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A young mountain lion extends a paw toward the dark road in front of him, but then... HONK! A loud horn and bright headlights startle the cat, causing him to [...]

With a flick of his fluffy tail, Senehang the red panda curls into a ball. Poof! Now he looks just like any other bump on a branch in the forested [...]

Squawk! Gurgle! Honk! Along the bustling 'highways' crisscrossing Antarctica's Danger Islands, more than a million Adelie penguins waddle to and from the ocean. It's a lot of traffic and noise--but [...]

Two beluga whales swim near the concrete walls of the pool where they live. For years, the female belugas named Little White and Little Grey have been attractions in an [...]

Heroes rescue people from danger, untangle dolphins from plastic debris, and invent crazy-cool technology that generates clean energy. But those aren't the only ways to be a hero--anyone who tries [...]

A river flows through a dimly lit cave in New Zealand. It's so dark that you can't see the water from your boat--you can only hear it. Then, as your [...]

Too weak to run, a starving bobcat limps through smoky woods. He's just one of thousands of animals trying to survive the aftermath of nearly 8,000 wildfires that tore through [...]

A young jaguar swims across a muddy river, his spotted coat barely visible above the water. The wild cat's eyes focus on a tasty crocodile sunning itself on a nearby [...]

Do you ever feel like your dog is laughing atyou? Research suggests maybe it is! Dogs make huffing noises that scientists think is essentially doggy laughter. They make the sound [...]

Keepers entering the gorilla enclosure at the Columbus Zoo in Ohio often hear a noise that sounds like a babbling human. But it's just Mac, a western lowland gorilla. The [...]

Don't be fooled by the crazy-cute slow loris. The snuggly looking creature is the only venomous primate on the planet-and their bite packs enough toxin to kill a human. 'We [...]

Honeybee drones! Mood glasses! Classrooms that morph into far-flung destinations! In the book Explorer Academy: The Nebula Secret, 12-year-old Cruz Coronado and his friends experience this amazing technology at their [...]

Waking from a nap, a fluffy kitten blinks open its big blue eyes and yawns to reveal a tiny pink tongue. Then it stretches its body, exposing a furry little [...]

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OK, dogs can't really burn rubber on a motorcycle. But with computer programs, animals and humans can appear to be doing just about anything! Digital artists use all sorts of [...]

Humans aren't the only ones who play tricks. Using their stealth and smarts, some animals can fool other critters--and even people. Think were messing with you? Read these stories of [...]

How far will a person go to dunk a cookie into a mug of tea? Nearly 250 feet! England's Simon Berry is the record holder for highest bungee dunk. Wearing [...]

Talk about going around in circles. Zooming across an airfield at more than 72 miles an hour, Mark Foster set the record for fastest monowheel motorcycle, The monowheel, which Foster [...]

Purin the beagle holds the world record for catching the most balls with her paws--14 catches in one minute. 'People ask me why soccer teams aren't scouting her yet,' owner [...]

A 600-pound Siberian tiger pads through a snowy forest in eastern Russia at night. The tiger doesn't notice that it's being watched. Click, click, click. A camera attached to a [...]

Dogs and humans have lived together for as many as 20,000 years--but these animals often still surprise us with their smarts, athleticism, and loyalty. 'Every dog is an individual and [...]

Deep in the South American rainforest is ... a chocolate tree? One-foot-long bright yellow pods hang from its branches. Inside are small, bitter seeds that give the tree its name: [...]

PIECE OF CAKE These party animals were never together. 'We photographed the animals and their body parts separately, then pasted them all into the positions we wanted.' Lund says. Whisper, [...]

Superheroes can swing from skyscrapers, leap crazy high, and zoom through the sky. But some animals can too. Check out how these three superheroes stack up to the real-life creatures [...]

Robots may soon reboot the entire way you live. Over the past 50 years, these machines have mainly been used by NASA, or in places such as factories and research [...]

An animal sprints across the savanna, startling a bunch of nearby zebras. It's not a big cat, though. It's an ostrich! These feathered creatures aren't exactly what you picture when [...]

