This stuffed toy was designed after the real Grumpy Cat. ©Regina Hoenes/Shutterstock.com ... She passed at age eight after helping to raise $700k for animal charities.

Squat rhinos lived in North America about 12 million years ago, congregating in huge, water-bound herds much like modern hippos.

Have you ever seen a baby reindeer before? I've been writing about animals for three years, and until this morning when I saw ...

According to one app for nature observers, it's the most commonly seen creature in California: the western fence lizard. Why?

Let us know! The Philadelphia Zoo has sprouted five massive plant displays of giant animals and insects. At the entrance is a huge butterfly sculpture with outspread wings embedded with 3,200 tiny ...

But fake service dogs, advocates say, are taking a bite out of real service dogs’ credibility, exacerbating the challenges that people with disabilities who rely on service animals already face.

From creatures with astonishing abilities to those with bizarre appearances, animals never fail to amaze us. This article delves into twelve real-life animal oddities that are sure to boggle your mind ...

Long before fantasy shows turned the dire wolf into a mythical beast, it was a very real animal—one that roamed the grasslands and forests of North and South America during the Ice Age. Known ...

The kawauso, or river otter, appears in Japanese folklore as a playful and mischievous shapeshifter. But this creature was based on a real animal – the Japanese river otter, once common across the ...

A reindeer in Alaska, beloved as a community mascot, has died after a masked person sprayed the animal with a suspicious liquid. USA Today reports that the reindeer named Star VII was put down ...

Star, an eight-year-old reindeer who was revered by its Anchorage community, began to lose weight and exhibit startling health issues after the unidentified aggressor gained access to the animal’s ...