Thinking about bringing home a monkey, fox, or even a pet raccoon? You might want to check the law before picking out a name. Some animals that seem like perfectly reasonable pets are actually ...

The sight of 50 exotic birds being rescued from a cockroach-infested flat in Wadala recently is a disturbing reminder that ...

Exotic pet ownership requires lifelong commitment, specialist care and careful research before buying, says a senior ...

Townspeople cowered indoors Wednesday as deputies with high-powered rifles hunted down and killed lions, bears and dozens of other exotic beasts that escaped from a wild-animal preserve after the ...

Giraffes graze in the open grasslands in the hills of Sonoma County. Rhinos pad around their enclosures. Flamingos add a ...

When exotic species such as parrots, snakes, monkeys or aquarium fishes are kept as pets, this may lead to unsustainable trade and negatively impact the conservation of these species globally.

Imported for the US pet trade in the 1950s, South American caimans have established a wild population in Florida, raising ...

One car. 72 exotic animals. An I-10 traffic stop gets weird.

Nova is a four-year-old clouded leopard with round ears and a dappled coat. In January, when she went missing from her enclosure at the Dallas Zoo, officials reassured the public that she was unlikely ...

African Nile monitor lizards, introduced to Florida through the pet trade, have established a wild population in Cape Coral, ...

Michael Jackson's animals had to be relocated when the singer abandoned the Neverland Ranch in 2005 Jordana Comiter is an Associate Editor on the Evergreen team at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...