Pet owners are trying to give their dog or cat the best care they can on a more limited budget ?  but some veterinarians say cutting costs can increase health risks.

A California couple recently had an unexpected reunion with an old housemate: their pet cat, George, who went missing more than 13 years ago.

Pet adoption agencies are pushing to find homes for a growing number of retired greyhounds amid a struggling dog racing industry and a weak U.S. economy.

A one-eyed, three-legged dog that won the title of world?s ugliest pooch this summer has died.

Licking, chewing, spinning, tail-chasing and running after shadows or beams of light can be normal behaviors in dogs and cats, but in some cases they become repetitive and harmful.

In the light of day, Mr. Green Genes looks like a normal orange tabby ? but under ultraviolet, his skin glows.

Once the king of the canines in Beijing, snub-nosed Pekingese dogs are now being replaced by foreign breeds such as poodles, retrievers and Chihuahuas.

The economy, the election, and myriad other problems are really stressing out ... pets.  When humans get stressed , often their pets take on that stress, too.

He was a yellow tabby with twinkling green eyes who arrived in the overnight drop box of a farmland library one frigid January night. And in no time Dewey became the library's star, an international celebrity, and now the subject of a best-selling book.

Sammy, a Shetland sheepdog, wouldn't touch his food, retreating to a corner of the yard and devouring mouthfuls of dirt ? behavioral oddities his owner later learned came from a lifetime of abuse as a "stud" in a large puppy mill.

A new study has found that young male dogs playing with female pups will often let the females win, even if the males have a physical advantage.

New research suggests sled dogs are superior to most other mammals, including humans, in at least three key areas.

Does It Work: We test the Storm Defender cape, which claims to ease dogs' terror of thunder. And it makes them look dashing too.

Authorities evacuating residents from New Orleans ahead of Hurricane Gustav are making amends with four-legged friends after thousands of pets perished in Hurricane Katrina.

Dogs are increasingly proving they're able to sniff out various types of cancer and other ailments in people - often before their owners even know they're ill.

After Ted and Valerie Rock's son posted a photo of their smoke-colored cat, Yoda, on a Web site, the four-eared feline turned into an instant Internet celebrity. The Rocks have been inundated with television offers and media inquiries

Fat, happy and no longer homeless. That describes life for the 44-pound New Jersey cat who became an overnight sensation.