Animals & Nature

People have lot of opinions about emotional support animals – some believe they help people with unseen mental illnesses better face and navigate every day life, while others think it’s too easy for people to take advantage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which allows people to take their trained support animals in public places....

My husband enjoys hunting for wild mushrooms, and our family enjoys eating them – but only because I’m 100% sure that he knows what he’s doing. He is careful and educated about what species are safe for humans to consume, which is an absolute must for mushroom foraging. And also we don’t live in Australia, where...

Sometimes called Texas horned frog, or horny toad, the Texas horned lizard is the state’s official reptile. Because of dismal numbers of late, conservationists feared the species was threatened with extinction. But due to hard work by dedicated groups, the lizard looks as if it’s making a comeback. Despite its toady appearance and round body,...

If you’ve ever wondered whether or not scientists do things on a lark that end up creating a breakthrough, well, look no further for your answers than ‘. Tomoki Kojima, who conceptualized the study and was responsible for gathering and analyzing the data, confided to Bored Panda that his co-authors originally thought he was making...

Let’s just get this out of the way: possums might be ugly and weird – but they also eat ticks, so they can stay. Which is not to say that I wouldn’t have freaked out and possibly screamed  if a tiny one rode into my house on my dog’s back. That’s exactly what happened to...

There are cat people, dog people, and people who like and own both (and also bird people, but let’s not get into them here). For anyone who co-exists with a cat, you know there’s a certain unwritten agreement between species. Namely, they do what they want, and we feed them and clean up after them...

If there’s one thing people everywhere can agree on, it’s that animals are pretty awesome. Whether they’re wild animals shrouded in mystery or the pets we snuggle every day and night, they deserve to be celebrated. And that’s what these 5 international festivals set out to do. It’s also a good excuse to travel more,...

Personally, I hate to read this news about those adorable, floppy-eared rabbits. I had one as a kid, and it was one of my favorite pets ever – he was funny and sweet and loved to snuggle as much as he enjoyed a well-timed nip. The sad truth, though, is that lop-eared rabbits aren’t natural...