(April Snyder) This story originally appeared in the Morning Brief email newsletter. Sign up hereto get more stories like this and weekday weather updates from The Weather Channel and our meteorologists. Macaroni Aloysius, a 2-year-old Boxer-Lab, lives in Ellenville, New York. “He has the energy of 10 kindergarteners. During down time he is a cuddly affectionate love bug. He is super vigilant at night keeping our home safe and secure. He is a true joy to have as a canine...

Brothers Beacon and Buoy help human lifeguards at Scarborough Beach State Park in Maine perform water rescues and patrol the beach for swimmers in distress. ...

From hiking to swimming to camping to sightseeing, many national parks welcome your dogs and other pets as long as they stay in designated areas and are on leash. ...

Maverick is a 6-year-old Blue Great Dane whose work with military families, especially children who have lost loved ones, earned him American Humane’s Hero Dog Of The Year award. ...

Thanksgiving leftovers are delicious, but know which foods are safe for your pets and what dishes could make them sick. ...

These playful golden retriever puppies jump and play in the mud on a walk in Denmark. ...

The first widespread snow of the season couldn’t have come soon enough for some doodle puppies in Montana that frolicked in their first taste of winter. ...

A dog was Jet Skiing with its owner off the coast of Dauphin Island, Alabama, when they spotted a pod of dolphins. ...

A border collie in the U.K. was really having a hard time picking which toy to fetch on a lovely spring day. ...

Mowing the lawn with your cat is just better. Check out this video of a man and his feline friend in the Florida Panhandle. ...

(Kayla Ostlund) This story originally appeared in the Morning Brief email newsletter. Sign up hereto get more stories like this and weekday weather updates from The Weather Channel and our meteorologists. Odin, a 6 year old great pyrenees, lives in New York Mills, Minnesota. “He loves going snow shoeing with us and chasing snowmobiles. Odin is always up for a good snowball fight! He will spend hours rolling around in the fluffy snow. He loves to bark at the squirrels...

Large dog breeds generally live far shorter than small breeds. What if there were a way to close that gap? We might be on the precipice of something major, according to a biotech company. ...