Animals

The heat wave continues to sear San Antonio into August - the hottest month of the year – and one of the consequences of such heat is felt and seen among the city’s facilities devoted to animals.

A post on Instagram shows a group of very happy pigs chowing down on pumpkins at the SARA animal sanctuary.

From elephants to otters to armadillos, all sorts of animals get a kick out stomping, rolling and eating the orange gourds.

In the Amazon rainforest, one species of monkey changed their territorial call to better communicate with a competing species.

SEA LIFE Aquarium opened Tuesday in what was the Joske's department store at the Shops at Rivercenter on East Commerce.The attraction contains 200,000 gallons of water with 3,000 creatures, including sharks and stingrays.

The critters can now be found in 99% of Texas counties, and they do $52 million in damage to Texas agricultural enterprises every year.

The Valentine's Day winter storm created a condition that makes the turtles weak and inactive. Many of them died, but helpers are being praised for how many survived.

How does a herd decide which direction to head in? Researchers put GPS collars on a gathering of goats to find out. Here's what they learned — and how it might apply to humans.

Researchers discovered that an octopus might punch a fish when both are hunting. Although some of the thrown punches can be explained, others remain a mystery.

The ASPCA's Behavioral Rehabilitation Center works with severely fearful dogs rescued from puppy mills and hoarders. The shelter has an 87% success rate in rehabilitating undersocialized dogs.