Animals & Pets News

By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Tue Nov 17, 2009 6:35 PM ET

Tammy the turkey eludes Turnpike officials, gains fans nationwide. Read More

More like this in: Thanksgiving, New Jersey

By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Tue Nov 17, 2009 11:23 AM ET

The zoo has once again become a family destination in a sign that life in Iraq is creeping back toward normal. Read More

More like this in: Reuters, Iraq, Quality Of Life

By David Bois | Tue Nov 17, 2009 9:00 AM ET

Don't even bother asking this beetle if it's really wearing that crappy thing this evening, because the answer will always be yes. Read More

More like this in: Live Science

By David Bois | Mon Nov 16, 2009 6:15 PM ET

Thousands of animal helpers, equipped with satellite transmitters, provide data behind a new atlas of the Patagonian marine environment. Read More

More like this in: Conservation, EurekAlert, biodiversity, Wildlife Conservation Society, Patagonia, South America, Marine Biology

By Wynter Mitchell | Mon Nov 16, 2009 8:25 AM ET

Your Turkey Day will be incomplete without it. Read More

More like this in: Non-Profit, Organic, Nonprofit, Drinking, Thanksgiving, Turkey, Wheat, Tattoos, Potatoes, Gluten, Tofu, Benjamin Franklin

By Jac Chebatoris | Sun Nov 15, 2009 2:04 PM ET

Start a new Thanksgiving tradition this year and adopt your bird. Read More

More like this in: Thanksgiving, Turkey, Vegetarianism, Veganism, Farm Sanctuary, Ginnifer Goodwin

By Katherine Gustafson | Sat Nov 14, 2009 3:53 PM ET

The annual holiday extravaganza has an unusual theme this year. But all proceeds still go to the Houston Ballet and its school. Read More

More like this in: Christmas, Houston, Holiday Shopping, Popcorn

By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:45 AM ET

A US soldier finds an Australian bomb-sniffing dog who had been missing in Afghanistan for more than a year. Read More

More like this in: Hope, Australia, Afghanistan, The Associated Press, Kevin Rudd

By Katherine Gustafson | Thu Nov 5, 2009 2:18 PM ET

Morris Animal Foundation gives $13 million to undertake more than 200 animal research studies and train more veterinary scientists. Read More

More like this in: Health, Pets, Grants, insurance, Pharmaceutical, Medication, Chimpanzees

By David Bois | Thu Nov 5, 2009 11:15 AM ET

Science brings the dirt on critters gettin' down: Fiddler crabs trade sex for muscle, and fruit bats will readily fly south of the equator. Read More

More like this in: ABC, China, Sex, Australia, Asia, New Scientist