These Japanese macaques , or snow monkeys, have taken to plunging into hot springs to protect themselves from the fierce , freezing conditions of the snowy highlands where they live.
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Though not all ancient critters were huge, a lot of them were. I'm talking 90 ton, 130-foot dinos, 50-foot giant sharks and ground sloths that could go shoulder to shoulder with today's elephan…
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Ever since the "barreleye" fish Macropinna microstoma was first described in 1939, marine biologists have known that it's tubular eyes are very good at collecting light.
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Experts say they have proved for the first time that dogs know how humans think.
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Every fall, thousands of these birds gather in the sky above Scotland, where they dart and dance in mesmerizing fractals.
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An adult elephant can consume up to 300 pounds (136 kilograms) of food in a single day.
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African cichlid fish have a memory span of up to twelve days, a new study has shown.
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When the Pyramids were built woolly mammoths still roamed the Earth. photo credit Geoff Peters Contrary to common belief, the woolly mammoth was hardly mammoth in size. They were roughly about the size …
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The Burmese snub-nosed monkey is a critically threatened species of colobine monkey discovered in 2010 in northern Burma.
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a. A very large mushroom. b. A small family car. c. A grapefruit. d. A sailor
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At twilight, kookaburras make loud, long calls that sound like laughter to let all know the boundaries of their territory.
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Native to a remote region of China, this tiny mammal, known as the Ili pika , doesn't know it's a member of an endangered species -- and neither do most people.
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Dubbed the "punk rocker" frog, it is the first vertebrate known to change its skin texture.
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