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Police shoot dog that was attacking 2 people, other dog

The head of an Ice Age cave bear found on Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island in northern Russia.

Perfectly preserved Ice Age cave bear found in Arctic Russia

matt bete woken up by bear

Watch: Bear startles man napping by pool in Greenfield

Death toll from wildfires reaches 33 on the West Coast September 13, 2020 | 12:37 PM

Courtesy of the Merrimack Police Department

Missing Feline Found

The African serval cat reported missing from his N.H. home has been found September 12, 2020 | 12:09 PM

In this Sept. 8, 2010, file photo, a mosquito is held up for inspection at a research institute in Portland, Maine.

Dry summer brings Northeast relief from mosquitoes and ticks September 12, 2020 | 9:23 AM

40-lb. cat missing

African serval cat, named Spartacus, missing in N.H. town September 10, 2020 | 6:16 PM

Great white shark

Researchers capture video of ‘white shark Danny,’ seek prayers for its 7-year-old namesake battling cancer September 6, 2020 | 3:39 PM

This 2018 file photo shows a memorial that was made at Newcomb Hollow Beach for shark attack victim, Arthur Medici who was killed by a shark while on his boogie board at Newcomb Hollow Beach.

Wellfleet approves memorial bench for 2018 shark attack victim from Revere September 6, 2020 | 9:24 AM

'World's Loneliest Elephant'

'World's loneliest elephant' okayed to quit zoo for new life September 5, 2020 | 9:10 AM

Libby the horse being hoisted out of the mud in Hanson.

What you need to know about the great Hanson horse hoist September 3, 2020 | 10:39 AM

This March 26, 2009 photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows a little brown bat with white-nose syndrome in the Greeley Mine in Stockbridge, Vt.

Be cautious around late summer bats, Maine CDC warns August 29, 2020 | 8:36 AM

A beefalo stands out in a field.

Where's the beefalo?

Beefalo on the loose for weeks in Connecticut after escaping slaughter August 28, 2020 | 6:38 PM

Amazon delivery driverJohn Cassabria and Luka

Senior dog stuck in Woburn pool is saved by quick-thinking Amazon driver August 27, 2020 | 5:08 PM

Jason Joyce, a lobsterman from Swan's Island, Maine, speaks from Washington during the second night of the Republican National Convention on Tuesday, Aug. 25.

Maine lobster fisher's pro-Trump speech sets off political spat August 26, 2020 | 9:51 AM

A great white shark tries to bite a fish head being trolled though the water as researchers chum the ocean looking for sharks off South Africa.

Scientists to gauge presence of white sharks off Maine August 25, 2020 | 8:46 AM

A black bear in captivity waits for visitors to throw food into his pen at the the Maine Wildlife Park.

Maine asks hunters to social distance while shooting at bears August 24, 2020 | 11:58 AM

Birth of panda cub provides 'much-needed moment of pure joy' August 21, 2020 | 5:22 PM

A woman and her dog.

Boston Public Garden

23 ducks die of suspected botulism believed to be in Boston Public Garden lagoon August 20, 2020 | 3:45 PM

2 horses rescued from mud pit in Marion after sinking up to their necks August 17, 2020 | 12:49 PM

The International Fund for Animal Welfare said some 45 dolphins were found stranded by harbor officials in Wellfleet on Sunday morning.

Volunteers rescue dozens of dolphins stranded on Wellfleet beach August 11, 2020 | 7:48 AM

Virus-quieted oceans open window for Shark Week researchers August 9, 2020 | 1:53 AM

Gibbs is recovering after he reportedly ate paper masks.

A dog ate a paper face mask and required 'life-saving surgery,' Animal Rescue League says August 6, 2020 | 2:22 PM

A Peregrine Falcon looks towards a photographer at the home of Julie Collier in Leverett, Mass., Dec. 22, 2014.

Vermont cliffs closed for nesting peregrine falcons have reopened August 1, 2020 | 8:42 AM

Harpswell, ME - 7/28/20 - Tom Whyte points to the area where he witnessed the apparent shark attack which killed his neighbor as she swam in the waters off of Bailey Island. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

What we know about the fatal shark attack in Maine July 28, 2020 | 3:27 PM

Woman killed in apparent shark attack off Maine July 27, 2020 | 7:31 PM

Guide dogs helping blind runners stay fit despite pandemic July 25, 2020 | 9:09 AM

This Feb. 15, 2017, photo provided by the San Francisco Zoo & Gardens shows a giraffe named Floyd in his enclosure at the zoo. Floyd, the oldest and tallest giraffe at the San Francisco Zoo, died Friday, July 24, 2020.

Floyd, the San Francisco Zoo's tallest, oldest giraffe, dies at 18 July 25, 2020 | 8:01 AM

A red panda named Kora takes up position in a tree on the grounds of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, in Powell, Ohio. Kora, who had disappeared from her habitat on Tuesday, was successfully returned after zoo officials tranquilized her on Thursday, causing her to safely fall 10-feet into a net below.

Missing red panda found safe in Ohio zoo July 24, 2020 | 8:02 PM

Man gored by bull he grabbed by the horns in N.H. town July 20, 2020 | 11:05 AM

This video frame grab provided by KMBC-TV in Kansas City, Mo., shows Cleo, a 4-year-old Labrador retriever-border collie mix who disappeared from her home in Kansas earlier in July 2020, and turned up a few days later at her old home in Missouri, about 50 miles away.

Homeward bound: Kansas dog makes 50-mile trek to her old home in Missouri July 19, 2020 | 9:00 AM

In this June 18, 2017, file photo, Chipmunks congregate near the ninth hole during the fourth round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Erin Hills in Erin, Wis. There has been a spike in New England's chipmunk population during the summer of 2020.

Chipmunks, fattened up on acorns, are driving people nuts July 18, 2020 | 10:17 AM

15-month-old killed by family dog in Rhode Island July 17, 2020 | 2:18 PM