The scenes are eerily familiar - crowded hospitals in China overrun by masked patients seeking medical help as infection tears through the population.

Once valued for pelts, meat and the castoreum they use to mark their territories, beavers were hunted to the brink of ...

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For many tribal artists, there was a financial incentive to create objects that would appeal to non-Natives. But that’s ...

All I can do is be me, whoever that is.” This quote from Bob Dylan, attributed to an interview he gave to the now defunct ...

While Sajak has said his goodbyes to the syndicated show, he remains as host for one more season of Celebrity Wheel of Fortune. The new season of the Celeb spinoff was scheduled to premiere on October ...

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The Antarctic continent is cold, dark, and desolate for much of the year, so scientists want a cuddly feline companion to ...

Falco Faber had just returned home from a trip when he encountered a venomous snake in his abode. He ran away from it, ...

Colossal's America’s Favorite Pet brings joy to animal lovers everywhere and reinforces its mission as a platform with purpose supporting PAWS.

Perry, a Jerusalem miniature donkey, was first brought to California to help calm polo ponies, but instead he nipped at them, according to the project’s website. So in 1997, the “spunky” 3-year-old ...