ANIMALS

Each fall, millions of migrating monarchs return to Mexico to wait out winter. The gathering makes Woodstock look like a business conference. Here’s how they get there.

The puppy was discovered in an Australian backyard with talon marks in its back. Recently, DNA tests revealed that Wandi is really a purebred alpine dingo—an endangered subspecies.

The special beer cans from North Dakota's Fargo Brewing Company feature photographs of rescue dogs that are looking for their forever homes.

If you've ever lacked the motivation to go to the gym, you'll relate to Cinderblock the fat cat's creative workout strategy.

Even though there are no people living on Mullion Island off Cornwall in England, rubber bands turn up there by the thousands. Now researchers think they know why.

Maze-running lab rats can definitely teach us a lot, but car-operating ones could teach us even more.

A new bill introduced in the Ohio Senate would make animal cruelty a third-degree felony, punishable by up to 60 months in prison and a $10,000 fine.

The scientific study of sex is much more exciting than an awkward sex ed class. Even if it means learning the truth about how many calories you actually burn when things get hot and heavy.

When animals find themselves getting into the booze, chaos can ensue. Here are 11 times bears, elk, raccoons, and more have been liquored up and tormented society.

The options—including Watson, Obi, Cooper, and more—are all related to California, where the otters were found.

Tira the polka-dotted zebra foal likely has pseudomelanism, a rare genetic condition that makes stripes appear as white spots.

In the video, the Deepstaria jellyfish hovers like a ghost before unfurling its billowing bell, giving scientists aboard the 'Nautilus' a rare look at the illusive species.