BALTIMORE -- A yearslong surge in displaced roosters is overwhelming animal sanctuaries in Maryland and across the country, fueled by a pandemic-born boom in backyard chicken coops and the noisy ...

You might call this fluffy guy here the cluckiest rooster on earth. Heather Bolint was not expecting to rescue a rooster while fulfilling her lifelong dream of hiking the Appalachian Trail. The ...

Melissa Breyer was Treehugger’s senior editorial director before moving to Martha Stewart. Her writing and photography have been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, ...

It may have been an April Fool’s Day prank gone wrong but the abandonment of five roosters in Burton Township is no joke. On April 1, Geauga Humane Officer Wendy Grellinger got a call from the Burton ...

Most people picture a rooster as a red-combed farm bird that crows at sunrise. But not all chickens fit that mold. Some have jet-black skin, while others have massive dinosaur-like legs—looking like ...