If you’re new to the world of pocket pet parenthood, you might be questioning, ‘‘How long can a hamster go without food?’ We’d love to put them in the best hamster cage and spend all day with them, ...

If you have young children, chances are you get weekly, if not daily, requests for a pet. While a family cat or dog is a right of passage for many, it can be a lot of responsibility for children who ...

A hoard of nuts buried by a rodent 17 million years ago is the oldest food larder so far discovered in the fossil record, say scientists in Germany. A team from the University of Bonn found a burrow ...

Sad truth: Many pet owners don’t put a lot of thought into hamsters: Whether it’s caring for them or the reason to buy them in the first place. For one, hamsters are so tiny and fragile, and you need ...