Explore the ways animals and plants protect human health and what’s at stake when species are endangered.

You’ve heard the slogans: save the whales, protect our pollinators. You may have lamented the decline of polar bears or the last of the northern white rhinos. But scientists are only beginning to ...
Outdoor Guide on MSN

Wild Animals That Are Way Smarter Than You Think

We often applaud animals for learning tricks. But until recently, we rarely acknowledged that significant intelligence ...
Time

Researchers are Using AI to Understand what Animals are Saying

AI is reshaping countless aspects of life. But so far, its applications have focused mostly on our singular species, Homo sapiens. What if humans used AI to better understand the nonhuman beings with ...
Montgomery Advertiser

What animals are illegal to own in Alabama? Here's what the penalty could be if caught

Macon County, Ala. authorities responded to a two-car crash on Interstate 85 Wednesday morning caused by a furry, hopping marsupial. A kangaroo escaped its enclosure from a nearby resident, who kept ...
WBNG

Animal Care Sanctuary unveils tiny home dog village in Bradford County

EAST SMITHFIELD, Pa. (WBNG) -- Animal Care Sanctuary celebrated the ribbon-cutting of its tiny home dog village Thursday, marking what officials said could change how shelters care for dogs across the ...
Los Angeles Times

Let’s stop killing animals in shelters and get more of them adopted out

Life in an animal shelter for dogs and cats and other creatures that have the misfortune to end up there is never great. They can languish for months, waiting to be adopted out to what animal ...