Animal welfare advocates push for bans on glue traps and cat declawing, while a bill to relax pet ownership restrictions sparks debate.

At the shore near Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove, a woman stands behind a chain-link fence, peering through her ...

About 2,000 years ago there lived a young woman named Mary. She lived in the small town of Nazareth in what is now the ...

Wildlife lover Ayse Genisel was delighted to spot a baby sea otter through her binoculars, but people trying to get too close ...

A variety of studies are showing that rough-and-tumble play is important for animals and kids alike.

Today, people consider "Yule" synonymous with "Christmas." But centuries ago, Yule meant something different — a pagan mid-winter festival, dating back to pre-Christian Germanic people.