SF News Mysterious Surge in Bay Area Sea Lion Pup Deaths Stumps Researchers Scientists are trying to figure out what's behind a dramatic rise in dead, stillborn, and malnourished sea lion pups, in the Bay Area and along the West Coast.
SF News California Could Get An Official State Crustacean: The Dungeness Crab, Of Course A new bill in the state legislature aims to add Metacarcinus magister, aka Dungeness crab, to the list of official state symbols.
SF News Raccoons Break Into Redwood City Bank, Make Themselves Completely at Home Two loutish raccoons took it upon themselves to occupy a Redwood City bank, and both suspects remain at large after their raccoon party free-for-all.
Arts & Entertainment The Bay Area's Bus Riding Python Can Be Yours Wow! Python snake found on @VTA bus last month now up for adoption at @PeninsulaHumane in #Burlingame. His name? #Rumplesnakeskin! #BayArea pic.twitter.com/mhoKAlqYSk— Chris Nguyen ABC7 (@ChrisNguyenTV) October 24, 2017 A
SF News Amid Wildfire Tragedy, Tales Of Animal Resilience And Rescue Abound After more than a week the the Northern California wildfires are finally beginning to approach containment. As officials continue to search for the missing and survivors return to what's left of their homes,
SF News Despite Evacuation Orders, Some CA Ranchers Refuse To Leave Animals Behind Some residents in Northern California's more rural areas threatened by fire are refusing to leave their homes because they don't want to leave their livestock and larger animals behind, including one Butte County
SF News Santa Rosa's Safari West Works To Save African Animals While Area Shelters Take On More Pets Today is World Rhino Day! Help Save them and #BuyInformed: https://t.co/r2vGrfvLMR #SavingSpecies Photo: Adi Ringer pic.twitter.com/8auhHOTyzH— Safari West (@SafariWest) September 22, 2017 While animal shelters in Sonoma
SF News Raccoon Invasion Looms As Pesky Critters Begin To Forage Pretty much all Bay Area critter populations have swollen with this year’s wetter and warmer weather, and we’re seeing flocks of wild parrots, whales, and rats of unusual sizes. But that
SF News Golf Club Wielding Cyclist Steals Dog In Mission District A man's dog remains missing Thursday morning, after a bike-riding man with a golf club snatched the pup from its guardian's grasp. According to the San Francisco Police Department, the theft went down
SF News SF Couple Accused Of Pepper-Spraying Apartment-Dweller To Steal Their Cat Given the vast number of cats available for adoption in San Francisco, who on earth would you 1) go all the way to San Bruno then 2) pepper-spray someone to steal a cat?
SF News Fleeing Hurricane Irma, 152 Shelter Pets Seek Bay Area Homes A jet packed with adoptable cats and dogs landed in the Bay Area Thursday, all refugees from Florida shelters emptied as preparation for Hurricane Irma. It's all thanks to the Walnut Creek-based Animal
Arts & Entertainment Watch These North Bay Firefighters Save A Kitten From Certain Doom Inside Car Engine A sharp-eared person passing a car parked on a Santa Rosa street likely saved a stray kitten this weekend, alerting area firefighters to the little pussy's plight. According to a Facebook post from
SF News Video: Close Encounter With Mountain Lion For Sequoia Hikers Mountain lions are wonderful and majestic creatures, but you don’t want to see one perched and ready to pounce on you from about 10 feet away. That’s exactly what happened to
Arts & Entertainment Video: A Slumber Party With Sloths At the Zoological Wildlife Conservation Center and the Sloth Captive Husbandry Center in Rainier, Oregon, "sleepovers" are being offered for animal lovers who want to hang out with adorable sloths for a night
SF News Video: Dog Attacked By Otters In Washington Lake A two-year-old black Labrador retriever was attacked by several otters last Wednesday in American Lake in Lakewood, Washington. As KRON 4 reports, the dog's guardian, Linda Willingham, witnessed the attack and she said
SF News Coyote Snatches Dog From San Francisco Porch A woman returning home with her dog suffered an unexpected attack Sunday, when a coyote snapped up the pup as she stood at her front door. CBS 5 reports that the incident occurred
SF News A Truck Full Of 'Slime Eels' Flipped On An Oregon Freeway And OMG The Pictures I don't think you're ready for this jelly. A truck full of live eels being shipped to Korea "for consumption" flipped on Highway 101 in Oregon, spilling eels all over everything everywhere. According
Arts & Entertainment Stray Kitten Rescued From Middle Of Golden Gate Bridge Marin-based CHP officers rescued a small orange cat on Saturday who somehow managed to get inside the movable median barrier near the south tower of the Golden Gate Bridge. They relayed the tale
Arts & Entertainment East Bay Cat Lover Dresses Up As Cat, Walks Around Lake Merritt For 24 Hours For Charity An East Bay man who volunteers at the popular Cat Town cat cafe in downtown Oakland spent part of his Memorial Day weekend in a cat costume, circling Lake Merritt on foot for
Arts & Entertainment Video: Adorable Escaped Lamb Rescued By Fremont PD 🐐 Baby Goat Gone Wild! This goat eluded our staff last night for 2+ hours. He was just located & brought to the #TriCityAnimalShelter pic.twitter.com/IOWHFUAxmJ— Fremont Police Dept (@FremontPD) May 23,
SF News Facebook's 'To Delete Or Not To Delete' Internal Training Manuals Revealed How exactly do Facebook's moderators decide what is and is not appropriate to keep on the site these days? The Guardian knows and they just made it all public. 100 internal training manuals,
SF News Five Adorable Coyote Pups Were Rescued After Their Mom Was Killed In A Hit-And-Run San Jose resident Chuck Rossi and Silvia Restelli were so enamored with a coyote den on their property, they brilliantly set up a "Coyote Cam" to watch a mom and her five newborn
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink San Francisco Pop-Up Cafe Infested With Rats... On Purpose For two days in July, visitors to one of San Francisco's most notorious tourist areas will have a thrilling new anecdote to share with the folks back at home: Out there, in craaaazy
SF News World's Bravest Kitten Lives In Oakland, Rides CHP Patrol Cars Brace yourselves, cat people. A kitten was discovered clinging to the underside of a California Highway Patrol car as officers responded to the scene of an accident on I-880 Sunday morning. The officers
Arts & Entertainment SF's Cutest Birds Of Prey Now Boast Upgraded Webcam Experience Gif of Thursday morning falconcam action: SFist San Francisco's most adorable raptors just got easier to stalk, as the webcam Big-Brothering their every feathered move just got a pretty sweet upgrade. We've been
