Pets & Animals
- Your Dog Knows When A Storm Is Coming - Here's How18 hours agoEver wonder why your dog starts acting weird before you even see a storm cloud? With their super-sensitive noses, ears and even fur, dogs can detect pressure drops, distant thunder and the smell of rain long before the first raindrop falls.
- Best Place For Cats Is Indoors, New Research Finds5 days agoA new study finds that cats allowed to roam outdoors in the Washington D.C. area are often in the same space as wild animals that spread rabies, including racoons and foxes.
- Saving Animals After A Natural Disaster5 days agoWhen disasters strike the Humane Society of the United States plays an important role in saving animals, and reuniting them with their owners. The Weather Channel got an exclusive look at the how they do their job.
- Petting Dogs Gives Health Benefit, Even If They’re Not Yours5 days agoAn expert in human-animal interaction says that petting a dog for as little as five minutes can reduce stress hormones and increase the happy hormone oxytocin. Dogs get a benefit as well!
- Giving A Pet As A Gift? Think Twice, Animal Experts Say5 days agoGifting a pet for the holidays may not be best for the animal or the recipient. Here’s what to do instead.
- Balto The Sled Dog Mystery Solved5 days agoA famed sled dog who helped bring life-saving medicine to a remote part of Alaska almost 100 years ago was thought to be part wolf. Thanks to new DNA analysis, scientists now know the truth.
- Helping Animals After The Storm6 days agoThe Humane Society comes to the rescue of animals after disasters.
- Avoid These 5 Things To Keep Your Cat Safe During Winter6 days agoHere's a list of five things to keep your cat safe this winter.
- Can Cats Predict The Weather?6 days agoOld Proverbs say cats can predict the weather. The Weather Channel's Alex Wilson takes a look to see if any of them are true
- Should You Really Pick Up Dog Poop?6 days agoThere are many reasons to clean up after your dog in your own backyard and on a walk. It has to do with your health and the potential for water pollution.