ANIMALS

When trapped, the little lizard simply sheds its big scales and regrows them later.

The residents of Istanbul have a special friendship with the cats that roam their streets.

Clifford the Big Red Dog's size poses a lot of interesting issues for a pet owner—including how one would clean up after this ginormous canine, as no pooper scooper would be big enough.

Their slime is actually liquid crystal.

We adore them too. Really. But this is a major problem.

But you should still watch out for bees.

The Elephant Welfare Initiative makes sure captive elephants get enough exercise.

It’s a partial pun on the gibbon’s Chinese name, which translates as “Heaven’s movement.”

Bird poop has been a favored fertilizer for centuries—and, it turns out, is an excellent preserver of human flesh.

Scientist Lori Marino says the farmyard fowl are “vastly underrated.”

A few places give care, protection, and love to animals no one else wants.

There's no rule that regulates how animals obtain the necessary genetic material to reproduce—and as a result, there is a lot of weird animal sex going on out there.