Sandra Boydston is development director for the Lynchburg Humane Society.

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla.—For 11 days, Stinky was laid low, suffering from wounds from an attack by a pit bull terrier. His owners didn’t care enough for their pot bellied pig to get him medical care.

How to know when you and your pooch are road worthy—Read on.

Nubs, the dog rescued from the Iraqi desert by Marine Maj. Brian Dennis and brought to the United States, got his first exposure to a Florida beach Thursday.

Amber Kimmich opened a cardboard box in her Powhatan County yard yesterday and 16 eager little bodies fluttered out.

Stepping outside was a new experience for an African Nile crocodile that had spent its first years of life inside a Virginia teen’s bedroom.

A two-headed dragon has been spotted in Kernersville!!!

Lauren Schwartz loves her shipoo — a Shih Tzu-poodle mix — but she didn’t love what he was doing.

Meet Marcy, a 2-year-old Virginia opossum. She sleeps soundly in her cage, body curled into the fetal position, paw resting on her pointy snout.