Kangaroos are the iconic Australian animals that are famous for their ability to carry their young around in a pouch on their ...

In the leafy Pine Barrens of southern New Jersey lies a very different kind of farm: the astonishing Funny Farm, a not-for-profit animal sanctuary open to the public two days a week, created by New ...

We often mindlessly trample on snails and earthworms because they move so slowly compared to the average human, but there’s a whole world of animals out there that are even slower. These are animals ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Americans celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act late last year, serving as a reminder of the 1,662 ...

The natural world is rife with opportunities to contextualize our own existence. Perhaps no instance of this is more jarring though than being dwarfed by the sheer size of some of our fellow earthly ...

Many millions of animals in the world have hair and for some, it’s essential to their survival as they need it for warmth. However, some animals have much more hair than others, including some we ...

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Eliot Schrefer, author of Queer Ducks (And Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality. It's about how "natural sex" may not be as binary as some think. At ...

Bestselling author Eliot Schrefer's new book, Queer Ducks (and Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality is a winner in many different ways. Among the numerous accolades for this young ...