Before they drop their antlers for the season, moose can experience up to a pound of antler growth per day.
The ASPCA wants Congress to compel the Department of Agriculture to investigate and fine breeders more for violations.
Lawyers have seen an increase in pet-related cases during the pandemic.
| JJ Burton and WFTS
While many cat owners successfully treat their cats with twice-daily insulin shots, others struggle. A new once-daily pill could help.
| AP
Spike, age 23, was in rough shape when Rita Kimball found him in a parking lot 13 years ago.
Legislators say banning pet stores from selling some animals will prevent inhumane breeding, but pet store owners say it will highlight other issues.
The three bears were euthanized due to their sickness and poor condition.
| Scripps News Staff and KRTV
In one wealthy ski resort town, sheep and humans are butting heads. It’s a battle between protecting important bighorn habitat and affordable housing.
A non-injection vaccine given to a queen bee could help an entire hive survive against fatal bacterial diseases.
A 7-year-old decided to donate the money in her piggy bank to a dog rescue, prompting tons of others to match her donation.
| Scripps News Staff
Through funding from President Joe Biden's Cancer Moonshot initiative, experts are learning how dogs are offering a unique way of looking at cancer.
Experts say the 15-million-year-old, 5-inch-long tooth likely belonged to a shark nearly 50 feet long.
Polar bears live 15 to 18 years in the wild and more than 23 years in captivity on average, so Berlin lived a very long life.
| Tod Palmer
The Big Cat Public Safety Act has put an end to would-be "Tiger Kings" nationwide and changed the private ownership industry for exotic animals.
| Scripps News Staff
Scientists studied 1,000 dogs from 13 different breeds to determine how they measured up in 10 different intelligence tests.
| Scripps News Staff
A right whale and its calf were seen near Jensen Beach in Florida — a rare sight to see, as there are fewer than 350 right whales remaining.
| Scripps News Staff
As famous and wealthy as this fluff ball may sound, Olivia Benson is not the richest pet.
| Andrea Diaz and Scripps News Staff
The Mexican free-tailed bats that roost at Houston's Waugh Bridge went into shock when temperatures plunged below freezing last week.
| AP
Pets for Life works in 43 states, to get pet care to places where people experience poverty or lack access to veterinary care.
| Maya Rodriguez
Here are some tips to keep pets and other animals safe amid record-breaking cold temperatures.
| Scripps National
A Chicago-area humane society is strategically relocating outdoor cats to areas that will repel rats out of residents' home and businesses.
Why does it seem like the rat problem is such a stumper for so many U.S. cities, and what can be done do to solve it?
| Scripps News Staff
The 82-foot-tall AquaDom was described as the biggest cylindrical tank in the world and held more than a thousand tropical fish before the incident.
| AP
An 8-year-old dog named Bice goes to a rehabilitation center weekly to help children traumatized by Russia's war in Ukraine.
| AP and Meg Hilling
Pet parents, don't slip into bad habits! Avoiding these behaviors now can help your pup have better health outcomes in the long run.
Ukraine has made efforts to fly many of its most endangered animals out of the war-torn country, like lions from the Odesa Zoo.
If you have a Max or a Luna, you're far from alone.
| Scripps News Staff
Exploring how animals can sense how we're feeling, and what it means for us.
In Mykolaiv, Ukraine, a retired, record-setting powerlifter puts all her muscle into saving hundreds of cats and dogs left behind by their owners.
The northern long-eared bat is among the hardest hit by white-nose syndrome, with estimated declines of 97% or higher in affected populations.
| AP
As Qatar welcomes more than a million fans for the monthlong World Cup, even its camels are working overtime.
| AP
Orcas need roughly a million salmon a year, but where to find a million fish? The solution, says Balcomb, is getting rid of four fish-killing dams.
| Steven Hawley
Over the last decade and a half, Hunters Helping the Hungry has delivered 2.2 million quarter-pound servings of fresh venison to families.
Research just proved what a lot of cat owners already know —they're not as aloof as people think they are.
| Simplemost and Bridget Sharkey
