If your family love animals, Chicagoland offers plenty of zoos, farms and other institutions that members of the animal kingdom call home. There are a lot of opportunities to learn more about various ...

Whether a furry friend is little and lovable like a pet or big and best seen from afar like a lion, kids are drawn to animals. For the pet-lover or animal enthusiast in your family, these authors tell ...

The Belmont Soil and Water Conservation District hosted their Boo at the Barns event Tuesday at the Belmont County ...

Well known for its care of homeless dogs and cats, Animal Allies takes its mission further with humane education programming. Summer camps started last week for children as young as 5. Children spent ...

If you’re raising children alongside animals, you’ll want species that are gentle, patient, and relatively safe to handle. The best choices are calm around noise and movement, easy to manage, and ...

Read on for some chilling curiosities from the creatures of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute ...

If you see me out and about, you will probably see a little, worn-out pink-stuffed pig coming everywhere with me. And I don’t take him everywhere just because I’m emotionally stunted from never being ...

Chances are you’ve heard about the potential benefits of using a weighted blanket — for example, research has found that they can help decrease anxiety and help with insomnia. Looking for something a ...

The fish-shaped crackers were invented in 1958 by Swiss manufacturer Oscar J. Kambly as a birthday present for his wife.