Officially, street pigeons are not vermin, like rats, another species of barefoot city dweller, with which they are often ...

Cats have gotten a reputation as being house pets with their own agendas. Memes have popularized the myth that they can be ...

A rat named Ronin has set a new Guinness World Record by detecting 109 land mines in Cambodia over the last four years.

On-screen duo Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves who first saved a bus full of people in 1994’s “Speed” before reuniting for the ...

To find out the longest-living dog breeds, Stacker examined data from the journal Nature and the American Kennel Club's 2024 breed popularity rankings.

Two of the most famous pet dog breeds in the world, the Labrador Retrievers and Golden Retrievers, are loved for their friendly nature, intelligence, high trainability, and loyalty. At first ...

This intelligent and independent breed comes from Africa and has a cat-like personality—clean, curious, and low-maintenance. While they’re quiet, Basenjis are also very energetic and so they ...

Shibas are one of the most popular pet dog in their home country, despite nearly going extinct during World War II. One of the most recent breeds to be recognized by the AKC, the Lancashire heeler ...

With support from the Chicago Bird Alliance and Lincoln Park Zoo, the pilot aims to reduce the rat population without poison ...

DEAR PET TALK: Our family wants to get a dog and we can’t agree on what kind. We want a smart dog and some of us think poodles are the smartest, others think terriers.

An area non-profit organization is planning a pilot study of rat contraceptives, starting this summer near Lincoln Park, in ...

After stumbling upon a research paper detailing how a hamster had been trained to detect explosives, Weetjens — who had raised pet rats as a kid and was impressed by how clever they were ...