The Trump administration is receiving an outpouring of support from animal advocacy groups, lawmakers and others for recent announcements to end animal testing within programs at the FDA and EPA.

Cockroaches that catch a ride on ants. Grasshoppers that climb aboard sheep. Hitchhiking animals are more common than you think. A classic example of phoresy, the remora uses a modified fin that ...

Today the StarPhoenix talks to brother-in-laws Karan Dabhi and Veer Chavda, who opened Philthy Philly’s in Confederation last spring. The Philthy Philly’s chain, which started in Canada about ...

It's no secret that the members of Metallica love Motorhead. In 1995, the band even went so far as to dress up as frontman Lemmy to play a set of Motorhead covers to celebrate the iconic frontman ...

When Conor Ireland picked up his cold brew at a Starbucks in London, Ontario, last month, he discovered a drawing of a sausage-shaped creature saying “neigh.” “Why is there a salamander ...

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 ...

Max Genecov is a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, a dad, and a stuffed animal owner. “I’ve always had them growing up, I had a big fantasy life with ...

Tigers and monkeys and tapirs, oh my! Joel Sartore's latest book, "National Geographic Photo Ark: Babies," captures the animal kingdom's most curious youngsters. Sumatran tigersPanthera tigris ...

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 ...

MTV took a long road to Headbangers Ball. According to Rock N’ Roll True Stories, a large portion of the videos the network was showing in 1984 were from rock and metal bands. MTV CEO Bob ...

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.