Wild Animals

The ocean can be a strange place, and not just in the dark, remote depths. Lots of unusual animals also live near shore, including...

Spiders, and bugs in general, aren't usually thought of as very long-lived creatures. That's probably a comfort for arachnophobes, but we've got some bad...

A little dog named Leia saved this baby dolphin's life when she discovered him stranded on a beach in Wales earlier this month. Her human uploaded a...

Target: Glenn R. Funk, District Attorney General of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County Goal: Punish PetSmart employees allegedly responsible for horrific neglect and abuse. Authorities in Bellevue, Tennessee,...

Animal advocates are celebrating a major victory with a precedent-setting court ruling that upholds the opinion that endangered animals in captivity deserve the same protections as...

Photographer Olga Barantseva works with faithful, if unlikely, collaborators to produce her gorgeous images; she enlists the help of forest animals. From wolves and foxes to a bear...

Akie Nakata has always had a love for nature and art. Ever since she was a little girl, she has collected stones and drawn animals....

Anyone who’s had a pet can testify that dogs and cats occasionally get gassy, letting rip noxious farts and then innocently looking up as if to...

1. Female dragonflies will sometimes fake their own deathto avoid mating with a male. Mantonature / Getty Images   2. Male giraffes will smell and drink a female giraffe's urineto tell...

THESE heartbreaking images of zoo animals caged after being exploited in sick shows are enough to shock anyone.  The inhabitants of these cages are there...