Animals

Three of the dogs have already been adopted and officials say the remaining three were taken to the SPCA in New Hope.

The annual celebration includes all things insect-related. This year, certain events will include American Sign Language translations.

"This person was running a really poor business at the sake and expense of the animals," said the SPCA's communications manager.

Dr. Arik Kershenbaum decodes howls, whistles, squeals, grunts and other sounds of the wild.

In a video, Kennedy told Roseanne Barr how the dead bear ended up in his van upstate and, ultimately, on top of a bicycle beneath a bush in New York City’s largest urban park.

Amy Tan discovers the joys backyard birding, Philadelphia Inquirer food critic Craig LaBan, and the surprising history behind the Oxford English Dictionary.

Up to 1 million horseshoe crabs in the U.S. are harvested for biomedical purposes. A synthetic alternative could mean less harvesting of the “living fossils.”

Before great white sharks, megalodons ruled the oceans. What researchers have learned about these apex predators and their extinction.

Images show the cats huddled together underneath the bed where they lived for months.

The invasive insect appeared in Pennsylvania 10 years ago and continues to spread west, as far away as Illinois.

13 years ago, AJ Rotondella realized he could catch sharks from the beach. He’s been hooked ever since, even moving across states to chase sharks.

The suspension of out-of-state transports comes at a time when many Delaware Valley animal shelters are grappling with overcrowding.

The city’s only open-intake animal shelter is holding a foster drive in an effort to ease severe overcrowding — and save the lives of time-stamped dogs.

The seafood industry has been criticized for ethical violations. Fishtown Seafood wants to educate customers about where their seafood comes from.

The last shark spotted in the Delaware River was in 1960.