Lake Natron has a chemical makeup that is so harsh, it is uninhabitable for most creatures. It is a "soda" lake, meaning it ...

Dr. Neal Barnard, a 1975 Macalester alumnus, says the St. Paul college ‘continues to kill large numbers of animals every year ...

Keep your summers safe and fun by avoiding these nasty outdoor hazards in Wisconsin, from deer ticks to poison sumac.

You can read about the Amazon forest for years and still not come close to grasping how strange its wildlife really is. The ...

There are a number of snake species you might encounter in the Ohio River, depending on where you are exploring.

In the wild, survival often comes down to how well an animal can adapt. While some creatures are built for life on land and ...

Getting caught in the rain or sweating through a heatwave is nothing compared to what some animals deal with every day. These ...

Work is underway on a new otter habitat at the The new exhibit will be located at the entrance of the zoo and will have room ...

The chevrotain is a strange mashup with a rodent’s pointy snout, tiny pig-like hooves, and fangs like a saber-toothed tiger.

MAMMALS come in all sizes from the largest of all, blue whales, to the smallest like the Least shrew. Whales are entirely ...

A lawsuit accuses Macalester College of violating state consumer fraud laws “by advertising itself as a model of compliance” with ethical animal research guidelines, while killing small animals in ...

One explanation has to do with the liquid in these places: live fish splashing in tubs of water, melting ice keeping meat cold, the blood and innards of slaughtered animals. Another is simply that ...