Animals are great companions and, in some cases, amazing lifesavers. Every one of these tales proves they instinctively race in when danger calls. Here are 18 heart-stopping animal rescues that ...

Intelligence isn't unique to humans — as the 15 amazing videos of animals solving problems in this article are about to show you.

Why do humans have language and other animals apparently don't? It's one of the most enduring questions in the study of mind and communication. Across all cultures, humans use richly expressive ...

July 4th is supposed to be a day of celebration. Family and friends come together to enjoy grilling, fun in the sun, local parades, and, of course, fireworks as the sun goes down. While this was the ...

When it comes to affectionate and friendly animals, most people opt for cats or dogs, but there are others who take a more interesting route, choosing rodents, birds, reptiles, or fish. Signs that a ...

In the animal kingdom, penises can be spiked, split, corkscrewed—even detachable. They're one of the most diverse structures in biology. The human penis is so uniform, it's an anatomical outlier.

Nita Hemeter remembers the barking and meowing, and being able to look up from the middle of a New Orleans darkened by power outages to see "every star in the sky." It was early September 2005, a ...

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