Animal awareness days provide rescue and wildlife groups with the opportunity to highlight public awareness and raise funds ...

Snakes come in various sizes, colors, and temperaments, with some being friendly and suitable as pets too. This guide ...

Pygmy seahorses, about the size of a fingernail, are some of the smallest vertebrates in the world. First discovered in 1969, little was known about the creatures. But in the early 2000s ...

People searching for their much-loved critters, lost pets that have been separated from their families, and worried locals sharing photos of those animals that have not been found: The number of ...

However, vaccines also provide important protections for our nonhuman companions, including the most common pets: dogs and cats. Yet, as my research published in 2024 in the American Journal of ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — After Poppy, the Metro Richmond Zoo’s newest baby pygmy hippo became a viral sensation on social media, she and her mother are now on view each day through a ...

Those born during the Year of the Snake may be inclined to think 2025 will be their lucky year. After all, their zodiac animal will soon be plastered on red packets, stamps, clothing and more.

Image via Depositphotos This snake has a venomous bite. It also goes by another name, the Eastern Cottonmouth. Correspondingly, it is often quite aggressive in nature. Thus, posing a threat to humans ...

But with the enormous influx of pets from the Los Angeles fires, the dogs and cats and critters that have been temporarily displaced and separated from their people, shelter space around the ...

Mother hippo Iris and baby Poppy take a dip in a shallow pool. If you happened to be a pygmy hippo born in 2024, then you’re an internet superstar. The world first went bonkers for Moo Deng ...

Still, many people have had to hand over their pets to Harvilicz for now. “I had a woman drop off four dogs,” Harvilicz said. “I was up all night helping people who needed places for their ...