In 2024, Colleen Lambo began doing boots-on-the-ground veterinary care in Ukraine.

Life in Kyiv right now is difficult for any 51-year-old, but when you're also a western lowland gorilla more suited to the warmth of central Africa, the ongoing energy crisis is particularly tough.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One night in late November, there was a loud explosion. The sky flashed white. Yura didn’t know what the sound was. She only knew ...

CHUBYNS'KE, Kyiv Oblast — Natalia Popova has found a new purpose in life: Rescuing wild animals and pets from the devastation wrought by the war in Ukraine. “They are my life,” says the 50-year-old, ...

Ukraine faces a rising rabies threat as war disrupts prevention efforts, with human bites soaring from 780 in 2021 to 2,507 ...

A dog shelter in Ukraine's southern city of Zaporizhzhia was damaged following a Russian strike on Friday, according to local authorities.

Samka the rhino looks sad. When her longtime companion Boy the elephant died in April, she watched over his body for an entire day until it was taken away. Today the elephant’s pen sits empty. Boy is ...

Since the start of the coronavirus outbreak in Ukraine, animals in Mykhailo Pinchuk's cash-strapped zoo have had to make do with leaner diets. Animals like the Bengal tiger named Shere Khan have had ...

“Andrea and Paquito” is a popular TikTok account of a woman and her cat, who quietly purrs while sleeping with her in bed during calm mornings, only to open his eyes suddenly if he senses a bird ...

A Russian drone blasted into an animal shelter in southern Ukraine early Friday, killing at least 10 rescue dogs and injuring ...