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Has your pet suddenly started losing hair? Mange may be to blame. The common skin condition affects dogs, cats and rabbits, causing a variety of uncomfortable symptoms. Mange is caused by a mite ...

correctionA previous version of this article misstated the number of bears with mange in Virginia and the mangy bear situation in Maryland and West Virginia. Since 2018, there have been approximately ...

An army of microscopic critters is interrupting life for many of Pennsylvania’s black bears. The soldiers march through forests of bear fur before they burrow into skin. They leave their hosts ...

Before wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park in the mid-1990s, they were vaccinated for common diseases and treated for any parasite infections they already carried. As a result, the ...

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