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Cover your ears, the cicadas are coming! Hundreds of millions of Brood II Periodical Cicadas are about to emerge from their 17-year-long slumber along America's east coast. If that sounds good, you (or your Mom) might as well look good as well by sporting a pair of snappy cicada earrings.

Okay, so there are no animals in this video.  But the actions portrayed by these actors are uncannily accurate--and quite funny.

Over the course of the last several years, social media has been known to fuel the fires of protest, social upheaval and even assist in the election of world leaders. It's been one of the 21st Century's vital tools in reaching the masses and drawing instant attention in real-time for the causes that serve mankind. This week's that ecosystem widens uniquely to include aid for man's best friend.

Nana the Border Collie, trained only with positive reinforcement and a clicker, can perform an astounding number of tricks.  And she's cute, too...

How can it be?  It's like the Abbott and Costello of friendships!  Yet these two diametrically opposed creatures seem to really like each other.  Of course, if you saw The Life of Pi, things could turn wrong at some point...

The great hammerhead shark, the largest species of hammerhead sharks, is locally endangered in some parts of the world. Animal activists are pushing to have this shark federally protected via the Endangered Species Act to keep the massive carnivore from going extinct.

A pair of goldfish found swimming in a lemonade pitcher is no big deal, unless the fish were radioactive and their pitcher was discovered inside the restricted-access steam tunnel of the Perry Nuclear Generating Station near Cleveland, Ohio.

Injuries to bald eagles appear to be on the rise, but it's not clear as to why. If one was to Google News the keywords "bald eagles injured," one would find over 100 separate cases of injuries to bald eagles just within a few short months. Various sightings have located those with injured wings due to territorial fights with fellow flock members, gunshot wounds from hunters and fractures due to various environmental hazards.

The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Dept. and Burlington Police Dept. were surprised to discover a small weed-filled shed when they shooed away a moose away from the populated areas of Burlington, Vermont.

In this poor economy, good jobs are hard to come by. If you don’t care or have low expectations of what a “good job” is, then I’ve got a fantastic job for you! (Tasty seals need not apply)

Manta rays and their lesser-known cousins, mobula rays, were once fished only by subsistence fishermen because the meat is cheap and they tend to damage fishing nets. All that has changed since the market for their gill plates has skyrocketed as Chinese medicine has touted them as a method for removing toxins from human blood.

Garden gnomes, flamingos (both plastic and real) and wind chimes are all normal lawn décor in Florida, so the nine-foot American crocodile nesting on a Monroe Country resident’s front yard stood out like a scaly sore thumb.

“There goes the toughest, most independent cat in the neighborhood,” observed one dog-walking neighbor as he watched Pikachu regally stalk across his front yard. He was absolutely right – though technically a pet, the small white cat with a short dark “haircut” was the unchallenged Top Cat in the 'hood.

Cats for rent -- is this a new idea whose time has come or some crazy notion by crazy people? Well, it's neither. What it IS is a movie that was released in Japan last year. The same country that brought the world the iconic Godzilla and large number of other movie monsters has gone the funny, charming, and heart-warming route with "Rent-a-Cat."

Wouldn't it be kind'a cool to blend in with your surroundings?  This list of 25 animals that have incredible camouflage capabilities is quite neato.

A group of golden retrievers from the Lutheran Church's K9 Comfort Dog program recently traveled to Boston to help those suffering in the wake of the marathon attack. Their April 15th arrival in the city was arranged by Reverend Ingo Dutmann, pastor of Boston's First Lutheran Church, located just blocks away from the marathon finish line. Their job was to provide a comforting and healing presence to those in need of anxiety reduction.

A therapy dog is a canine specifically trained to provide affection and comfort to people in hospitals, retirement homes, nursing homes, hospices, as well as people with learning difficulties, and those in stressful situations, such as disaster areas. But what about the traditional stress that plagues college students every year, the world over, particularly when exam time rolls around?

April hasn’t been too kind to a pair of Indian zoos, as a pair of dangerous endangered animals made a break for it over the past month.

You've heard of dizzy dog people and crazy cat ladies, but have you heard of the nutty squirrel mom? Kelly Foxton, a former country singer and recording artist, has dedicated her life to the pet Eastern Gray Squirrel she rescued as a baby when its home tree was being cut down. Foxton has photographed Sugar Bush in over 3,000 different costumes and settings at an estimated cost upwards of $500,000.

This is one smart dolphin.  He seeks out help to remove a hook from his pectoral fin.  This is an amazing video, and while a little long it is worth it.