The classic Christmas carol “The 12 Days of Christmas” sounds like a love song with a playful edge, but when read closely, it resembles a surprisingly busy inventory of animals and people. Over twelve ...

The Return of All-American Fiction? The Manifest Tenacity of Lewis and Clark Audio By Carbonatix For about 800 years, since the first Nativity scene was arranged in medieval Italy, animals have ...

BERLIN (AP) — For the elephants and others at the Berlin Zoo, it's finally time to unwrap their Christmas presents. Trees that didn't find a home this festive season were given to some of the animals ...

In some cultures, it is believed that on Christmas Eve, when the clock strikes midnight, the animals start talking. And while we don’t know whether or not that is true—I personally have never caught ...

WAYNE COUNTY, Pa. — The holiday season may be winding down, but for the animals at Claws 'N' Paws Wild Animal Park near Lake Ariel, it's the most wonderful time of the year. The zoo is once again ...

LAKE ARIEL, Pa. — A pile of pines that were once the center of Christmas now sit outside of Claws 'N' Paws Wild Animal Park in Lake Ariel. One at a time, zookeepers load them up, and off they go to ...

Pepper the goat chows down on a Christmas tree on Thursday at Cooper’s Crossroad’s Elm Farm in Keene, above. The farm is just one of a number of local farms that take tree donations for their animals.