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 ...

Want to welcome more wildlife to your garden? Then these bird house design ideas are for you. Every plot can benefit from the sense of life, movement, and color that fluttering feathered friends bring ...

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 ...

The Frenchtown Rural Fire District got a new mascot Tuesday after firefighters responded to a house fire. A 30-year-old parrot named Hollywood will live in one of the fire stations for the foreseeable ...