The Himalayan village of Samjung did not die in a day. Perched in a wind-carved valley in Nepal’s Upper Mustang, more than 13,000 feet (3,962 meters) above sea level, ...

The American Museum of the House Cat was founded by Harold Sims, known affectionately as “The Cat Man.” A retired biology professor with a passion for rescuing cats, Sims created this museum with a ...

The animal kingdom can be creepier than a Stephen King novel sometimes, and a newly discovered creature proves this is true. Researchers called this new insect a “bone collector” — are you scared yet?

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Wearing tyvek suits, gloves and a double-layer of surgical masks, two officers climbed over piles of garbage as high as 6 ...

If you are interested in adopting one of these animals, please check with the shelter or rescue to be sure the animal is ...

An impulse to probe the existential mysteries of life inspired Francis Crick to unlock the structure of DNA, posits ...

Mary Notarangelo lived a reclusive life in her later years, according to the few people who had contact with her. The retired ...

While most people are still thinking about summer barbecues, Michaels has already rolled out the Halloween décor and sales.

An international research team that analyzed several hundred YouTube videos of sleeping cats found that they prefer to sleep on their left side. The researchers see this bias as an evolutionary ...

Domestication is generally thought to have increased vocal behaviour in cats, so it may seem odd that the version of the gene ...