Animals

The director of Pennsylvania’s Tick Research Lab offers guidance on tick hotspots, emerging pathogens — and what to do if you’ve been bitten.

The Dog Bowl is a favorite meet-up for neighbors with dogs and even for people without pets looking for the oxytocin hit that comes from petting and cooing over a pup.

The Philadelphia region has a higher than average cat population compared to other metro areas. Many of those felines reside in West Philly’s Cedar Park.

Cases involving pets accidentally ingesting medical or recreational marijuana products are becoming more frequent, vets say.

Participants can visit 18 trails and four historic sites, collecting animal symbols for prizes through Dec. 7.

Five decades after the original Earth Day, some Pennsylvania species are still at extreme risk.

Unfit for pantry shelves, hundreds of pounds of produce are redirected to a Jamison farm, where the chickens’ “salad bar” curbs waste, cuts costs and helps fight hunger.

Pennsylvania has awarded more than $17 million in grants to 89 state projects to improve water quality and support trout.

The "Big Sit" events include the use of all-terrain wheelchairs for birding experts and beginners who know nothing about birds.

Scarlet tanagers migrate to Pennsylvania’s forests each year to breed before heading back to South America.

Through April 6, the Match Madness Adoption Program will allow adopters to name their fee for participating cats and dogs.

Across the U.S. between 1 and 2 million large animals are involved in vehicle collisions each year, according to the Federal Highway Administration.

The invasive Hessian fly spurred suspicions of biological warfare, threatened the new nation’s economy and inspired the nation’s first citizen science project.

We explore the inner lives of animals, from pain in lobsters to odd-couple friendships to empathy in baboons.

Since the outbreak's start in 2022, about 14.6 million birds in Pennsylvania have died from the virus. Roughly half of those cases occurred in the first two months of 2026.