San Francisco is becoming a witchy wonderland as Halloween fills The City with frights, delights and festive fun.  Here are ...

The Bloomington Fire Department is changing its shift schedule to a 24-hour on, 72-hour off basis to improve the physical and ...

When I was a little girl in love with nature, most of the naturalists I knew about were men. Our family subscribed to the ...

When black bears’ natural food supply is altered by human habits or abnormal weather patterns, they find easy calories in ...

Rainy days are behind us, with nothing really showing up on the horizon. It’s a major shift after a wet stretch that brought flooding and severe weather concerns. The days ahead will bring cool ...

Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox Derrick Tan of Voices For Animals (VFA) cautions against buying cheap puppies from illegal breeders due to ...

Mahoning County’s state senator is taking steps to protect Ohio’s animals and its children. State Sen. Al Cutrona, R-Canfield, introduced three pieces of legislation recently to combat cruelty to ...

A married couple is facing dozens of criminal charges after police discovered three young children and 35 animals living in “squalor” in their Commerce City house. Demetrio Urbina, 39, and Araceli ...

A paper reveals a persuasive case that an extinct human ancestor tried to hibernate. The evidence is from nutritional diseases that leave permanent marks on the skeleton. This group of humanlike ...

Do AI chatbots packaged inside plush animals really help children, or do they threaten vital developmental milestones? Companies market them as "screen-free playmates" for toddlers, but pediatric ...

Putting people into sleep mode is a sci-fi concept that's a lot closer to becoming real than you might think. Erin Belback is part of an ongoing human trial backed by NASA that aims to replicate the ...

Do AI chatbots packaged inside cute-looking plushies offer a viable alternative to screen time for kids? That’s how the companies selling these AI-powered kiddie companions are marketing them, but The ...