ANIMALS

Recently unearthed footage shows that people have been obsessed with shark attacks since long before ‘Shark Week’ began.

Sharks rarely attack humans, and not all shark encounters are fatal. Still, some of these strategies could help you avoid becoming chum.

You know mutts are adorable, but do you know how (if at all) they differ from mixed-breed, designer, and/or purebred dogs?

Instead of paying parking tickets in cash, residents of Muncie, Indiana, were recently invited to donate cat food, kitty litter, and other pet supplies to pay their fines.

Grasshoppers have invaded Las Vegas following a wet winter, and the swarms are so large that they're showing up on weather radar.

Have you ever found a frog in your prepackaged salad? If you answered "yes," you’re (unfortunately) not alone.

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.

A new study shows that those puppy-playtime programs colleges host during finals season can actually be effective in just a few minutes.

The radar picked up some rain showers on England’s southern coast. But it was actually billions of flying ants.

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.