Why do people keep pets? Well, in the absence of specialized needs, such as service animals such as seeing-eye dogs, or working animals such as herders, or pest-control cats, most people have pets for ...

Starting Monday, you can visit Northwest D.C.’s Smithsonian National Zoo and its newly renovated Bird House — all you’ll need is a free ticket to enter. The six-year, $69-million project features more ...

"I heard a bang and Eric — my parrot — he started to yell so I woke up and I smelled a bit of smoke," Nguyen told ABC. "I grabbed Eric, opened the door and looked to the back of the house and saw some ...

WASHINGTON — After a six-year transformation of the 1928 historical building, the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute's Bird House is almost ready to welcome visitors. The ...

This deserves repeating: This parrot is a hero. A parrot in Australia saved the day by waking up its owner after their house in Brisbane caught on fire, ABC.net reported. “I heard a bang and Eric — my ...