My eleven-year-old son is an amateur naturalist. He takes his cue, literally, from The Amateur Naturalist by Gerald Durrell (from The Durrells). My friend lent him her childhood copy and he has ...

“Commercially raised chicken is used in everything — pet treats, pet foods,” said Eddie. “Dogs are developing allergies.

It all started with a YouTube video and a child who wanted to be Gerald Durrell. One moment we were saying “maybe” to hatching pet quail eggs, and the next we were sneaking an incubator into the loft.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Should Battle Creek residents keep ducks and quail as pets? City officials want to know! We’re told the Planning Division is in the early stages of drafting a citywide ordinance ...