A 78-year-old Ayer woman has been convicted of 30 counts of animal cruelty after authorities seized 162 animals and discovered several dead animals on her Taft Street property last year. In Ayer ...

Despite losing acres of crops to Hurricane Melissa, farmers in St Elizabeth say they are pushing ahead on their own, replanting their fields even as they express frustration that promised assistance ...

With temperatures expected to drop significantly this week, organizations like the Committee on Temporary Shelter are working ...

After the adoption of Carmen San Diego, a sulcata tortoise, the Cheyenne Animal Shelter has found homes for all 103 animals ...

From water fleas to seed shrimp, Australia’s desert rock holes shelter unique animals found nowhere else. But as the climate ...

A fire in Somerset County destroyed a barn this morning on the 400 block of Listie Road in Friedens.Fire crews were dispatched just before 7:40 a.m. to battle ...

Hip-Hop for the Homeless is now in its 12th year. This year’s multi-city winter tour runs December 4–20, supporting shelters, ...

Last week, a small herd of goats paid a visit to Swarthmore’s farm prototype — and they weren’t just there to look cute. The goats were brought in as part ...