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Pew found in 2023 that 66% of Hispanic adults have a pet. The AVMA reported that 61.4 percent of Latino or Hispanic households had a pet at the end of 2016. Each figure is given with its year and what it counted.
Fox pups play with a dog's ball in this 85-second video. Below it: how red fox kits grow up, what wildlife agencies say about foxes near pets, and how foxes relate to dogs.
Five funny animal pictures with captions: a big tortoise and a lawn full of small ones, a cat who gets fed, two birds in towels, a dog carrying its own leash, and a bunny that fell over. Each one comes with facts from a named source.
SafeWise's 2022 ranking of states for pets puts Indiana first and New Mexico last. Here are its scores and factors, ALDF's 2025 tiers, and what state government pages say about pet laws and parks.
Some high schools still dissect cats. See what the petition by a Virginia student's mother says, what Virginia, California, and Florida law say about students who decline, and what NABT and a 2007 review found.
Have you ever seen a big fluffy dog living among sheep, alpacas, or other livestock animals on a farm? Then you’ve seen a livestock guardian dog.
A Bengal is a domestic cat breed with a wild ancestor, the Asian leopard cat. Here is what TICA, CFA, and International Cat Care say about the breed's history, coat, temperament, and health.
The Amur leopard is a big cat of the Russian Far East and China. See how many are left, how fast it runs, what threatens it, and who protects it.
Archer is a koala joey living at Featherdale Wildlife Park in Sydney, Australia. Keepers there hand-raised him after they saw that he was not growing like other joeys his age.
Why cats climb Christmas trees, which tinsel, ornament, light, water, and plant hazards matter, and how to set up a tree, with advice from the ASPCA, the RSPCA, and International Cat Care.
Kopi luwak is coffee made from beans a civet has excreted. Here is what the BBC, World Animal Protection, and a 2023 study found about caged civets.