Animals

Tucked deep into the misty mountain forests of the Himalayas and southwestern China lives a creature so charming, so gentle, and so quietly clever that many people don’t realize how…

Built for Speed From the Ground Up When you look at a cheetah, the first thing you notice is how impossibly light and elegant the animal seems. But that graceful…

Elephants may be huge and powerful, but their greatest survival tool isn’t their size — it’s their memory. Spend a little time observing them and you’ll notice that they behave…

If there’s one animal that can make even a gloomy day feel lighter, it’s the river otter. Watching them splash around, slide down muddy banks, or pop their heads up…

If you’ve ever seen a Babydoll sheep, you know exactly why people fall in love with them at first sight. With their tiny size, bright eyes, and wooly faces that…

High on the rugged cliffs of northern Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia lives a creature so striking that it looks almost mythical. The markhor — with its spiraling horns, confident…

When most people think about giraffes, the first thing that comes to mind is their incredible height. Their long necks make them look almost other-worldly, stretching high above the savanna…

You get the feeling that snow leopards are almost too good to be true. Even people who work with wildlife their whole lives talk about them like a mythical creature…