Ansel Adams has a photographic legacy of the natural world that few artists come close to. And, in 2020, one of his photos fetched a very high six-figure price.
Prairie dogs might appear to be a simple little critter, but it turns out they actually have highly sophisticated communication, and even talk about humans.
The Muppets' "Pigs in Space" aside, before humans ventured into outer space, we sent up various animals to test whether space flight was survivable for humans.
In 1995, a pickup truck collided with a dump truck transporting monkeys, and the monkeys spilled out onto the street before some went completely missing.
Slavery has a long history in America, and its hard for teachers to cover everything. These are the New York slave rebellions you never learned about in school.
For decades, scientists have studied the wildlife living near the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. They know a lot about Chernobyl's animals, and it's not all rosy.
One thing all humans share is that our bodies include blood. That blood isn't always the same -- there are blood types that can't mix. How about dogs and cats?
There are some animals out there that live longer than humans. Let's take a look at creatures that, in terms of longevity, can put us humans into our graves.
A young man once decided to give away the millions that were in his trust fund to anyone who asked. Here's what happened to hippie millionaire Michael Brody Jr.
Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has held true to her promise to give away much of the $46.7 billion she was worth at the time of her divorce.
Even when fossils are dscovered, the stories they tell aren't always the clearest. Here are some unique and curious features of these extinct animals explained.
Domestic cats love catnip, so much so that it changes their behavior when they're around it. But what would happen if you gave lions and jaguars catnip?
Animals have a special penchant for stardom, sometimes capturing fans overnight. Here are some of the animals that have made headlines around the world.
Our dogs are always communicating with us in one form or another but it's important to look at your dog's body language to understand what they're feeling.
There are all kinds of ways to communicate -- body language, signs, handwriting. Human oral communication is important, of course -- do dogs use it, too?
Everyone has their preference when it comes to smaller vs. bigger dogs, but smaller dogs actually live longer than larger dogs. Here's why that happens.
A famine in Ukraine in the early 1930s resulted in the deaths of thousands upon thousands of people. Was it a deliberate creation of the Soviet government?
Some actors today make ridiculous sums of money for their role in a film. But, that wasn't always the case. Here's the first actor to break $1 million.
Here was someone whose original toy creations brought joy to thousands upon thousands of the young and young at heart. And that kind of money means temptation.