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You Can Get a Unicorn Hunting License From Michigan’s Lake Superior State College

A 1602 fresco by Domenichino showing Giulia Farnese with a unicorn.

You Can Get a Unicorn Hunting License From Michigan’s Lake Superior State College

Bats Argue a Lot, According to Science

Bats can get cranky when they're being bothered by other bats.

Bats Argue a Lot, According to Science

5 Holiday Toxins Your Dog Should Avoid

Photo by Lorena Esparza from Pexels

5 Holiday Toxins Your Dog Should Avoid

Scientists Have Observed Octopuses "Punching" Fish Silly

Come get it.

Scientists Have Observed Octopuses "Punching" Fish Silly

Remembering Sudan, the World's Last Male Northern White Rhino

Tony Karumba, AFP/Getty Images

100 Interesting Facts We Learned in 2020

They definitely learned something new in 2020.

Hee-Haw: The Wild Ride of "Dominick the Donkey"—the Holiday Earworm You Love to Hate

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Why Do Dogs Have Whiskers?

Michael Kilcoyne, Unsplash

6 Heroic Military Cats

Pooli the cat modeling her uniform on her 15th birthday.

Test Your Cat Knowledge

cocoparisienne, Pixabay

Can You Find the Doe Hiding Among the Stags?

Can you spot the doe?

11 Things You Might Not Know About Reindeer

Britain's only herd of free-ranging reindeer live in Scotland’s Cairngorms National Park.

Why Do Cats Throw Up So Often?

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Watch: In 1948, Idaho Officials Sent 76 Beavers Parachuting Into Idaho’s Wilderness

A young beaver with all four feet firmly on the ground.

Pretty in Pink: Drone Captures Birds-Eye View of Massive Flamingo Flock in Kazakhstan

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32 Facts About Turkeys to Gobble Right Up

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