A pig the size of a Shetland pony has trapped an Australian woman in her village home, the national broadcaster reported Tuesday.

An Egyptian donkey has been jailed for stealing corn on the cob from a field belonging to an agricultural research institute in the Nile Delta, local media reported on Thursday.

You've seen Vladimir Putin the bomber pilot, judo expert and fisherman - but tiger tamer?

Bosnian police have impounded a pigeon after discovering prisoners used it to smuggle drugs into one of the country's highest security jails, an official said Thursday.

Scientists at the University of Lausanne said Thursday that mammals can communicate danger to each other through smell.

How many legs does an octopus have? The answer should be easy. But not any more.

Eating rats is the best way for rich and poor people to solve the global crisis of rising food prices, an Indian official said Wednesday as he unveiled his plan to put rodents on menus.

An extraordinary fish that inhabits muddy pools in West Africa and whose lineage can be traced back 96 million years could be the model for light, bomb-proof body armour for the soldiers of the future.

A pet rabbit in Australia was credited with saving its owners on Thursday after scratching at the door of their bedroom as their home burned, emergency workers said.

A koala emerged with barely a scratch after riding for miles with its head stuck in the grille of a car, Australian wildlife rescuers said Tuesday.