ANIMALS

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.

Even when two-thirds of their bodies are composed of fungal spores, the host cicadas continue to attempt mating in a drugged-out stupor.

As much as ​some Potterheads may wish they could have some of the animals from Harry Potter, whether it be a half-kneazle or a hippogriff, realistically, most of those creatures have to remain in the world of fantasy.

Its been just over 60 years since we discovered the species—and now there may be less than 20 of them left in the world.