Father Joe’s Villages is a homeless shelter and detox facility in downtown San Diego that can house about 800 people a night.

Leeches have a wonderful talent for making human skin crawl. Soft, blind and voracious, they fasten on, slice the skin and drink until they are fat with blood. Most of the time, though, the real ...

Ebola in Africa. Hantavirus on a cruise ship. A measles outbreak kills 560 children in Bangladesh, sickens 60,000. Major diseases are making the news. We ask ourselves, is this the next big one? Maybe ...

The Animal Resource Center has announced that after the passing of Avery’s Law, it no longer has the legal authority to seize or impound abandoned, injured or neglected dogs.

A Brevard County, Florida woman died after being mauled by her neighbor's two dogs. The dogs' owner, Linda Cutler, has been ...

Newsday Zimbabwe SANYATI, Zimbabwe (NewsDay Live, May 29) — A herd of buffaloes spotted in Manyange Village on Wednesday evening has triggered emergency warnings for residents in Nyimo and surrounding ...

Another longtime member of Florida’s congressional delegation is calling it quits. Rep. Frederica Wilson announced at a road-renaming ceremony that she will not run for a 10th term in the House. She ...

I was bitten and mauled and the scary face in front of me,” Brennan said. “When the dog bit me, it felt like someone had hurled a dozen knives at my arm.” A nearby tradie ...

After an off-leash dog attacked and killed another dog at a park, new signs have gone up urging people to keep their dogs on leashes.

National Geographic Explorer and photographer Steve Winter is no stranger to photographing big cats. In India’s Gir Wildlife Sanctuary, he spent years getting eye-catching close-ups.

San Antonio Animal Care Services presented new data Thursday showing the agency had already responded to more than 2,100 animal bite and scratch cases in the first seven months of fiscal year 2026.

Florida state law allows for residents to keep a variety of strange animals as pets, though there are more than a few hoops ...