Click on each species to see whether it makes a suitable pet based on WWF’s assessment around the five potential risk themes.

A growing exotic pet trade has conservationists calling for stronger regulations to protect the reptiles, birds and other animals in the wild that are increasingly showing up for sale on internet ...

Since 1990, there have been more than 1,500 exotic animal incidents. Oct. 19, 2011 -- Incidents involving exotic animals kept in private may appear to be an oddity but, according to Born Free USA, a ...

Drive your car past zebras, camels, and bison in rural Illinois. Aikman Wildlife Adventure turns a simple Saturday into ...

Alabama law imposes relatively few state-level restrictions on traditional household pets and low-risk animals. Dogs, cats, ...

When it comes to owning an exotic animal as a household pet, few states are as lenient as Texas. In fact, the Lone Star State is downright generous when it comes to the freedom to choose even the most ...

Brevard Zoo goes to great lengths to keep its exotic animals, from sea turtles to sloths and Komodo dragons, warm during ...

As a kid, everyone had an idea of what they wanted to be when they grew up, but not everyone ended up going into the career they had in mind. One of the many exceptions, though, is a Spencer, Iowa, ...

Florida’s latest Arctic blast has turned canals, lagoons, and coastal flats into mass graveyards for warm‑water fish, with thousands of carcasses surfacing in just a few days. Native sport species and ...

It depends on the animal in question and the location.