This superstition about black cats and other black animals in general has shaped people’s preferences about animals. It’s left its mark on things such as lower adoption rates for black cats and ...

Sadly, black colored dogs and cats have always had a harder time finding forever homes. Ancient superstitions said that black ...

Emily Anthes is a science reporter who writes Pet Theory, a column about our creature companions. When my husband and I took our cat to the vet early last year, we were hoping to hear that we had ...

Sunderland have released Belgian midfielder Tom Peeters after he failed to make the grade at The Stadium of Light. The 25-year-old moved to Sunderland from Antwerp in the summer of 2000 but failed ...

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It was sheer desperation that drove Shanti (name changed) to the madhom (place of worship) of Mohanan, a shaman who specialises in dark arts. Working as a domestic help, she found the drudgery too ...

The Oscar-winning animated movie "Flow," which stars a black kitty, may be causing an increase in black cat adoptions. Superstitions about bad luck have often caused these felines to be overlooked.

There's no tree too tall to climb for this heroic cat rescuer! Stuck for eight days in an Elm tree in Worthington, Ohio, one furry fugitive was finally nabbed by a professional cat rescuer.

Trai Hume (centre) scored his second goal of the season for Sunderland Sunderland moved closer to securing a Championship play-off spot with a narrow home win over mid-table Millwall. Northern ...

The 2025 Hurricane Season is approaching, and it's crucial to differentiate between hurricane facts and myths. One superstition is that cows holding their tails upright signals an impending ...