KHERSON, Ukraine — The rescue volunteer holds out his hand, but the dog, stranded on a floating island of debris in a southern Ukrainian city inundated by flooding, is too traumatized to approach.

On a special episode (first released on May 15, 2024) of The Excerpt podcast: It has now been over two years since Russia invaded Ukraine. As the people of Ukraine fled their homes, many were forced ...

The war in Ukraine has upended the lives of millions of people. It’s also disrupted the lives of an untold number of animals, both pets and zoo animals. An upcoming episode of Nature on PBS, “Saving ...

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 ...

Animal–human interactions occur in many different venues, including wars. Numerous domestic and wild nonhuman animals (animals) are victims of war during and after a conflict has ended, and the ...

Over the past year, the keepers at the Kazkova Dibrova zoo in southern Ukraine battled to safeguard their charges under Russian occupation. The park surrounding the zoo was mined and access routes ...

Some Ukrainians are risking their lives to save cats, dogs and other animals made homeless by the Russian invasion. The fighting has destroyed entire towns and leveled large stretches of many cities ...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian embassies and consulates in six European countries have received packages containing animals' eyes in recent days, a Ukrainian official said Friday. Foreign Ministry ...

Shafa, a cat in Borodyanka, was rescued from a severely war-damaged building. The cat miraculously survived for 60 days without food and water. LIVE Q&A with “Saving the Animals of Ukraine” Filmmakers ...

KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — The rescue volunteer holds out his hand, but the dog, stranded on a floating island of debris in a southern Ukrainian city inundated by flooding, is too traumatized to approach ...