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Have a non-emergency question about your pet's health? Dr. Heather Oxford of L.A. veterinary hospital California Animal Rehabilitation (CARE) is here to help! In this installment of Ask a Vet, Dr. Oxford has some tips for reader Jane about caring for a

Well, we happen to think that they are adorable, but for those readers who may disagree, we're prepared to back our assertion up with facts: Some capybaras like these have been known to enjoy a good Popsicle every now and then. (That's adorable.)

With your help, PETA has been working to persuade Brookstone, Inc.'s executives to stop selling African dwarf frogs and snails imprisoned in tiny "Frog-O-Sphere" tanks at their more than 300 stores around the country.

It was a long, traumatic tumble down into darkness for four ducklings who recently fell into a 12-foot storm drain at a Florida apartment complex. Hungry and helpless, the ducklings were stranded at the bottom of the drain for at least six hours

When you make a lifetime commitment to your companion animals, whose lifetime are we talking about? There used to be few options to make sure pets who outlived their people were left in good hands. Some people designated caretakers for their pets, but

Cutting a forlorn figure among its colourful family, Flimgo the flamingo chick pads around the waters' edge with its grey coat.

Octopuses have become the latest animals to display 'intelligent' use of tools - stacking coconut shells and carrying them around as portable shelters.

You're more likely to find them perched on the handle of your spade. But this robin is clearly more familiar with humankind than most

Four partygoers were forced to dive into a skip when they were charged by a pack of wild boar as they strolled home.