Animals

Skip the roses this Valentine’s Day, and grab your binoculars and a field guide for science, with this weekend's Great Backyard Bird Count.

Zoo staff say the female hawk and female turkey vulture share food, preen each other and have even attempted to raise eggs.

As the icy snow covering sidewalks and roads melts, it might be a good time to break out rubber-soled booties for your pups.

Bird Safe Philly has been working to lessen bird collisions for five years. Its budget just increased tenfold.

The zoo’s ambassador animal will peck her pick on Friday. Will she side with the Seahawks or pray for the Patriots?

As a potential snowstorm threatens to blanket the Philadelphia region and beyond, here are some tips to keep pets safe in the cold.

Out: Kevin Patullo apologists, locker-room beefs and drive-killing penalties. In: sloppy kisses, water-bowl scrums and indiscriminate potty breaks.

Abbie, a 9-year-old golden retriever mix, wandered for about 25 miles before her tracking tag and drone technology enabled rescuers to find her the next day.

La propuesta se envió a los legisladores para concientizar sobre el bienestar animal. Sin embargo, algunos paseadores de perros cuestionan su viabilidad.

The whale was found Sunday on a ship at the Gloucester Marine Terminal, which is at the base of the Walt Whitman Bridge.

The latest baby African penguin, known only as 53, joins Oscar and Duffy as the latest additions to the aquarium’s African penguin colony.

"He must really like Walmart," Lots of Love Farm owners wrote in a Facebook post.

The proposal was sent out to legislators to raise awareness about animal welfare. But some dog walkers question its practicality.

Ken Schumann says officials inspected his property for years without raising concerns before ruling this year that his lot is too small to legally keep goats.

A look at the transcendent beauty of life in the Arctic — and how climate change is threatening its survival.