These slow-moving, eucalyptus-eating marsupials native to Australia are beloved for their sweet demeanors and distinctly non-human adorableness. However, koalas do share one feature in common with ...

Some of the world's cutest creatures have a dark side—and these scary animal facts about them might keep you up at night! From tiny ladybugs and hopping kangaroos to waddling penguins and beyond, some ...

Can you talk to the animals? Yes, it's very Dr. Doolittle, but it's also a question of deep scientific interest: how do animals talk to one another, and can they be trained to talk to us? We're ...

If you've ever known the love of an animal, you know the feeling. It's playing a game of fetch with your dog when you're happy or cuddling with your cat when you're sad. It's a wet nose nuzzling your ...

Maja Säfström is a Stockholm-based architect, illustrator and author of "The Illustrated Compendium of Amazing Animal Facts" (Ten Speed Press, 2016). For more of her works, visit www.majasbok.se or ...

Kids love animals—so it makes sense that they love animal books, too, like these nonfiction picture books and middle grade books. These nonfiction book picks for PreK–7 are packed with rich vocabulary ...

Did you know that female kangaroos have two uteri and three vaginas? That way, they can be perpetually pregnant and continue the kangaroo lineage. That's just one of the surprising animal facts in ...

Animals have a way of breaking our expectations. That is why so many weird animal facts sound fake when you hear them for the first time. We tend to judge the natural world using human logic, but ...