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Well, stealing animal horns for the black market isn’t unprecedented, but how do you hide four huge rhinoceros taxidermy heads?!

Apparently cobras are a hot commodity in Vietnam, as local police pulled over a driver with 53 of the huge venomous reptiles from his car…

Dissimilar to their human masters, dogs don't enlist in the U.S. Military -- they're drafted. And while they have no say in the matter, all of these four-legged recruits take their responsibilities very seriously. Military Working Dogs (MWDs) are however still formally considered 'military equipment' versus the co-species in arms that they really are. But all that might change with the new bipartisan Canine Members of the Armed Forces Act if Congress would only act.

Dogs are smarter than a lot of people give them credit for and their observations of the humans around them can help them survive when humanity seems to have given up on them. In Moscow stray dogs have begun living in the "suburbs" and hopping the subway each morning to commute to the city to go to work.

I have a huge fondness for Space: 1999.  Was it cheesy?  Oh, most certainly.  But it had some great sets, great effects (for the time--and they still hold up), and the occasional great monster.  The images of this critter have stayed in my noggin for 30+ years.  And as silly as it is... it rocks...

A devastating earthquake in China's mountainous Sichuan province not only shattered human lives, homes and area infrastructure, it left dozens of endangered Giant Pandas at the region's panda centers shaken in more ways than one.

Let’s say you’re jogging in a marathon and you see a 1,500lb bison in the path. Do you go well around the behemoth? Or do you try to annoy the beast so that it will wander off into the wilderness? If you choose the latter, you’re going to have a bad time…

There is something delightfully tranquil and relaxing about watching a goldfish swimming around its bowl. It is so. . . Zen. Ommmmm. Traveling can be just the opposite as you deal with airports, trains, taxis, crowds, luggage -- well, you get the idea. Now one hotel in Dutton, Cheshire, England is offering guests the chance to de-stress by renting a goldfish for £5 a night.

Gah!  Run!  Run like the wind!  Or be smart and put down the food...

You love your dog. You love Star Wars. You want to combine your two loves, whether it is for Halloween, a dog costume contest, or that special science fiction convention, you can choose from the best and cutest. These Star Wars Dog Costumes are fun and all from the three original movies.

When you get up from your seat at the circus, the animals aren’t supposed to follow you to the snack bar or restroom. Apparently this tiger didn’t get the memo!

I think that its odd that one of the largest mammals on the planet eats one of the smallest creatures in existence: krill.  Krill are essentially tiny shrimp.  And whales thrive on these little critters.  But how do they catch them?

You can sell a whole bunch of things over the internet: an original Walrus Man Star Wars action figure, lion burgers, dinosaur fossils, but nationally protected wildlife isn’t one of them…

I have a pool--and it looks very similar to this one, only I have a fenced in backyard.  I have a raccoon problem, and some stray cats.  But nothing like this...

Some think of a "big year" as one that marks a significant birthday or anniversary -- giving cause for a grand celebration. Others in the birding world use that term to denote a very different milestone entirely. A big year for birders is when serious bird-watchers get even more serious by dedicating 12 months of their lives to seeking out and counting bird species. 

Unlike the original Woodstock back in the summer of love, 1969, Woofstock is not a single event. It is a series of local events held across North America. Each Woofstock is an event dedicated to raising funds for a local shelter or rescue organization that works with dogs. It is a day of fun and frolic for dog lovers and their pooch pals.

You drop your kid off on the corner to wait for the school bus, notice an unattended backpack, open it up to find out who owns it and discover a huge Western diamondback rattlesnake inside…

The "crow" signified wisdom to the Native American Indian. Believed to have the faculty of speech, the crow was perceived as a "pathfinder" on hunting parities, and to adorn oneself with crow's feathers was a trend adhered to by a number of tribes. To stuff an actual crow and wear it as a headdress, however, has no historical antecedent in American Indian lore. That was -- until an American actor, with Indian heritage envisioned a new "Tonto" for the 21st Century.

I've had a few parrots in my time and find them to be incredibly intelligent pets.  This African Grey is no exception.  And he wants a steak...