Strolling through St. Paul’s Phalen Park last fall with some birdwatching friends, I heard an unusual bird call, repeated several times. Following the sounds to an oak tree, we were startled to see ...

These feathered friends have big vocabularies!

The exotic pet trade has become an alarming trend, driven largely by social media and wildlife encounters that blur the lines between wild animals and household pets. According to John Di Leonardo, ...

A growing exotic pet trade has conservationists calling for stronger regulations to protect the reptiles, birds and other animals in the wild that are increasingly showing up for sale on internet ...

Here’s what you need to know about owning a raccoon as a pet in Florida, and how some exotic pets in Florida are classified ...

New York has some of the most stringent exotic pet laws in the country, and those laws got even stricter this year with the passing of Senate Bill 252, which redefines “exotic animal” and “wild animal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. That way, you can find out if the cute animal you want to get is allowed or not. After all, if you’re an exotic pet lover who ...