Four tourists on a mission to scale Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro were treated to a rare sight Tuesday as they reached the peak of Africa’s highest mountain: a dog. The sighting has puzzled animal scientists and locals alike with questions on how it has managed to survive freezing temperatures. The dog was spotted at Uhuru peak [...]

Hawkeye, the dog that refused to leave the casket of his beloved fallen owner, Navy Seal Jon Tumilson, will now help commemorate the troops at a college football game. The dog will purportedly lead the Iowa Hawkeyes out onto the field at one of two hometown games in November that will also honor Tumilson. Tumilson’s [...]

It’s been eight months since Sharalyn Cooper has seen Fadidle, her 2-year-old miniature Pinscher, but on Saturday, she held the tiny animal, with its “bat ears” quivering, to her chest and cried. The two were reunited at Utah’s Salt Lake International Airport after the dog turned up in San Diego, California. “It’s wonderful,” she said, [...]

A Maltese dog named Caesar, who disappeared more than a year after a fatal car crash in New Mexico, has been returned to the surviving family members in Michigan. Last June, a horrific car accident killed Gary Benson and his daughter, Emily, when their Chevrolet minivan overturned, leaving wife Monica and their remaining four children [...]

In what has to be one of the most touching images I’ve ever seen, Hawkeye the dog lies next to his owner’s casket. Petty Officer Jon T. Tumilson was laid to rest Friday in Rockford, Iowa, where an over 1,500 mourners came to pay respects for the fallen Navy SEAL, including his dog Hawkeye. Hawkeye’s [...]

A family dog is being hailed a hero after she clashed with a full-grown black bear in Winnipeg, Canada earlier this week. Sandi Cross says 13-year-old “Sassy” likely saved her life early Tuesday morning outside the family cottage. “I truly believe that if Sassy hadn’t gone out when she did … the bear would have [...]

What could have been a tragic morning for Roadie, a lost Jack Russell Terrier from Maryland, took a happy turn Friday thanks to the efforts of an ex-Hagerstown, Maryland mayor, a McDonald’s manager, and several dog-loving breakfast patrons. “Several of us were at McDonald’s when we saw this cute little wiry-haired Jack Russell Terrier walking [...]