A new study reveals that a cat's purr reveals more about its identity and emotions than the familiar, flexible meow.

Researchers are increasingly finding that what pigs eat is not just a farm management issue but a public health story, with everyday items from kitchen scraps to plastic-tainted products leaving a ...

When you move into or buy a new home, no one hands you a guide to how the smoke detectors work. They "chirp," which really means shriek loudly, and you occasionally have to put new batteries in them.

Dogs do it, cats do it, deer do it – in fact, many species of mammals can swivel their ears to direct their hearing. Humans lost this ability about 25 million years ago, but according to a new study, ...

From the hay and the woodchips to the squeaks and the "wheeks," Julene Robinson's got a full house of rescue guinea pigs. She said people now know her as the guinea pig lady. Robinson opened Wheek ...

For budding car enthusiasts, it's a badge of honor to correctly identify the number of cylinders in an engine just by its exhaust note. The number of cylinders plays a vital role in how an engine ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

Small, sociable and very (very) chatty, you’re spoiled for choice when it comes to guinea pig facts. These cute little creatures might be a much-loved pet due to their relatively easy care needs ...

Just about every version out there of the 1969 Beatles hit “Something” sounds amazing. I’m including the hundreds of covers out there, too. This is the kind of song that’s hard to screw up; it’s just ...

(KTLA) – Wild pigs in California were recently found to have blue-colored muscle and fat, a sign that they may have ingested toxic rodenticide bait, according to the state’s Department of Fish and ...

Wild pigs in Monterey County were recently found to have blue-colored muscle and fat, a sign that they may have ingested toxic rodenticide bait, according to the California Department of Fish and ...