ANIMALS

For the first two weeks in May, hundreds of animal shelters are dropping adoption fees to $25 or less.

For Christmas dinner in 1870, Paris restaurant Voisin publicized a menu that featured kangaroo stew, elephant stock, stuffed donkey head, and bear chops.

Here’s the lowdown on everyone’s favorite vertically challenged dog.

Beavers, muskrats, and capybaras are acceptable to eat on Fridays during Lent, according to the Catholic Church.

The rabbits are frequently shown wielding weapons as they fight against—and sometimes kill—those who often hunted them.

With their angular faces, big ears, and smooth bodies, Sphynx cats are living (and purring) proof that there’s more to a kitty than its fur coat.

A new study found that octopuses are repurposing marine litter to create protective shelters for themselves.

A new study is proposing an innovative way to eradicate invasive murder hornets: literal thirst traps laced with pheromones.

You probably have or know at least one Labrador retriever, so you should get to know them better!

You could purchase a few dozen tiger cubs for the price of a single Ashera cat. (Please do not do that.)

Trap-jaw ants have more tricks up their figurative sleeves than just trap jaws. And odorous house ants aren’t called that for nothing.

The music might be silly, but it's kind of catchy—and all for an excellent cause.