Columnist Jason Schmidt didn't realize how much of an impact one cow named "Buffalo" can have on life's outlook.

Some animals rarely, if ever, get sick—how is that possible? Scientists have uncovered the incredible immune defenses and biological adaptations that keep certain species disease-free.

The sleepy animal, which turned out to be a young common palm civet, looked around with curious black eyes and sniffed a few times. Perhaps it was confused by the daylight, as civets are nocturnal ...

Image by @Guinness World Records Via TikTok. When Lexy found Dalai, she never imagined he would grow into a record-breaking therapy animal. But at 27 years old, Dalai isn’t just the world’s oldest ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Arapahoe County Animal Services is warning locals to take precautions after seeing an increased number of sick raccoons in the area. The Arapahoe County Government posted that ...

Owners are also urged to be cautious while living with a sick animal. “The risk of cat-to-human transmission is considered extremely low, but may increase with prolonged, unprotected exposure to ...

Six days after the first cat became sick, one of the adolescents became ... Emily Anthes is a science reporter, writing primarily about animal health and science. She also covered the coronavirus ...

By Apoorva Mandavilli and Emily Anthes At the nation’s borders, federal workers keep the country safe in many ways: Some investigate sick passengers. Some examine animals for dangerous pathogens.

1. Dull eyes, head down: a healthy animal will be bright and alert whereas a sick animal will be dull looking. Sunken or dull eyes are a sign of dehydration because the animal isn’t taking in enough ...

SCRAPS issued a report last month, which found many of the animals at the kennel did not have an adequate supply of drinking water and there was no area where sick animals could be isolated from ...

EAST PALESTINE — The Columbiana County Humane Society is working on compiling a list of animals who have gotten sick or have died, possibly from exposure to toxic chemicals after a train ...