Many domestic animals can prosper in the wild despite having adapted to thousands of years in captivity. This phenomenon offers an interesting window into the process of adaptation to natural ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Domestic Bactrian camels in the Altai province of western Mongolia. Joel Berger/Wildlife Conservation Society, CC BY-ND Fatal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo: Getty Images) State lawmakers are considering a measure that would increase the penalties for willful and malicious abuse ...

Though dogs are so close genetically to wolves that many taxonomists consider them to be a subspecies, most people wouldn’t let a wolf lick their hand as readily as a Shih Tzu. When animals are ...

SPOKANE- City of Spokane Parks and Recreation has seen domestic animals being left in City parks. The most common domestic animals found include goldfish, bunnies, turtles, frogs and ducks. While ...

Humans have caused wild animals to shrink and domestic animals to grow, according to a new study out of the University of Montpellier in southern France. Researchers studied tens of thousands of ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS)—The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) urges people to stay safe during the bird flu outbreak. The DNR reports that highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), more ...

Cats didn’t become house pets because humans needed them. They didn’t herd animals, pull carts, or guard property. They weren’t even invited. Yet today, millions of people feed and care for them ...

Fatal attractions are a standard movie plotline, but they also occur in nature, with much more serious consequences. As a conservation biologist, I’ve seen them play out in some of Earth’s most remote ...