Calsbeek had yet to kill a deer that season, but in previous years, he told me, a single animal kept his family of four well ...

In a recent study of the contiguous United States, Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers found that the risk of disease ...

Doctors say the rare case was caused by years of trichophagia, a condition involving hair pulling and ingestion. Physicians ...

Shocking footage captured the moment 40 dogs were rescued from a tiny apartment living in under a foot of feces. The dogs and ...

Peter Atkinson was hospitalized with necrotizing fasciitis, a rare flesh-eating bacteria that can be deadly in about 1 in 5 ...

Outbreaks of H5N1, or highly pathogenic avian influenza — commonly known as bird flu — have been confirmed at a commercial ...

Bat perception has been examined for decades as a problem of sensory reach rather than animal intelligence. Many species ...

Scientists discovered that river otter droppings contain large numbers of parasites that infect the animals’ prey, indicating that otters may play a significant role in shaping local food webs.

On night walks through Highgate Wood, Cindy Blaney shares the whirling wonder of the often-maligned mammals with the humans ...

From snails to skunks, squirrels to cicadas, most of our neighbors are quiet and seldom interact with us, but they play ...

The owner of a rescued lab dog considers if insights gleaned through animal research are enough to justify the practice.

Thousands of snacks and dietary supplements have been recalled after they were potentially contaminated with animal feces, ...