ANIMALS

Little kids loved them—but adults thought they were setting up girls to have no motherly instincts.

The answer varies based on your pet‘s coat, activity, and skin type.

The yodeling working dog can now vie for Best in Show honors.

A new study shows that hungry sea otters are keeping Monterey Bay’s green crab population in check, one bite at a time.

Let’s celebrate another year in the books with a look back at how our knowledge grew over the past 12 months.

Dogs have built-in fur coats, but that doesn’t mean they don’t get chilly during their winter walks.

Meet the insect with an exoskeleton so dark it absorbs almost all light.

The bloodsucking hitchhikers have good reason to scoff at insecticides—they’re freakishly resistant to them.

Conservationists warn that the monarch could die out by the end of the century unless action is taken.

“Dominick The Donkey,” Lou Monte's 1960 holiday earworm, is a novelty song even by Christmas music standards.

Traditional Christmas plants like poinsettias, holly, and mistletoe can be dangerous for pets.

You don’t want to run into these creatures in the woods after dark—or ever.