ANIMALS

Summer television changed forever in 1988, when Shark Week made its Discovery Channel debut. Now, we all strive to live every week like it’s Shark Week.

If your cat runs away every time you reach out to pet it, don't give up—there is a right way to pet a cat.

After its Facebook post about possible drug-addicted alligators went viral earlier this month, the Loretto Police Department clarified that it was just a joke.

After a life spent performing in tanks, orcas could receive care, protection, and freedom in a new open-water sanctuary off Washington state.

A new study shows that we’re less special than we thought: Apes can connect with each other by watching movies just like us.

A New Jersey pizzeria owner’s modern spin on the old milk carton idea involves two of your favorite things: pizza and pets.

According to Beaux and Paws founder Darius Brown, it’s hard to resist adopting a shelter dog wearing a bow tie.

Roadrunners—the iconic birds of the American Southwest—are brave enough to feast on rattlesnakes and outsmart coyotes (really, we're not kidding).

Photographs show the struggle between the olive python and the freshwater crocodile—two of Australia's most impressive reptilian predators.

The dynamics in The Lion King closely reflect how real lions live in the wild, except for one detail—Mufasa and Scar wouldn't have been related by blood.

The grounds of 907 Whitehead Street, now the Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum, are home to between 40 and 50 felines. As Hemingway once wrote, that “one cat just leads to another.”

It's a myth that these venomous vipers will always shake its rattle before attacking, but a rattlesnake bite still packs a punch.