Why do people keep pets? Well, in the absence of specialized needs, such as service animals such as seeing-eye dogs, or working animals such as herders, or pest-control cats, most people have pets for ...

DERBY — Mitzi won't talk. After the owners of the African gray parrot spend an hour bragging about her vocal prowess, she clams up tighter than a subpoenaed congressional witness when a visitor's ...

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute will reopen their Bird House on March 13 after a six-year, $69 million renovation. The new and improved, 30,000-sqaure-foot space will ...