If you’re raising children alongside animals, you’ll want species that are gentle, patient, and relatively safe to handle. The best choices are calm around noise and movement, easy to manage, and ...

Got an animal lover in the family? The Smithsonian National Zoo probably springs to mind as the first place to visit in DC. But there are many animal farms and petting zoos near DC where kids can get ...

MONETA, Va. – Who knew you could find a zonkey, zorse and farm animals all in the same place here in southwest Virginia? Spring Valley Farm in Moneta has been around since the 1980s and prides itself ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Almosta Ranch, a farm located in Calcasieu Parish, is just a thirty-minute drive from downtown Lake Charles, where kids ages five and up can experience life in the country.

When classes begin this week at one public charter school in Florida, some of the lessons will be taught in barns and animal pens. Colleen Bradford Krantz of Iowa PBS reports. Instead of heading to a ...

Summer is supposed to be wild and fun as a kid. And what better way to encourage that than with the help of some wild animals?! If your school-aged kids are animal lovers, sign them up for one of ...

It's springtime, and a wonderful time to drive around Agweek country. Over the Easter weekend, I spent a day in the Manhattan, Kan., area, visiting my son, who is working toward an economics doctorate ...

One of the festively themed displays at the Holiday Stroll at Kelsay Farms, which features activities and photos opportunities for local residents throughout December. The event is open on Friday, ...

The stone creek bed was cool and firm, as the water wound its way around the ankles and hands of little explorers searching the banks of Halfway River in Monroe. Summer is molting season for crawfish, ...

Sweet Farm in California will join your video call with a farm animal for donations starting at $65 Georgia Slater is a staff editor on the Parents team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...