Police in the British city of Derby enlisted the help of armed officers to rescue a "very hungry" gerbil early Sunday. The small rodent was left without food for almost a week when its owner went to ...

It was a warm Friday afternoon in Barnegat. Earlier that day, it had rained and the temperature had reached as high as 90 degrees. An animal control officer from Popcorn Park Animal Refuge happened to ...

The developing fetus is differentially susceptible to chemicals and pathogens depending on the stage of its development. In developmental studies, embryos or fetuses therefore must be exposed to ...

You will never look at your pet gerbil the same way again. — -- Historians have long blamed rats for spreading the plague in Europe nicknamed the "Black Death" in the 14th century, but new ...

Hello, and welcome to another edition of WMUR’s Adopt This Pet! The Animal Rescue League of NH in Bedford has many cats, dogs, and rabbits looking for their forever home, but this time the shelter ...

A Milwaukie woman who abandoned her pet gerbils and left them to die was convicted Friday of first-degree animal neglect and sentenced to five years probation. Tara Rachel Davidson, 34, also was ...

BEDFORD (AP) — The American Gerbil Society's annual pageant brought dozens of rodents scurrying to New England this weekend for a chance to win "top gerbil." The Bedford competition called for agility ...

A crew of Mongolian gerbils may have gone where no Mongolian gerbil has gone before, but they did not come back alive. A Russian spacecraft filled with mice, lizards and other animals has returned to ...

Columbus police arrested a man who broke into at least three Hilliard businesses early Tuesday and, in the process, released several animals from a Petland. When officers took him into custody, he had ...