Floods can be scary things. And for one little possum, a flood almost ended in disaster. Luckily for the tiny creature, there was help nearby.

For more than a decade, a dog named Wiggles went through life without a family of her own. The now 14-year-old dog has finally shaken off the homeless blues and has a real home that isn’t at a shelter.

Mana Srivate has worked as a rescue worker for 26 years. In all that time, the Thailand resident has overseen plenty of resuscitation attempts. However, he experienced a first for his field when he was asked to step in and help save a baby elephant that had been hit on the road.

Cats all have a “cattitude” that makes them adorable. It also makes them quite mouthy at times. I once had a little Tortie that always had to have the final say. And no matter what you’d tell her, she always had to meow at the end of your sentence.

This poor dog was kept outside for all of his life and was wearing a puppy collar. The problem is, he is not a puppy, so the collar became much too tight and was digging into his neck. This caused him to get a painful, open wound.

On Thursday, the Trump administration announced it would be removing the gray wolf from the list protected by the Endangered Species Act of 1973. The wolves once faced extinction in the United States as a result of trapping, hunting and the destruction of their habitats and have been protected for more than 45 years.

Stowaways come in all shapes and sizes. Sometimes, they even have four legs. Video footage of a train conductor escorting a hitchhiking cat off a Chinese train has gone viral on Douyin.com, China’s version of TikTok.

In a very noble act, one retired train conductor from Long Island, NY, has taken in and adopted more than 300 stray cats. Chris Arsenault was inspired to begin giving these needy felines a second chance in life after his son passed away.

Children are some of the most innocent people on the planet. They will often do very heartfelt things without any ulterior motive which just makes it all the more charming. And on a farm in Australia, a very sweet video was captured between a little girl and a horse.

When you see someone you know you can click with, sometimes the pull is undeniable. Maybe it’s just a chemical reaction in the brain, or maybe it’s a deeper universal power in the universe, either way there is little fighting love at first sight.

For the past 3 years, Shadow has spent her summers camping in Martha’s Vineyard with her owners. But the 3-year-old feline threw the annual family escape into disarray when she suddenly disappeared from the campsite one morning.

Amidst widespread devastation in Oregon, firefighting crews were able to make a heartwarming rescue. On Sunday, the Douglas Forest Protective Association Facebook page posted an image of a rescued calf, and explained what happened, writing:

Loss is not easy for anyone to deal with, especially when it arrives unexpectedly.

Charlie the Terrier mix was shaking and crying on the side of a road in LA in a disturbing physical condition. His disheveled fur was covered in pesky burrs in every corner, causing the heartbroken dog a lot of pain and discomfort. Some Good Samaritans picked him up and dropped him off at a nearby animal shelter, but this left Charlie further traumatized.

Weeks ago, a man enjoying a rafting trip on the Red Deer and South Saskatchewan Rivers encountered an animal struggling in the water.

In Onomichi, located in the Hiroshima Prefecture, photos of a cat and a museum security guard having a face-off outside of the Onomichi City Museum of Art, have gone viral.

Although he often plays a tough guy on film, actor Russell Crowe is really an animal lover at heart. We know this because Crowe recently posted a heartfelt tribute to his mother’s departed cat, Cinders, whom Crowe had rescued as a kitten.