Topic: Animals

Researchers believe they've figured out a way to get drugs past the blood-brain barrier.

Animal welfare officers in Florida came to the rescue of a kitten heard crying from inside a drainage pipe.

Residents of a northern British Columbia community are trying to solve the mystery of a local deer seen wandering around wearing a high-visibility vest.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Midwest Fisheries Center shared photos of a telemetry receiver found covered in a living "blob of jelly."

Police in Washington rounded up a pair of escaped goats that went wandering through a city and chased pedestrians.

The St. Louis Zoo in Missouri announced the birth of a male baby Asian elephant, the first of his species to be conceived via artificial insemination at the facility.

Rhode Island Department of Transportation workers cleaning out catch basins made a startling discovery -- two trapped raccoons treading water in a rapidly-filling drain.

Police set up security cameras at a Japanese school after students' shoes started disappearing and the culprit was ultimately identified as a furry footwear fan -- a weasel.

Firefighters in England came to the rescue of an "adventurous horse" that ended up stranded in the frigid waters of a canal.

The rest of the world made an unusually determined assault on this year's Japan Cup, but came up short as locals grabbed the first five placings.