Fluffy, curly, short or stumpy, tails are an adorable feature of our furry friends. But if not for human amusement, why do dogs have tails? A vet explains. Nothing makes me feel quite as happy and ...

This behavior may seem alternately adorable and strange to us, but dogs have very good reasons why they chase their tails There are few things cuter than watching your dog discover its marvelous tail ...

Dogs and cats don’t just communicate with their tails; they have other ways that allow humans to understand the emotions they ...

A Maryland community pet pantry is asking for help after organizers said nearly all of their donated supplies were taken.

WASHINGTON — Our very ancient animal ancestors had tails. Why don’t we? Somewhere around 20 million or 25 million years ago, when apes diverged from monkeys, our branch of the tree of life shed tails.

A mutation in a gene called TBXT may be behind the loss of great apes' tails, according to a new study. Jabid Ishtiaque via Flickr under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Our primate ancestors used their tails for ...

Lizards that lose and regrow their tails can go overboard and grow back more than one tail — and sometimes they sprout as many as six. Those haywire multiple tails appear a lot more often than you ...

In Dish Decoded, we break down all the components, stories, and techniques behind a restaurant’s... well... dish that we’re obsessed with right now. It’s not ...