Animals

Chances are you've walked past a rattlesnake before and didn't even know it. Here's what you should do if you encounter one.

Austin animal shelters are preparing for a massive kitten intake over the next few months as thousands of babies are born outdoors. Here's how you can help.

Round Rock is the latest Central Texas city to adopt new requirements since a 2021 fire at the Ponderosa Pet Resort in Georgetown killed 75 dogs.

UT Jackson School of Geosciences researchers used a fossil collected around 80 years ago to identify and name A. buceei, a new species of beaver that was native to Texas about 15 million years ago.

It's significant, according to officials with the Houston Zoo, because the radiated tortoise is a critically endangered species whose numbers are in decline.

The city's got the largest urban bat population in the world. The bats draw scores of tourists to the South Congress Bridge year-round, but they could face complications from planned construction nearby.

Texas Parks and Wildlife officials say that the woman in Caldwell County, Texas, treated the alligator as a pet. She named it Tewa.

Police believe the monkeys were taken from their enclosure — the latest in a string of mysterious incidents at the zoo.

Police believe two tamarin monkeys were stolen from their enclosure Monday morning.

Zoo officials believe the animal's death is connected to a string of suspicious incidents in recent weeks, including a leopard that went missing for hours.