News Stories

Circuses, as we know them are becoming extinct.  Denmark is following suit with the   retirement of their circuses' last elephants.

"My Cat From Hell" is an Animal Planet TV show, which has gained popularity over the last 8 years.

Approximately 6.5 million companion animals enter U.S. animal shelters annually every year. Of those, approximately 3.3 million are dogs and 3.2 million are cats.

A Giant Panda named Erxi received a car and a fruitcake on his ninth birthday but the joke's on him: the car's made of inedible bamboo logs.

This is a tale of a drowning bear and what it took to save it. A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) biologist Adam Warwick was actually found rescuing a black bear off the Panhandle.

It is no surprise that albino ruby-throated hummingbirds are rare. What is surprising is that one turned up in the backyard of the Gutka family in Chardon Township Ohio. Not only did they actually see the white bird, they also managed to capture it on video. The world of bird watching has been humming about it ever since -- and who could blame them?

Clara Barton's experiences during the Civil War taught us the necessity for providing housing and nursing care and emotional support during national disasters. Chella Phillips did something similar in sheltering 97 canines during the horrendous onslaught of Hurricane Dorian that hit the Bahamas on September 1.

When humans lose their parents, they can grieve for weeks on end. Even when the grieving subsides, the loss creates an emptiness in many of us. It's a hole that can't be filled easily, and sometimes it never is. But what about wildlife?