With their expressive faces, social behavior, and striking features, Japanese macaques – also known as snow monkeys – often ...

Kurama, the fearsome nine-tailed fox in Naruto, draws inspiration from Japanese folklore's kitsune, magical foxes known for their cunning and transformative abilities. His character arc ...

This Japanese macaque, turned professional killer, follows a code of honor: he only eliminates other killers. In the animated series, adapted by Will Speck and Josh Gordon, the monkey is guided by ...

Laurence D. Hurst is the author of The Evolution of Imperfection, published by Princeton University Press. This was enabled by funding from The Humboldt Foundation and the European Research Counci ...

Authorities have seized spider-tailed horned vipers, Asian leaf turtles and Indonesian pit vipers from the passenger Authorities in India have arrested a man for trying to smuggle dozens of rare ...

A man wrapped in gauze as part of a costume sits in the back of a taxi on Halloween in New York City. The festive image was previously published in a digital story in October 2014.