San Diego Zoo Global announced Monday it has hatched its first echidna — or spiny anteater — at its Safari Park in North County. The baby — from an Oceanic species with small eyes and a distinctive ...

For many, a trip to a dog rescue or shelter is more than an excuse to look at the cute animals up for adoption – it’s a chance to add another member to the family. Giving dogs a second chance is the ...

Nov. 14, 2005 — -- The "puggle," a cross between a beagle and a pug, has become so trendy, David Barber boasts, that a list of proud new owners of the designer dog sounds like an Oscar night ...

It took almost 30 years, but the Taronga Zoo in Sydney has finally been graced with some baby puggles. No, we’re not talking about the dog breed. Puggles are baby short-beaked echidnas, a species of ...

TAMPA, Fla. — She's perhaps the cutest thing you'll see all day, and Busch Gardens just announced her arrival to its theme park. Meet, Sydney, a puggle (yes, a puggle!), which is a baby echidna. An ...

They're known as the doggy duo at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, but it's okay to call Puggle and Huckleberry a dynamic duo, because they're certainly heroes to the kids they work with. The ...

If you found a bundle of puppy love under the tree this Christmas, there’s a good chance it has floppy ears; a hyperkinetic, curly tail; and a catchy name: puggle. The designer dogs, offspring of a ...

The baby echidna or puggle, named Rarity, was less than 10 weeks old when it came under the care of Australia Zoo at Beerwah on the Sunshine Coast. The echidna was left orphaned after its mother was ...

A tiny, short-beaked orphaned echidna puggle who was found abandoned in a paddock has found a new home at a local zoo, with a kind-hearted veterinary nurse becoming the monotreme's new mum. The cute ...

Remember when dog choices were limited to purebred or mutt? Now there are “designer” mixed breeds—from Labradoodle (Labrador retriever and poodle) to schnocker (miniature schnauzer and cocker spaniel) ...