Animals are truly fascinating creatures, yet we know so little about them. For instance, did you know you would lose tequila ...

Dirty, disgusting, disease-carrying, evil-looking, dangerous and scary. Some animals get a bad rep from humans, who fail to ...

There are a lot of things humans can do to make the colder months more comfortable, thanks to technology. But wild animals don't have access to boots, or scarves, or fireplaces to keep them cozy at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The sea otter (Enhydra lutris) is a marine mammal.Weasel family.Cracking clams with a rock.Mother and pup.© Alaskan ...

Transparent sea cucumbers, bowl-shaped sponges, and pink sea pigs are some of the fascinating animals discovered during a deep-sea expedition to the Pacific Ocean. In March, a 45-day research ...

The charismatic and slow three-toed sloth is just one of many animals species that Smithsonian scientists study, from within our vast collections to live animals at our research centers and National ...

Source: NYU Press with permission. When I first read the manuscript for Carol Gigliotti's eye-opening The Creative Lives of Animals, I took pages and pages of notes. 1 Now that I've read it once again ...

The Memphis Zoo, as you may have heard, has a special reason to roar. This year, the zoo is celebrating its 120th birthday. The zoo dates its official origin to April 4, 1906, when the Park Commission ...

In the vast St. Lawrence River, an impressive variety of animals live on the seabed. This group of organisms is called benthos. These organisms live either buried in the sediment (infaunas) or on the ...