Police solicited names from the public, and suggestions came flooding in. On Instagram, Furlock Holmes was a top like-getter.

Drummer Janet Weiss of the rock band Quasi hosted a 24-hour “Drumathon” to raise money for a Portland dog adoption center.

Thousands of years later, each lunar year is still said to possess certain characteristics of its animal namesake, and those ...

"All Creatures Great and Small," now streaming its fifth season on PBS, is the televisual equivalent of a hug from a friend, ...

After nursing an owl back to health, a retired military engineer didn't expect to see him again—then he checked his cameras.

The newly reported H5N9 strain was found Monday at a duck farm in Merced County, California, according to the World ...

The Animal Humane Society has chosen a new person to lead the animal welfare organization. Joy King was recently announced as ...

A woman who grew up in an animal-free household finally got pets of her own, and was stunned to find she felt so much emotion ...

The Department of Defense and National Institutes of Health (NIH) are still collaborating on research with a Beijing lab for ...

From mythical guardians to symbols of transformation and terror, the snake has slithered its way into the annals of art ...

Meet Mirasol, one very, VERY large rat. “She’s about 1.7 kilograms,” says Jenny Egan, the Senior Area Manager for the Maryland Zoo at Baltimore.

If a trap-and-release program succeeds, Casper will no longer be wild turkey central. So far, 145 of the big, obnoxious birds ...