ANIMALS

See the World's Largest Congregation of Snakes at This Spot in Manitoba

Every spring and autumn, tens of thousands of red-sided garter snakes gather at the Narcisse snake dens.

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You Can Run Around a Costa Rican Field With 900 Dogs

The mutts are looking for friends and forever homes.

Toronto Zoo Recaptures Escaped Capybara After a Month on the Lam

After five weeks of wandering High Park, the escaped capybara finally wandered into a trap.

Tiger Populations Are Rising for the First Time in 100 Years Thanks to Local Tribes

Indigenous communities in India are peacefully coexisting with tigers, helping to bolster the numbers of the endangered populations around them.

An Australian Woman is Weaving Pet Hair Into Clothing

Marion Wheatland wants to turn your beloved pup’s fur into a luxurious coat.

7 Pets Who Rescued Their Humans

When her owner had a heart attack, LuLu the pig played dead in the road until help arrived.

How Farmers Are Using Falcons to Protect Crops

Farmers have discovered a new method to frighten off small birds: bigger birds.

Birds Steal Scottish Skinny Dippers' Underwear to Line Their Nests

The dastardly thieves target socks and underwear.

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Reintroduction Efforts Boost New England Cottontail Populations

Scientists work to breed and release rabbits in states where numbers have declined for decades.

5 Awesome and Adorable Products You Can Get at CatCon

This weekend, CatCon—the convention for people who love cats—returns to Los Angeles. Visitors will brush paws with Lil Bub, Pudge, and Nala cat, hear from cat behaviorists and other feline-related speakers, adopt kitties, and, of course, buy some really a

China Welcomes First Panda Cub Twins of 2016

Right now, the babies are tiny and pink, and covered in fine white fur.

The Beauty Regimens of the World's Ugliest Dogs

How do you get an ugly dog ready for a looks-based competition?

A Shedding Snake Trapped Itself in a Loop of Its Own Skin

He was stuck for three hours before finding a way out.

High Levels of Chemical Contaminants Discovered Inside Deep-Sea Animals

Researchers found pollutants in crustaceans living six miles below the surface of the ocean.

10 Ginormous Facts About Coconut Crabs

They're huge, antisocial, and fond of stealing your silverware when you're not looking. Meet the colossal coconut crab, one of Earth's largest arthropods.

7 Myths and Misconceptions About Crocodilians, Debunked

Evon Hekkala, the principal investigator at Fordham University’s Hekkala Lab and a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History, spoke with mental_floss after the opening of AMNH’s latest exhibition, “Crocs: Ancient Predators in a Modern W

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Like Lobsters and Pigeons, Wild Pigs May Orient Their Lives Along Magnetic Fields

A study of warthogs and wild boars found that the animals usually aligned their bodies along a north-south axis.

A British Zoo Has Been Releasing Hundreds of Giant Spiders Into the Wild

The fen raft spider can grow to nearly the size of a mouse, feasts on fish, and was just released em masse in the UK.

Raccoon Family Uses Teamwork to Help Its Baby Scale a Wall

Raccoons: trashcan raiders, home invaders, pretty good mothers.

Baby Sloths' Giant Poops Defy Physics/All Decency

How can such a small animal produce such a large turd?

7 Things You Never Knew About Fish

A conversation with Jonathan Balcombe, author of the new book 'What a Fish Knows.'

Researchers Release Dead “Frankenturtles” into the Chesapeake Bay

The turtle carcasses have been stuffed with Styrofoam to keep them afloat and fitted with GPS trackers.

Chameleons Use Super Sticky Spit to Nab Heavy Food

The color-changing reptile's prey can weigh up to almost a third of its body weight.

Meet The Doctor Who Invented the First Elephant Prosthetics

Dr. Therdchai Jivacate created a prosthetic leg for an elephant named Mosha.

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