Want to get an exotic pet or give one as a Christmas gift? Know what creatures Mississippi state law defines as wild or ...

The southern portion of the Mississippi River is famously associated with alligators. These ancient reptiles dominate the ...

As the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (MDAC) continues to promote its Wild Hog Control Program, other animals are nuisances in the state. Nuisance animals are defined by statute in ...

The Mississippi Board of Animal Health (MBAH) has approved a certificate of veterinary inspection for Santa Claus of the North Pole, authorizing his famous reindeer to enter Mississippi on Christmas ...

AS 16 WAPT'S MICHALIA FRANKLIN REPORTS - A FACILITY LIKE THIS HAS LONG BEEN NEEDED.. ELIZABETH JACKSON / EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ANIMAL RESCUE FUND OF MISSISSIPPI 1:08-1:13 " WELL IT'S VERY HARD. WHEN ...

In Mississippi, wild hogs create around $70 million in damage every year, between eating crops and damaging property.

PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - As hundreds evacuated Gulf Coast towns ahead of Hurricane Idalia, they had to face the choice of what to do with their animal friends. The state of Mississippi stepped up to ...

There's an invasive species in Mississippi that numbers in the millions, asphyxiates its prey and creates huge super colonies that are nearly impossible to eradicate. Tawny crazy ants get their name ...

Look forward to bugs dying in cold weather? What we know about why some big mosquitoes could still bite you this winter, even ...

In August 2005, people watched in horror as Hurricane Katrina destroyed Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Chris McLaughlin, an Orleans resident and founder of Animal Rescue Front, was one of the ...

MISSISSIPPI— The State of Mississippi sounded the alarm about a threat to livestock. New World screwworm disease is an infestation with the larvae of the NWS fly that lives off the flesh of living ...