“As a mother, I didn’t think twice. I only wanted to help her,” the officer, Helen Valerio, said during a ceremony honoring ...

Why did the seal cross the road? To take a nap. A baby grey seal chose a treacherous spot to catch some z’s this week — in the middle of a busy Jersey Shore road on Long Beach Island. “That was ...

Minnesota animal shelters and pet rescues have kept their own tally of the cost of Operation Metro Surge. A little dog, found ...