Nine thousand years ago, humans began domesticating cats. Nine hundred years ago, before the advent of intentional cat ...

Scientists found a “large” creature with a heart-shaped tongue in a forest of Vietnam and discovered a new species, a study ...

A black bear, apparently the same one seen last month in Prince George’s County, suburban Maryland, showed up Monday in the Fairfax County town of Herndon.

Said to grow in South America and Africa, the ya-te-veo is a massive carnivorous plant that makes the Venus flytrap look like an herbivore. According to folklore, this legendary cryptid is a "terrible ...

Slowly back away while facing the animal. Make yourself look bigger and create loud noises if a bear approaches. The Virginia Department of Forestry emphasizes that bears rarely attack unless they ...

It's a sad day for animal lovers in the D.C. area. Basil, the one-eyed opossum who called the Smithsonian National Zoo home, has died. "We are very sad to share that Basil—a rescued Virginia ...

Though it has tiny eyes, it doesn’t rely on vision. Instead, it uses its snout to find and identify food in just milliseconds– one of the fastest responses in the animal world. It can even ...

Two Silver Springs residents were arrested Thursday and face 133 counts of animal cruelty, according to a news release from the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office. John Comellas and Kimberly Comellas were ...

The Washington County Virginia Animal Shelter has been in action for more than 40 years and for the past few years, they have been facing some issues in the current shelter and are located next to ...

A GoFundMe campaign has been launched on behalf of Barker’s wife, Dr. Natalie Barker, by her colleagues at Chatham Animal Clinic in Virginia to help fund their son Noah’s education. As of Saturday, ...

This fall, Virginia rowing earned a ... While no official lineups for any spring races have been released, returning senior coxswain Chloe Lee has an impressive track record including steering the ...

The mantis shrimp’s eyes are incredibly colourful and sophisticated, with the ability to see ultraviolet light and a spectrum we can’t imagine. Snow leopards have piercing golden eyes that ...