The roles of animal shelter worker and animal control officer differ in many ways, including where they work and what they do. Neither role requires a college degree. Teens can begin preparing for ...

Studies of animal ethology began long ago, but today’s popular animal cognition books largely began with Stanley Coren in 1994, the year he published The Intelligence of Dogs. Coren had been a highly ...

When someone in the community is in need, it isn’t unusual for Cathy Fortier to do whatever she can to help. She organizes free Christmas Eve dinners for the community at her restaurant and bar, the ...

Llamas and alpacas are both domesticated animals from the camel family, but there are numerous differences between the two ...

Most Americans who have visited Yellowstone or watched a nature documentary have probably used the word “buffalo” to describe the massive, shaggy animals roaming the Great Plains. That casual label, ...