Animals

Heat waves are tough on people — and tougher on some pets, especially dogs. A vet offers advice on keeping them safe.

The Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society is raising money to give owners food and vet care to keep pets at home instead of in a shelter.

The former plow horse was with New Castle County police for 14 years, then served in Carousel Park’s riding lesson program.

While felines flourish, large dogs are facing longer stays and rising surrender rates.

Seaside sparrows at Cooks Beach have their own “dialect.” Rowan University researchers monitor their songs as a way to track salt marsh health.

The district’s hives are part of a nationwide trend to place bees in commercial spaces.

A study by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania found composting and feeding food waste to animals would cut carbon emissions.

The third year of the parade and costume competition saw three noncanine contestants, including a snake and a giant rabbit.

Sniffer dogs at Lincoln Financial Field were outfitted with brightly colored booties amid soaring temperatures in the region.

The nonprofit Wild Tunes has enlisted about 100 volunteer musicians and singers of all ages and abilities to perform at nine shelters in New Jersey, Houston and Denver.

More than a decade after the spotted lanternfly landed in Berks County, Pa. researchers are learning more about what eats them, and what makes them thrive.

The state's Tick Research Lab, based at East Stroudsburg University, has recorded more than twice as many ticks this May compared to the same time last year.

Hundreds of new signs could be posted in public parks threatening $2,000 fines for dogs in animal-free zones, if a new bill in Philadelphia City Council becomes law.

North American river otters once lived in every major river system in Pennsylvania. But because of development, otters largely disappeared from the state by the early 1900s.

Backyard chicken farmers are hopeful that City Council members will introduce a bill to legalize hens in Philadelphia soon. It would be the third time in six years.