Animals

The U.K. government has included cephalopods and some crustaceans in a new bill that recognizes sentient animals.

A great white shark attacks a seal near Cape Cod, and video captured the gory battle.

Zebras' black-and-white coloration is iconic, but what color are their stripes?

The bigfin squid has a ghostly pale appearance and long, spindly tentacles.

The Australian Reptile Park recently welcomed the biggest funnel-web spider that the keepers had ever seen.

The pathogenic fungus Entomophthora muscae doesn't just kill the flies it infects; it also turns males into sex-crazed necrophiliacs.

A lost Adelie penguin ended up almost 2,000 miles off course.

Venomous fat-tailed scorpions stung more than 500 people after heavy storms disrupted their habitats and brought the deadly arachnids closer to people.

If two Supersauruses bopped noses, they'd be longer than an American football field.

The Pacific lingcod has a mouth full of teeth and sheds up to 20 per day.

Hundreds of bear parts and their derivatives, such as bile, have been smuggled into Australia and New Zealand since 2007, including polar bears.

Scientists recently found that a so-called jumping gene may have jumped ship millions of years ago, and taken our tails with it.

The bald eagles may have tangled while fighting over territory or executing a courtship ritual.

The stunning lobster, named Haddie, is bright blue with dark purple specks.

Cats create "mental maps" using audio cues, scientists have discovered. This enables cats to spatially orient unseen companions, an ability that was previously unknown in felines.