Staying up all night may not be a deal when you’re young, but most people are done pulling all-nighters by the time they turn 80. However, one 80-year-old Bakersfield woman didn’t hesitate to stay up all night if it meant adopting the perfect dog.

Take Sissy, for example. As an Australian cattle dog, herding cattle is in her blood and DNA. She needs to have a purpose and that purpose should preferably be herding.

I know I’ve said that I’m much more of a cat person than a dog person, but there is one thing that I absolutely love and admire about dogs, and that is their unwavering loyalty.

PETA Germany has been dispatching teams to Ukraine’s western borders in order to provide assistance to the refugees and their animal companions. Loaded down with food…

When authorities with San Miguel County, New Mexico received a call regarding neglected animals, they didn’t hesitate to call the Humane Society of the United States for assistance.

There are a lot of cold-hearted people out there who will just abandon their pets at the drop of a hat because they’re no longer convenient to them. And that seems to be the way that one little stray dog came to the attention of rescuer Shafi Taru.

It is so sad to realize that not all dogs have a loving home to call their own. There are some who are abandoned by their owners to live on the street, and then there are others who are born into life as a stray.

Life is hard for street dogs and when they’re injured, they often suffer in silence. In some parts of India, dogs are seen as a pest and if they’re hit by a car or attacked by another animal, people don’t think twice about going…

Some people adopt dogs for work, but even working dogs deserve loving homes with people who care for them. Sometimes, though, animals are seen as little more than commodities and when they can’t perform anymore, they’re deemed worthless.

Have you ever been flipping through a magazine and been captivated by mouthwatering-looking photos of food? When I was younger, my grandma would buy cooking magazines and all of the pictures of cake were enough…

A shelter is no place for a dog to spend his or her life, but unfortunately, there are hundreds of thousands of dogs all over the world who face this bleak fate. Luckily, for these 45 dogs (and a grey wolf), they no longer…

Eddie, a Pit Bull, was found wandering the streets as a stray. Rescuers learned that he has an inoperable tumor and was sadly given less than one year to live. He is currently being cared for by Mikey’s Chance Canine Rescue…

“When we founded Embark in 2015, we did so to get to the root of genetic health disorders in dogs,” said Ryan Boyko. co-founder and chief executive officer of Embark. “This first health discovery is a significant…

Look out, would-be criminals — there’s a new drug-detection dog in town. And, well, he’s tiny. The other day, while passing through an airport in Colombia, passenger Agata Fornasa spotted a group of law enforcement officers. And they were not alone.