“Most people are well meaning, but they buy exotic animals which need specialist care and they can’t cope. People might buy a boa constrictor as a foot long baby and then it grows to 12 feet.” ...

Talk about a full house. BARCS Animal Shelter in Baltimore is caring for 65 reptiles — plus one dog — after their owner was ...

The yellow-bellied slider is a semiaquatic turtle, native to southeastern United States, where it is the most common turtle species. As the name suggests, they have a yellow belly that is buried under ...

McKenna's golden retriever is our winner for this week's "Pet of the Week," earning the title while "standing guard" with the ...

Porsche Lane, the pygmy goat, became the focus of a lawsuit over constitutional rights when her owner was told she couldn’t keep the goat at home.

“Uh, my hamster’s, uh, in the couch.” I popped up, panicked. “What do you MEAN he’s in the couch?” I responded as calmly as a ...

A Pennsylvania man who killed his 82-year-old mother and reportedly stashed her body under "a large pile of items" in their ...

Baltimore Sheriff's deputies helped rescue 65 reptiles from a home after their owner died, officials said. Deputies and ...

For teenager Audrey Higgs, more than a dog is man’s best friend. The parent of one dog, seven cats, loads of chickens, a Bahamian boa, and a tank full of ...

One person and several pets were displaced following a stove fire near the Crestwood area of Chesapeake Thursday night. Firefighters responded to the 1400 block of ...

It is rightly illegal to own or import a fox, and yet we allow the breeding and selling of cats, which do about 10 times more ...