Why Are So Many Tortoises on the Loose in Texas?
They’re hard-shelled escape artists—and faster than you think.
They’re hard-shelled escape artists—and faster than you think.
Two ’roos recently went walkabout, calling attention to the fact that in Texas it’s legal to keep them as pets—but that doesn’t mean you should.
Representative Jared Patterson’s bill is a second swing at stopping pet stores from getting animals from out-of-state for-profit breeders.
Plus, a man broke ancient Greek vessels at the Dallas Museum of Art, and a mysterious figure walked near the fence of the Amarillo Zoo.
Almost anyone can walk out of an exotic reptile and pet show with a snake, scorpion, or tarantula. But should you?
Houston sculptor John Havel discovered he was living with a genius. “I thought, ‘Oh my God, my parrot can make Giacomettis.’ ”
A team of scientists at Texas A&M has been testing cats and dogs throughout the pandemic. The CDC is furry interested.
A writer learns the hard way—the hardest way—that in Texas the answer is: not much.
This is a reunion we all can shellebrate.
You love your pet. You love her so much that if you could, you’d buy an exact copy of her. Well, you can! Take it from Blake Russell, president of ViaGen Pets & Equine—and owner of a very unusual horse farm.
As dog owners return to offices, pets are struggling with separation anxiety. We asked Texas dog trainers for their best advice.
Rewarding and ignoring are the two key tenets of dog training. They’ve helped me get through this summer, too.
Pamper little ones and furry friends with these adorable toys and accessories.
Mr. Mabel needs to come home.
A heroic pet was shot and killed protecting his family in Houston, proving once more that dogs are the best of all of us.
My father always pampered his pets. So when he fell ill and moved in with us, it was no surprise that his corgi came to rule our home. What I didn’t expect was for Trilby to care for me after Dad was gone.
Lavish the ones you love most with cute and whimsical (yet practical) toys and accessories.
The lessons learned in 2005 informed the rescue operations in Houston and the Gulf Coast.
H3N2 is ”highly contagious,” according to veterinarians, but with a low mortality rate—so be aware, but don’t panic.
Pet owners in the northwest side of the DFW metroplex, be careful.
That is a pretty stark way to get the point across.
People who paid as much as $3,500 for purebred puppies allegedly found themselves receiving dying animals instead.
Austin Dog Rescue is honest about how voting works. The dog that gets the most money wins.
Somebody had an adventure.
It's an impossible situation for everybody, but legal ownership goes to the people who are listed on the microchip.
This isn't actually funny.
The story of Buddy the dog, a six-year-old golden retriever in San Antonio, could have big implications for Texas' controversial "severe bodily injury" laws that allow local animal control departments to euthanize people's pets.
After eight years of lobbying, the Texas Federation of Animal Care Societies finally got the law in effect.
A Harlingen couple driving through Eastern Arkansas with their two Scottish terriers crashed their car in late September, leaving one dog dead and the other missing. But with the help of an honest-to-goodness pet detective and the Blytheville, Arkansas community, Doogie the Scottish terrier returned to Texas this week.
My Petco encounter with a shampoo celebrity.
The Humane Society wants to rein in Beltex of Fort Worth, one of the nation’s largest slaughterhouses.
THE SPACEMAN’S LAST GASPCRAIG RASPBERRY IS NINE YEARS OLD and strikingly reminiscent of Mr. Peabody’s pet boy Sherman on the old Bullwinkle show, down to an air of scientific detachment which seems to be a trait he shares with his fellow citizens of Aurora, Texas, of whom there are not
How to choose your veterinarian-and your pet's.