So, it’s no surprise that when a young elephant calf found itself trapped in a water ditch ... Even though elephant calves can eat on their own by age 2, nursing may last up to 10 years as their ...

Since then she has promoted the adoption of such imaginative dog breeds as the “Teacup werewolf” and the “Speckled freckled cuddle calf.” Then there's the “French baguette long lady” and the ...

A pleasant good morning to you, I hope everything is off to a fine start at your house this morning.” For more than 33 years, those were opening words from ...

The bacteria, C. perfringens Type C in nursing-age calves, may proliferate and become toxic when a calf’s nutritional intake is inconsistent, and the calf consumes too much of its mother’s milk. In ...

The importance of colostrum in a newborn calf is no secret. However, it can be a challenge for producers to know whether a calf is getting enough colostrum to receive optimal passive immunity from its ...

Vets and wildlife volunteers are nursing around 100 corellas back to health after the birds survived a suspected mass poisoning in Newcastle that killed hundreds of birds.

Rational argument about the right and wrong way to treat animals is made more difficult by the deep love that many of us feel for animals. For philosophers it raises fundamental questions about ...

And as the process for sorting, processing and using sexed semen becomes more efficient, leaving a calf’s sex up to chance could become obsolete. “Sex is the most important genetic trait,” says ...