OK, so we are going to take a quick break from talking about the election to look at the latest Charlotte-area business news — business news about animals. Maybe the kind of lighthearted break we need ...

The culture and experience of reading a bedtime story is a time-honored tradition to soothe children into sleep, helping them learn and feel safe, comforted, drowsy, loved. Depending on how young or ...

Although more common in dogs, 4 in 10 pet cats also choose to play fetch with their owners. Credit: Mikel M. Delgado/CC-BY 4.0 Conventional wisdom would suggest that all dogs love to play fetch, while ...

From the playful Golden Retriever to the tiny Chihuahua, dogs have been loyal companions to humans for thousands of years all around the world. With over 200 breeds, dogs come in many different sizes, ...

This post is in response to A Heartwarming Tale of Hope for Lucky Rescued Lab Dogs By Marc Bekoff Ph.D. Source: Diogo Miranda/Pexels. Beagles are very popular companion dogs and also very popular ...

During the past year I've received numerous emails that can be best characterized as requests to "right the wrongs about prevailing myths about dogs and their relationships with us." Among the various ...

After the loss of a pet, many people wonder whether they’ll ever see their beloved companions again. In her course, “Do All Dogs Go to Heaven?”, Chelsea Jordan King, an assistant professor of Catholic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kim Greene started breeding protection dogs after getting pregnant with twins. Her dogs now sell for $175,000 and are fully ...

You might think you know which animals and plants are considered "domesticated" or “domestic” and which ones aren't—but a new definition has launched a big debate among scientists. Scientists are ...