List of All Articles with Tag 'animal'

To paraphrase Krusty the Clown, comedy isn’t dirty words—it’s words that sound dirty. Here are 50 of them.

Kidney transplants my one day get an assist from porcine vessels.

The shape of an animal’s pupils is a clue to its place in the food chain.

From turtle mating to what really turns big cats on, animal sex can be a lot weirder (and funnier) than you probably expected.

Dolly the sheep was the first animal cloned from a single adult cell—and raised a lot of questions about the future of human cloning.

The North American parrots vanished mysteriously in the early 20th century. Now scientists are closer to solving their disappearance.

Yossy Arefi, via Food52

An expedition to hunt Komodo dragons and bring them to New York City in 1927 bore many similarities to the movie 'King Kong' that premiered six years later.

Like most cat breeds, the Siamese’s true origins are cloaked in mystery.

The city's raccoon-proof trash bins don't exactly work as intended.

Thiess strolled into court in 1691 to testify in a theft trial. He wound up admitting he turned into a wolf and feasted on pigs. You know, that old story.

He was stuck for three hours before finding a way out.