Researchers in the UK say cows with names make 3.4 percent more milk in a year than cows that just feel, well, like cows. Just as people respond better to the personal touch, cows also feel happier and more relaxed if they are given personal attention.

A group of Australian scientists have joined forces to try to save the endangered marsupial.Much as 60 percent due to a deadly and disfiguring facial cancer that can kill within months.

University of Adelaide zoologist Dr Jeremy Austin will lead a national project to help save the endangered Tasmanian devil from extinction.

Scientists are racing to save the axolotl from extinction. The foot-long salamander also known as the Mexican Walking Fish is a key part of Aztec legend & diet, now victim of the draining of its lake habitat, deteriorating water quality & non-native fish.

Monkeys can experience the joy of giving in much the same way as humans do. Tests in capuchin monkeys showed the animals consistently chose to share food with another monkey if given the option, suggesting they are capable of empathy.

The Marine Corps on Wednesday said it was expelling one Marine and disciplining another for their roles in a video showing a Marine throwing a puppy off a cliff while on patrol in Iraq.

"Mack," the shepherd mix puppy who was found stabbed, beaten, and spray-painted in a North Memphis driveway, was put to sleep Saturday, May 31.

A sea dragon at the Georgia Aquarium has something to celebrate this Father's Day. One of the rare creatures is pregnant for only the third time ever at a U.S. aquarium, aquarium officials said. But don't look for the expectant mom -- dads carry the eggs.

When Yosuke the parrot flew out of his cage and got lost, he did exactly what he had been taught -- recite his name and address to a stranger willing to help.

She is called Beauty, even though part of her beak was shot off several years ago, leaving her disfigured and with a stump that is useless for hunting food. A team of volunteers is working to attach an artificial beak in an effort to keep her alive.