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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: TheStewartofNY/FilmMagic via Getty Images Jennifer Lawrence is opening up about a major change in her life: her ...

Both animal experts and Max Planck of the University of Rome tried to answer the age-old question, why do dogs wag their tails? A dog’s tail is used to balance and swat away pests in the wild, but the ...

Funny dogs Maymo and Penny go trick or treating in a bunch of hilarious Halloween costumes. These cute beagle dogs are excited to dress up for Halloween and go trick-or-treating with their pumpkin ...

Less than a year ago, United States company Colossal Biosciences announced it had “resurrected” the dire wolf, a ...

Several baby names may go "extinct" in 2026, according to a new report from parenting website BabyCenter. BabyCenter started its State of Baby Names initiative in 2004 to analyze the most popular baby ...

Toddlers can pick up new words just by overhearing conversations. Now, new research suggests that some intelligent dogs can expand their vocabulary in just the same way. Children as young as 18 months ...

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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — One of the world’s rarest whale species is having more babies this year than in some recent seasons, but experts say many more young are needed to help stave off the possibility ...

PORTLAND, Maine — One of the world's rarest whale species is having more babies this year than in some recent seasons, but experts say many more young are needed to help stave off the possibility of ...

FILE - A North Atlantic right whale feeds on the surface of Cape Cod bay off the coast of Plymouth, Mass., March 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File) PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — One of the world’s ...