It’s been that way since the mid-1800s. In addition to these two totem animals, the man who thought them up — political cartoonist Thomas Nast — also thought up the characters of Uncle Sam ...

In South America, jaguars eat caapi roots, also known as ayahuasca, to hallucinate. These wild cats find the roots, chew on ...

Whittall, who is also father of one of the defendants from Thursday, was banned from keeping cattle for five years in April last year, after admitting offences under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 ...

The owner began rescuing cats in 2006 after the death of his son. An animal sanctuary owner and roughly 100 cats have died in a fire on Long Island, according to officials. The flames broke out at ...

An owner of a Long Island animal sanctuary and at least 100 of his cats were killed in a suspicious fire Monday morning that police are investigating for arson. Authorities said the blaze started ...

Siku, a polar bear at Lincoln Park Zoo, developed allergies to various substances including human hair dander (Credit: Lincoln Park Zoo) It may be that zoo animals are so well cared for they ...

Rescuers capture a sick sea lion in Santa Barbara, California. Hundreds of animals have become ill from a neurotoxin, found in algae blooms, that causes concerning behavioral changes. Two ...

A genetics startup has created three pups that contain ancient DNA retrieved from the remains of the animal’s extinct ancestors. The first journalist to meet the wolves describes his trip to the ...

An online petition to have As I Lay Dying frontman Tim Lambesis investigated for alleged animal cruelty is nearing its goal of achieving 70,000 signatures. Organized by Care2 on The Petition Site ...

The snake, believed to be a red-tailed boa constrictor, is an exotic animal not native to Australia, and despite not being venomous, they pose a significant risk to the native wildlife.

A species of wolf that died out some 12,500 years ago lives again as the “world’s first successfully de-extincted animal,” according to Dallas-based biotech company Colossal Biosciences.

Its experts say reintroducing these animals to nature will be beneficial to the environment in many ways, even when it comes to climate change. De-extincting the woolly mammoth, for example ...