Orlean's descriptions of the animals on the Hudson Valley farm where she once lived may evoke a warm feeling — but those of donkeys in Fez and others in her essays may conjure other emotions.

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Saving animals with prosthetics -- a new age kind of rescue. A team trained at Thomas Jefferson University is helping all kinds of animals with injuries and birth defects.

Birds are defined as vertebrates – animals with backbones – that have feathers and wings. They don’t have to fly to be considered a bird, but they all have wings. Reptiles are a separate group.

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - From sunshine to snowstorms, and everything in between, the animals love it all. But some of the weather that’s inconvenient to us as humans helps keep some animal species ...

Just ask animal trainer Mark Harden, who prepared 300 rats for "Bram Stoker's Dracula" and 600 of them for "Willard." Mark casts his rats by observing each one for its strengths and weaknesses.

A wild animal might look cute and cuddly, but it could hurt you if you get too close. And with nearly 60% of Connecticut covered in forest, there are dozens of critters out there that could harm ...