An "aggressive" population of wild turkeys has been picking fights with Alameda residents in recent weeks. An 83-year-old woman was sent to the emergency room for six stitches in one incident.

Peru's first great empire left no written records. Now, archaeologists are piecing together who the Wari were with the help ...

A dog born with a spare penis had to undergo emergency surgery to relieve him of his sex-tra appendage so it wouldn’t ...

All of South Carolina's recorded alligator-related fatalities have occurred in the last decade. As we head into the summer and spend more times in the water and outdoors, here's how ...

Cats don’t tend to announce when something is wrong. You go to fill the bowl and realize you haven’t seen them since ...

With “Mating Season,” Nick Kroll continues to lead the pack when it comes to the booming genre of cartoons that revel in ...

The Capital Area Humane Society highlighted that the dogs are in "generally good health" and are very social and friendly.

The deer tick ( Ixodes scapularis), also known as the black-legged tick, is not an insect but an arachnid. As it feeds on a ...

There is good news and bad news about the fate of the European wildcat, and its relationship with domestic cats is ...

Martial Eagles are striking because they really are enormous, powerful birds. The National Aviary describes them as a large African Eagle found in open habitats such as savannas, steppes, and ...

What began as a disturbing opinion piece by Nicholas Kristof in The New York Times has now spiralled into a global debate. In his piece in the NYT, Kristof alleges the use of dogs to rape Palestinian ...

They sleep on our beds, steal our food, and generally rule the house. Between them, cats and dogs make up two-thirds of pet ownership worldwide. But which of the two companion animals are we more ...