The intrepid photographer staff at the Gazette meets many a critter in their travels through the state, and yes we do want to take them all home with us. We try not to play favorites with the animals ...

SALISBURY — For the Rowan County Animal Shelter, 2018 was a banner year: not a single adoptable cat or dog was euthanized, a first in the annual reporting of the shelter. The victory is no small feat.

Washington, DC—More than 150,000 farm animals perished in potentially preventable barn fires in the United States in 2018, an Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) analysis of media reports to date has found ...

Though 2018 has come and gone, it isn't too late to relish some interesting findings about animals and math from last year. Here are some highlights. "Imagine you're in a huge dark house and a ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The fatal mauling of a zoo intern by a lion that escaped from a locked pen illustrates the need for North Carolina regulators to crack down on unaccredited exhibitors of dangerous ...

If they could take the witness stand, hundreds of Lehigh Valley crime victims would describe 2018 with barks, squawks, hisses and even moos. Humane officers across the region last year were scrambling ...

Keep your furry friends save from dangers around the home that can happen in an instant. Thomas F. Dock, Director of Communications/Public Information Office, Noah’s Animal Hospitals, shares the TOP ...

Scientists have been studying the animal kingdom for hundreds of years, and while many mysteries remain, it's pretty clear that animal behavior is consistently inconsistent, and occasionally, just ...