News Stories

The days are getting cooler and all those spiders you've been seeing all summer long are seeking shelter from this change in a different ways. Have you ever wondered how spiders survive the winter? They are cold-blooded creatures after all. That's why we don't see them during the colder months, but many of them are still all around us. Where they do it depends on the species and how their natural life-cycle occurs.

A Copperhead snake was carefully returned to a Connecticut state park after a Hamden resident inadvertently deposited the venomous viper in his home trash bin.

A new music video by Marshmello, an electronic music producer, and featuring Bastille, an alternative rock/pop band, needs to come with a warning to have a hankie at the ready because it is a real tear-jerker. It is especially touching for dog lovers. The music is the song "Happier" and features the tale of a young girl who receives a Golden Retriever puppy for her birthday and the years of loving partnership that follow.

A raccoon with no gravity issues whatsoever climbed nine stories up the side of an Ocean City apartment building before bailing out, sans parachute.

Six months ago, when Terry Lauerman volunteered to come in and brush cats at the Safe Haven Pet Sanctuary in Green Bay, Wisconsin, he had no idea that he was going to become famous. Moreover, to become famous for something mildly embarrassing. When he sits down on one of the comfy couches at the shelter and begins to brush a cat he often falls asleep to his chagrin. The photos tell the story.

A snake on the make in London's East End needed help from the RSPCA after the rodent-eating reptile was caught by a mousetrap.

When Hurricane Irma hit this region of the state most recently, it was not Congress that protected these resourceful animals . . .  it was their god-given instincts.

A new orthotic device called FastTrack™ can be adjusted to keep your horse from over-extending an injured fetlock joint while he still maintains mobility.