A viral clip shows a cat testing police dogs, but real K-9 certification depends on neutrality, handler control, and more.

Kiwi have started to hatch on Waiheke Island. They might start thriving with the help of special detection dogs helping eliminate the last of the island's pests.

Cat Warren, author of "What the Dog Knows," talks about what scientists know about working dogs and their powerful sense of smell.

Domestic pigeons have surprising cultural significance. They inspired Charles Darwin in his thinking about evolution, ...

Darby, a two-year-old English Pointer, is stitched up and recovering after taking a broadhead-tipped arrow through her armpit while chasing birds Saturday. The injury happened north of WaKeeney, ...

Golden Retriever, Haley, has osteosarcoma, and had one of her legs amputated. The dog, owned by Amy Pratt of RI, is participating in a clinical trial aimed at improving survival for dogs with the bone ...

University of Hawaii intern Emily Greene, left, animal care coordinator Heidi Nikolai, Dr. Sophie Whoriskey, back, volunteer John Dahl and animal care assistant Stefanie Cooke take eye swabs of a ...

When you have a pet dog, all you want is to come home to their wagging tail, their joyful jumps, their affectionate licks, and their eagerness to play with you. But what happens when your dog treats ...

Ariel Messman-Rucker is an Oakland-born journalist who now calls the Pacific Northwest her home. When she’s not writing about politics and queer pop culture, she can be found reading, hiking, or ...

CATSKILL — With closing arguments completed Wednesday morning in Jeffrey Field’s murder trial, the afternoon saw the case go to the jury, which spent longer than two hours deliberating without a ...

CATSKILL — The prosecution rested its case Tuesday in the Jeffrey Field murder trial, while the defense opted not to call any witnesses to the stand. The trial of Field, 37, of Round Top, entered its ...

In a phase I trial, an intranasal adjuvanted recombinant influenza vaccine appeared to result in response to a range of H5N1 clades. The adjuvanted vaccine elicited seroconversion against clade 2 ...