Looking into his soulful eyes, it’s hard to believe that anyone could have given up Cotton, a cheerful white Lab/Akbash/Pyrenees mix. Or Greer, a lively and sleek yellow Lab beauty, still growing at ...

Kaplan is the author of “Lab Dog: A Beagle and His Human Investigate the Surprising World of Animal Research.” We woke in Boston before daybreak as usual, and Hammy — my beagle, who was once a lab dog ...

Animal welfare advocates in the Philadelphia area are starting to get calls about hot pet emergencies. This record-breaking heat wave is dangerous for people and pets alike. Skyler, an 11-year-old lab ...

A Pittsburgh woman is facing animal cruelty charges after police said she left her dogs outside in 90-degree temperatures for two days, giving both of them heat stroke. Thirty-eight-year-old Christine ...

The vast majority of Canada’s leading university research labs have stopped using dogs as test subjects in scientific research — a practice that Ontario Premier Doug Ford has promised to ban with ...

Heat waves add so much stress to your daily life, and if you're a pet owner, it makes the situation even more precarious. Is it OK if your dog is panting like that in the heat? When's the right time ...