Shower time may be fun, but it's also important to make sure to dry your bird off afterwards to prevent illness. If your bird ...

A popular fundraiser in Alaska is returning for Valentine’s Day, blending charity with a playful take on heartbreak. The Love ...

Yes, you are seeing that right — it's Santa Claus posing with a snake. The jolly old man doesn't only make time to visit children before Christmas day, he also manages to visit some pets. Slytherin ...

Santa Claus was relieved after Slytherin the snake's meet and greet. (Barb Hedrick-Stewart/ At the Cottage Photography - image credit) Yes, you are seeing that right — it's Santa Claus posing with a ...

“We understand how unpleasant it is for everyone who is now stuck there,” a spokesperson said to a local news outlet. While such incidents are relatively rare, animals that either enter or are ...

Rats with naturally high stress levels were far more likely to self-administer cannabis when given access. Behavioral testing showed that baseline stress hormones were the strongest predictor of ...

A new study found that your favorite city-dwelling trash pandas are evolving to become cuter, an early sign of domestication. There's only one problem in Texas—owning a raccoon as a pet is illegal.

The days of trash-talking raccoons may be coming to an end. A new study published in the journal Frontiers in Zoology found that city-dwelling raccoons are showing early signs of domestication — and ...

Costco has a new pet bed, and shoppers are already raving about it. There’s a lot to love about the Kirkland Signature Aero Cloud Pillow Pet Bed. First, it comes in three colors—taupe, gray and ...

Think your pet is the cutest in Stanislaus County? The Modesto Bee is hosting a competition to find the area’s cutest cat and dog. We’ll hold two separate contests — one for cats and one for dogs — to ...

“Motherese” is the cutesy language we use around preverbal infants. It serves important roles in language development and emotional coregulation. But why do we use it with animals? Domestication ...