Surrey, England When Oscar the cat lost his back feet in an accident, his owners worried that he wouldn't make it because cats need their back feet for survival. But [...]

Wood Buffalo National Park, Canada You've heard of busy beavers. But these guys take the phrase to a whole new level: They built a 2,800-foot-long dam, the longest known beaver [...]

Many penguins thrive in freezing conditions. They shrug off subzero winds, belly-surf over glaciers, and swim underneath ice. But not tawakis. Also known as Fiordland crested penguins, these guys live [...]

Gourmet meals, diamond jewelry, designer clothes, and round-the-clock chauffeurs--just a day in the life of a super-spoiled pet. Check out some of the richest fur balls (plus one chicken) of [...]

Superheroes can jet through the air, toss aside meteors as if they're Ping-Pong balls, and scale skyscrapers with their bare hands. Unfortunately, regular people aren't quite as powerful. Things like [...]

WHERE Vythiri, India HOW MUCH About $220 a night WHY IT'S COOL Riding a pulley-operated lift 86 feet to your treetop room is just the start of your adventure. As [...]

CANINE CATCHER Purin the beagle holds the world record for catching the most balls with her paws--14 catches in one minute. 'People ask me why soccer teams aren't scouting her [...]

This toy's definitely too big for the backyard. Beth Johnson's Whoa-Yo is the world's biggest wooden yo-yo. The towering toy is nearly 12 feet across and weighs 4,620 pounds--about the [...]

You'll cheer for this turbocharged tortoise! Bertie, a South African leopard tortoise, zips along at nearly a foot a second. That's about twice as fast as the average tortoise. And [...]

Talk about walking on air. Franky Zapata soared for 7,388 feet--almost a mile and a half--on his Flyboard Air hoverboard, snagging the record for the world's farthest hoverboard flight. During [...]

Cities and towns are packed with buildings, cars, and people. But many also have an unexpected wild side. As human communities expand into animal habitats, creatures such as cougars and [...]

Naperville, Illinois Kenmore the hedgehog had a best bud--a yellow rubber duck that owner Linda Woodring placed in his cage to keep the animal company. And like a lot of [...]

What's cooler: dancing or flying? In the new movie Happy Feet Two, Mumble the emperor penguin wants to teach his son. Erik, some dance moves. But Erik would much rather [...]

It's bad enough that Rango the pet chameleon is lost in the Mojave Desert after his terrarium falls out of his owner's car. Now, in the new movie Rango, the [...]

Buzz Lightyear, Woody, and their toy buddies are in trouble again. Their owner has grown up, and now they have to live at a day care center where the kids [...]

Can you come up with the animated films question that goes with this answer? 'Carl, 78, ties thousands of balloons to his house; Russell, 8, stows away on the flight [...]

WHERE Cottonwood, Idaho HOW MUCH $98 a night WHY IT'S COOL This doghouse isn't just for the family pet. Nicknamed Sweet Willy, the 30-foot-tall lodging was designed to look like [...]

In this new movie, Bolt the dog thinks he's a superhero. But he's really just a TV star who doesn't realize his 'superpowers' are special effects. When he's accidentally shipped [...]

In the new movie Space Chimps, Ham is a 'chimponaut' leading a crew of chimpanzees to research the newly discovered planet, Malgor. But when the chimps arrive, they find that [...]

It's been nearly two and a half years since Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie saved Narnia in the movie The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. But in the [...]

Surrey, England When Oscar the cat lost his back feet in an accident last year, his owners thought he'd have to be put down. Cats need their back feet for [...]

Spruce Grove, Canada Don't call Bailey Jr. a backseat driver. That'd be impossible, since the bison takes up seats in the front and back while riding to the local burger [...]

Hertfordshire, England This baby rat was either very brave, very hungry--or very stupid! During feeding time at a zoo, the rat scampered into Sheena the leopard's enclosure, snatched a piece [...]

Wood Buffalo National Park, Alberta, Canada You've heard of busy beavers. But these guys take the phrase to a whole new level: They built a 2,800-foot-long dam, the longest known [...]