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Ensuring your cat stays hydrated is one of the best ways to keep your pet healthy. The right pet water fountain can help.

Hundreds of Homeland Security drones retasked to survey wildlife and livestock.

A startup has created beagles without the gene that causes runny noses and watery eyes for allergy sufferers.

A new study shows how the big cats cause deer to move away from roads and deeper into the forest, where they pose less of a hazard to motorists.

Urban wildlife biologists say the stumpy raccoon seems to have adapted well to his environment and spinal condition—but his internet fame presents a new threat.

Beluga whales were in danger of getting euthanized after a Canadian theme park went bust. WIRED spoke with some of the scientists behind the groundbreaking rescue mission.

Scientists identified the first known cancer transmissible among freshwater fish in a lake that spans the US and Canada.

“We think this may help younger orcas feed more easily, or it could also just be for fun.”

Ambystoma quetzalcoatli is the first fossil salamander to be formally identified in Mexico, revealing that axolotls have inhabited the country for millions of years.

A newly identified species of fungus attacks the famous “zombie mushrooms” that control ants.

A recent video of a great white shark in the Mediterranean Sea offers the possibility of deriving valuable information for conservation strategies.

The USDA this week confirmed the first known infection of the carnivorous fly larva, which feast on the flesh of living mammals, after the United States eradicated the nightmare bugs in the 1960s.

A walk in the cemetery led to Cornell researchers discovering an underground colony of bees with an estimated population of 5.5 million—one of the largest ever recorded.

Iron-rich immune cells in the liver may act as sensors for magnetic fields, serving as an internal compass.

An octopus about the size of a golf ball was first spotted in 2015 near Darwin Island. A new study gives it both a formal description and a name.