Residents of a Prince Rupert, B.C., cul-de-sac banded together to save a neighbour's dog, Bob, from the jaws of a wolf. But it may have been Bob the pug's pudgy waistline that thwarted the attack.

We're starting to worry that our affinity for pugs -- yes, we have one, and her name is Petunia, and no we didn't name her -- is becoming too well-known. Case in point: Roughkat sending us this ...

Snow cyclist Jill Homer is training to bike 350 miles in February's human-powered Iditarod. Along the way, she's meeting some interesting critters. Among the most impressive is a wolf named Romeo, a ...