The questionnaire focused on participants' upbringing as well as on their perceptions about animals' physical similarity to humans and their beliefs about animals' capacity for emotion ...

Chigger is a common name for the larval stage of mites that feed on warm-blooded animals, including humans, according to Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. Closely related to ticks and ...

Before giant waves slammed into Sri Lanka and India coastlines ten days ago, wild and domestic animals seemed to know what was about to happen and fled to safety. According to eyewitness accounts ...

Color change in animals is a response shaped by evolution. Each species has developed its own method and reason for this ability, like an overreliance on light or temperature cues, or a ...

Half a century after Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws” stirred fear and fascination by painting sharks as bloodthirsty monsters of the sea, the tongue-in-cheek horror thriller “Dangerous Animals ...

After an influx of more than 140 animals into its care from a large surrender case, the MSPCA is set to offer free adoptions for dozens of pigs, goats, chickens and fowl this coming weekend.

A fast-moving fire ripped through a barn at an animal rescue in Montgomery County early Wednesday morning, killing dozens of animals and injuring several others. "Sheer panic because I knew I ...

Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., rejected a New York Times report that included research comparing the Democratic Party to "slow" and "passive" animals, telling CNN on Tuesday that she was ...

“I really love that since it’s a building I sub at that I have a connection with the kids and that you can share the love of the animals and the knowledge of it,” Johnston said. Throughout ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The Houston SPCA said it rescued 82 animals in two unrelated animal cruelty cases less than 24 hours apart. Last Tuesday, on June 3, the organization said it rescued nine ...

“We are grieving, and we are suffering. We are treated like animals by the officers, who told us we are being punished for what my husband is accused of doing. “But why punish me? Why punish ...

A pet zebra remains on the loose in Middle Tennessee after breaking free May 31 from it's Rutherford County home. Yes, a pet zebra has been spotted galloping along roadways in Middle Tennessee.