Many New Yorkers have been surrendering their pets because they can no longer afford to keep them, outpacing animal shelters’ capacity, a shelter official said.

The revamped exhibit offers a glimpse into the behaviors and adaptations of 25 species across the world, from two-toed sloths ...

Residents of a California neighborhood are complaining about a local pet pig named Wiggly that they say frequently escapes to ...

The Erie Zoo is welcoming a new and permanent resident from the St. Louis Aquarium, a Linnaeus's two-toed sloth named Coconut.

What a cat-astrophe. The city’s animal shelter operator halted its intake of Gotham’s unwanted pets last week – for the first ...

As New York City celebrates the 400th anniversary of its founding, National Geographic looks back on more than a century of ...

We scoured New York City for family-friendly museums. Here's the rundown on programming for kids and other offerings.