Frankie, a nine-year veteran of the State Police, is the first and only line-of-duty death of a state police dog.

BOSTON — The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) on Tuesday announced the first confirmed case of West Nile virus in an animal this year. A goat was exposed to ...

The actor supports a bill that would ban research institutions and product testing facilities from separating infant primates from their mothers in the first year of their lives.

An attorney representing Joshua Heal — an ex-cop accused of having a sexual encounter with Sandra Birchmore when he was the ...

Casey Affleck is reportedly lending his support to an effort on Beacon Hill to roll out protections for baby primates used in ...

The Eastern equine encephalitis virus has been detected in a mosquito sample for the first time this year in the state, ...

A second West Nile virus-positive mosquito sample was detected in Falmouth near Siders Pond on July 29. This is the third detection on Cape Cod this summer, with no human cases reported yet. Cape Cod ...

The Patriots are hosting a pet adoption event Wednesday at the team's training camp, which is open to the public.

Katharine VansBuskirk, 69, was attacked by the animal on the back porch of her home in Somerville, Massachusetts. She ...

Whales of all shapes and sizes play a significant role in the health of marine ecosystems. About 50% of the air humans ...

The MSPCA and several other shelters across the state are waiving adoption fees for certain cats and dogs over the next week.