State game wardens and Skowhegan’s water rescue team saved a young deer that had ventured onto the thin ice of the Kennebec River on Tuesday morning.

A 4-foot ball python gives them a scare as they remove their bags after arriving at a Kennebunk inn.

Brian Staples’ animal cast-offs don’t do tricks, but their diversity enables him to present a variety of educational shows.

The playful animal, believed to be a minke whale about 18-22 feet long, delights children attending a surf camp in York.

Oakland’s animal control officer and an expert from the U.S. Department of Agriculture tracked and corraled the pig that had been bothering hikers.