There Are 2373 Squirrels in New York's Central Park, Census Finds
Central Park in New York City is home to thousands of Eastern gray squirrels. Last year, a team of 300 volunteers counted them all.
Central Park in New York City is home to thousands of Eastern gray squirrels. Last year, a team of 300 volunteers counted them all.
In a society overrun by fashion magazines, beauty contests, and Instagram models, it’s nice when the not-so-photogenic are appreciated. Case in point: Scamp the Tramp, who was just named 2019’s World’s Ugliest Dog.
Before traveling with a pet this summer, whether by plane or car, read these tips from an expert veterinarian.
Life after the police force or military can be hard for working dogs. Mission K9 Rescue gives them the treatment and stability they deserve in retirement.
The durable little killifish egg can travel along the swan's digestive tract and later hatch, which might explain how some fish wind up in isolated freshwater locations.
The endangered tapir faces threats like poaching, habitat loss, and trafficking, but Nai Conservation, an organization in Costa Rica, is leading a grassroots effort to save the species.
For animals, the 18th-century naturalist Carl von Linné introduced the system of binominal nomenclature, where animals have names composed of two parts.
Just one in two million lobsters have a distinctive blue shell, which often gives them a reprieve from being served up as someone's dinner.
Scientists are eager to study the carnivore's severed head—which was found with its teeth, fur, and brain still intact after tens of thousands of years.
Dog owners are starting to get ecstatic with bring your dog to work day coming up on June 21. Having a pet at work can seem like another job to handle, but it is actually the quite opposite.
Whether you're an arachnophobe or an arachnophile, here are a few things you should know about our eight-legged friends.
Large, intelligent marine mammals like whales and dolphins will soon be banned from aquariums and amusement parks in Canada.
When the new intern at the Coco Palm Dhuni Kolhu isn't caring for the resort's turtles, they'll be dining and snorkeling for free.
The agency recently released documents revealing it had tested at least two samples of hair purporting to belong to Bigfoot. The results were surprising.
The dryer sheets found in laundry hampers aren't safe for cats or dogs to ingest or even touch. Here's why.
After outfitting cats with video cameras, scientists learned some surprising things about the private lives of our feline companions.
Brady Snakovsky of Strongsville, Ohio is helping raise funds for K-9 dogs in need of protective vests.
Yes, that pup in the park is adorable. But there's a specific protocol you should follow when approaching dogs you haven't met before.
An animal doesn't need to be a pig, a peacock, or something just as unconventional to qualify. What constitutes an emotional support animal has little to do with the pet itself and more to do with its owner.
Vultures are natures clean-up crew, swiftly flying in to rid our nations highways of roadkill—among other acts that help the environment.
The giant Seychelles tortoise, who resides on the island of Saint Helena, is closing in on the two-century mark.
The chimps enjoyed picking up tortoises and cracking open their hard shells against a tree before devouring their meaty interior.
Beavers are essentially nature's "ecosystem engineers." Here's how their dams could help curb water pollution.
The albino panda bear was wandering a bamboo forest in China when it triggered a motion-sensitive camera set up by scientists.