.

Meet the new baby female Masai giraffe born at Disney's Animal Kingdom in Florida.

A koala joey peeked its head out of its mother’s pouch for the first time at Maru Koala and Animal Park in Australia.

The game was delayed for 15 minutes before a farmer tempted it back home with a snack.

A bear named Tundra snacked on a peanut butter ring and a puzzle feeder of treats.

A Florida wildlife sanctuary is building a new 2,500-acre home for former circus elephants

A rat has for the first time won a British charity’s top civilian award for animal bravery, receiving the honor for searching out unexploded landmines in Cambodia

Lima's Parque de Leyendas zoo welcomed them after the recent hatching of two penguin chicks and the birth of a baby alpaca.

Authorities say 88 long-finned whales have been rescued from a mass stranding off the west coast of Tasmania, where an estimated 380 whales have already perished.

The Owensboro Fire Department helped animal control officers remove the snake from an Ulta Beauty store.