There’s a plant with an unusual name that rises out of the ground only after a fire. It's called the poodle-dog bush, and it can produce a painful rash for people who come in contact with it. Why now: ...

CHEBOKSARY, Russia, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- The manager of a Russian circus offering a $14,000 reward for the return of a trick-performing poodle said the canine must have caught the scent of a female.

BARABOO — Most people wouldn’t call their coworkers pigs, but that’s exactly what Hans Klose, a circus performer at Circus World in Baraboo, does. After all, he works with four pigs and 20 dogs. The 5 ...