Breeders, pet shops and private sellers offer them as pets. While ferrets may seem like an entertaining choice, the reality is far more complicated. A ferret is a small carnivorous mammal with a ...

Marine mammals—a group of animals that are ecologically tied to ... but demonstrates why it is unwise to treat these top predators as pets The California employee safety agency, after investigating an ...

As far as pet mammals, cats have the worst symptoms, similar to cats infected with rabies, she said. “The cats that have been primarily affected at this point, similarly to people, have been ...

Health authorities say the threat of infection for people remained low even amid the spread of H5N1 virus among birds and ...

Perhaps you’ve seen ponies, or sheep or goats. Or have a mammal as a pet. Most mammals have arms and legs but some have flippers instead. This walrus uses them to swim. They’re all warm ...