Animals & Nature

We all know that if we have pets, they have their own ways of communicating their wants and needs, even without words – but what about plants? People who love plants and treat them like pets or kids are also tuned in to what their leafy pals are trying to tell him, but if you’re...

I’m an animal lover. I move spiders gently outside, I give sips of water to distressed bees, and I’m waited for the day when a needy little kitten will find me and require a home. That said, there are a few beings – ticks, hornets, and scorpions among them – that I have some questions...

It’s that time of year again filled with hot summer nights, backyard barbecues, and lots and lots of fireflies lighting up the night skies around us. But what are those little guys, exactly…? Today we’ll get our firefly questions answered with these 5 facts! 1. Say what? Believe it or not, fireflies are not actually...

Things are getting pretty scary out there when it comes to climate change, don’t you think? And now we have more alarming news when it comes to the state of the planet from a study in the journal Nature Climate Change. According to the study, researchers from the University of Leeds in the UK and...

We’ve all heard by now that the bees are in trouble. And if the bees are in trouble, so is literally every other living thing on earth, so it’s definitely a problem that needs to be solved. California, at least, is taking steps to try to help – even if their methods seem a bit...

When you hear stories about insects or animals raining from the sky it can sound apocalyptic, right? Something must be inherently wrong, or so it seems. There are actual reasons that this might happen that don’t include the inevitable end of the world, though, and if you’re curious what they might be, keep reading! That said,...

If you’re in the mood for an adorable story about how opposites attract and how humans and animals can become just like family, then today is your lucky day! A duckling whose mother rejected her was adopted by a woman named Erin Amadon and Amadon named the duck Bea. Amadon found that Bea had been...

I’ve never spent any time around parrots or birds at all really, but after watching a bunch of videos featuring this fella, I gotta say that I need to start doing more of that. Because if they’re all like this guy, then every day must be quite an adventure! And this parrot named Cosmo has...