With copper-blue blood prized by modern medicine and a body plan older than dinosaurs, the horseshoe crab reveals how ancient ...

After the season's first big snowstorm, passersby saw a gray, scrawny-looking animal running along the sidewalk near the lake ...

Only 21 species worldwide are known to do this, almost all in northern climates, according to an article in the journal ...

New Year’s resolutions aren’t always easy to keep, but we’ve got a few that should be — and they help animals, too.

In 2024, folks gathered in droves in New York City’s infamous Times Square to watch the ball drop. Huddled together in the ...

From snails to skunks, squirrels to cicadas, most of our neighbors are quiet and seldom interact with us, but they play ...

After all, if you’re an exotic pet lover who lives in New York or you are planning on moving there, the state’s ever-evolving ...

Have you ever called an alligator a crocodile or thought a llama was just a fancy alpaca? It happens to the best of us!

Ringtail is Arizona’s state mammal, designated in 1986 to highlight regionally tied symbols. Ringtails are nocturnal, desert-adapted raccoon-like carnivores about the size of a house cat with a ringed ...

A variety of studies are showing that rough-and-tumble play is important for animals and kids alike.

James Cameron had to spring into life-saving action when shooting a scene in The Abyss caused a rat to drown. Then he adopted the rat.

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