A recent study experimentally manipulated the presence or absence of pets (mostly dogs), and the findings point to the ...

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A veterinarian in Ohio discovered that a tick found on one of her patients was an invasive species. A dog owner in Ohio brought their pet into Oxford Veterinary Hospital after the animal stepped on a ...

If you thought laughter was just a human trait, you couldn’t be more wrong. Many animals have their own unique ways of expressing joy.

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Fire ants excel at human assisted spread, which makes any construction or mining supply chain a risk if controls lapse.

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA — A layer of frost clings to the grass on the morning Tony DeNicola sets out to check his trap. It’s ...

Humans have been living alongside animals for thousands of years, turning wolves into loyal dogs and wild cattle into dairy ...

For Ghost, a 45-pound octopus believed to be between 2 and 4 years old (the average lifespan for her species), it means ...

My elders have always told me that I loved animals from the time I first laid eyes on a dog. They say, and I find this hard ...

There are, of course, many ways to experience any number of the 18 major islands that comprise the 3,000 square miles of what ...