Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Why do people keep pets? Well, in the absence of specialized needs, such as service animals such as seeing-eye dogs, or working ...

Animal friendships, regardless of species, often demonstrate the capacity for animals to form emotional bonds, empathy, and companionship. Dogs, in particular, are known for their social nature and ...

When discussing parrot intelligence vs dog intelligence, most people instantly assume dogs are smarter. After all, they follow commands, guard homes, and form deep emotional bonds with humans. However ...

Some parrots talk and some parrots sing. It’s all terribly impressive. But, Pepper the Amazon parrot? She doesn’t just talk and sing, she growls like a guard dog protecting her home and people she ...

So you’ve decided that owning a bird is going to be the next step of your pet journey. You went to that mom-and-pop pet store and gazed upon the wide variety of birds. Among the canaries and finches ...

New York City parrot shop owner Queron Romain gets over a dozen requests per month to re-home birds whose elderly owners have become sick. Other times, the birds outlive their owners altogether.

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 ...