Amber Higdon left the 3-week-old puppies trapped in a plastic tote on the side or a road on a day when temps reached 95 ...

Many animals appear to display ritualistic behaviours towards their dead. Elephants gather around deceased members of their ...

They said that Moni was probably just playing with some straw. After the keepers saw the baby with their own eyes, they ...

Floods in northern Nigeria have killed more than 80% of animals in a zoo including lions, buffaloes and ostriches. Some ...

Volunteers in Peterborough left “heartbroken” over death of kittens make an appeal to pet owners Fosterers at a cat rescue ...

Two penguins died at the El Paso Zoo after contracting avian malaria, most likely spread by a mosquito. Six others were ...

Amber Kay Higdon, 31, pleaded guilty to seven counts of aggravated cruelty to animals for leaving seven puppies to die on the side of the road in late July.

Super-sized dogs, like Great Danes, rarely live into their second decade of life. Scientists are only just starting to understand why these huge hounds die so young.

With lifespans stretching far beyond human comprehension, creatures like the hydra, Greenland shark and Aldabra tortoise ...

A group of marine scientists may have finally determined what caused dozens of sawfish in Florida waters to exhibit unusual ...

A Connecticut woman accused of promising to train a dog for a family, allowing it to die under her care, lying to the owners, ...

Each year, 6.3 million pets enter U.S. shelters, which is an average of 17,260 a day, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The number of dogs and cats taken in ...