GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — When you hear the story of Francisco, you know he shouldn't be here. He's a dog, after all, a stray dog from a country with an estimated 400,000 stray dogs who fight every day for survival. But the story of Francisco and how he got to Greeley, how he adopted an American, is ...

2010 has been the hottest year on record in the United States so far. The sweltering heat mixed with the wet summer days has increased mosquito activity. As mosquito season is still lurking, there are some important diseases associated with mosquitoes that can be transmitted to humans and pets that everyone needs to be aware ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A scarred but friendly pit bull named "Louis Vuitton" was the star witness Tuesday as an Alabama state board denied parole for the man convicted of spraying him with lighter fluid, setting him on fire and beating him with a shovel. After the 8-year-old dog was led into the packed hearing room, ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Jane Rainier has spent the past few months trying to get Anne Kennedy's dog to live up to his name. So far, she's on the right track, although there's still work to be done before he's truly Tranquil. Kennedy contacted Rainier, who specializes in canine massage, this spring to work with her ...

EDGERTON, Wis. (AP) — In glass tanks scattered throughout a living room, a bedroom and a den, 40 exotic lizards blush in shades of red, jungle green and deep tan. They feast on fruit gruel and hunt insects in jungles of plastic ivy and hollow cork log. They chirp and croak. They mate. Meanwhile, 4,000 tropical cockroaches ...