From Fiona the Baby Hippo to April the Giraffe's calf, this has been a big year for adorable baby animals. Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, ...

The best animal photographs captured this past year were at times arresting, charming and inspiring. The silhouette of stag deer through the early morning mist of Richmond Park in London, a mother ...

Animals made headlines throughout 2017. Here are some of the photos and the stories that go along with them from our furry and feathery friends. From a water skiing squirrel to an escape artist owl ...

Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) announced today the 2017 winners of its Christine Stevens Wildlife Award. Established in 2006, the Christine Stevens Wildlife Award provides grants of ...

Dangerous dogs figures. File photo dated 09/07/09 of a pitbull terrier as rising numbers of dangerous dogs are being seized by some of the country's biggest police forces, new figures have shown.

A resident of Seoul's Blind Alley. Credit: Instagram/Mongsilu At Blind Alley cafe, patrons interact with real, live raccoons, at least if they wake up enough to pay attention to you. As of this fall, ...

An international team of researchers led by the University of Granada (UGR) has explained for the first time the scientific basis of the old Spanish saying 'perro no come perro' (dog eats no dog): for ...

Esayas Gelaye, Lukas Mach, Jolanta Kolodziejek, Reingard Grabherr, Angelika Loitsch, Jenna E. Achenbach, Norbert Nowotny, Adama Diallo, Charles Euloge Lamien. 2017. A novel HRM assay for the ...

Kind people condemn cruelty to animals. So why is it so difficult to get meaningful sanctions imposed on animal abusers? People may be surprised to hear that even the most egregious perpetrators often ...