With the St. George Animal Shelter often at full capacity, city leaders are considering a second facility to help care for ...

She approached chimps as she did people: on their own terms. By Sam Anderson ...

We used to assume bird flu was a risk solely for outdoor hunters, but new data suggests the virus is entering the home ...

Born JoAnne Deborah Byron in 1947 into a family of strivers in Queens, she split her time between her mother’s home in New ...

When animals like bears choose your property as their new home, homeowners have several options to keep their property and ...

For decades, my family has decorated the blue spruce in our yard with holiday lights. Our neighbors have often told us how ...

As the northeast Johnson County city considers changing its definition of dangerous wild animals to include all monkeys — which would outlaw keeping the animals as pets — its sole monkey owner is ...

As wild animals, and prey animals at that, deer are naturally very cautious of humans. Because of that, befriending a deer ...

Want to get an exotic pet or give one as a Christmas gift? Know what creatures Mississippi state law defines as wild or ...