Meet the carrot-chomping Wetapunga, a giant insect found on the Little Barrier Island off the coast of New Zealand!

How long have people kept cats? Or, should the question be, how long have cats kept people?

Learn about the duck-billed platypus and what makes them unique!

Although the giant African Crested Rat has been known for years, scientists just discovered that it protects itself by making its fur poisonous.

Fifth graders at P.S. 24 in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, New York respond to articles about migration, school lunches, environmental justice and developments in the Middle East and North Africa.

Even though lakes don’t have noses, some do have boogers. Bryozoans are microscopic animals that live in colonies.

A family of red-tailed hawks make New York University their home.

Check out these startling facts about bats!

The world’s youngest scientists publish a study on the learning behavior of bumble-bees.

As snow begins falling in many parts of the world, there’s one creature that’s already got its camouflage ready: the snowy owl. Read these fun facts about this Arctic bird.