Sliding and wrestling, belly flopping, and somersaulting, river otters really know how to play! They take advantage of any slippery slope for fun, whether it's a summer slide down a muddy hill or a ...

These beautifully colored sea turtles got their name because their oversized head sort of looks like a big log. Within their heads are powerful jaws, which loggerheads use for crushing prey like ...

Boa constrictors are powerful snakes and stealthy hunters. They live in tropical climates throughout most of Central and South America, where they hunt at night.

A red panda totters along the branch of an evergreen tree, placing one paw in front of the other like a gymnast on a balance beam. But then ... whoops! The panda loses its footing. A fall from this ...

An adult African elephant's trunk is about seven feet (two meters) long! It's actually an elongated nose and upper lip. Like most noses, trunks are for smelling. When an elephant drinks, it sucks as ...

Duck-billed platypuses are small, shy animals. They have a flattened head and body to help them glide through the water. Their fur, dark brown on top and tan on their bellies, is thick and repels ...

Thousands of years ago, Florida’s coastline extended as much as 100 miles out beyond its present edge. Artifacts from that ...

A new discovery beneath Paris suggests Julius Caesar’s account of sacking the original settlement of Lutetia wasn’t all that ...

Many of the scenic rail routes that wind through the British countryside are dotted with request-stop stations: secluded ...

This gravity-defying rail journey through the Swiss Alps is a portal to the past, which brings you up close to mesolithic and ...

Just 25 light-years from Earth, Fomalhaut is surrounded by vast belts of dust that could reveal the gravitational ...

Bison are the iconic image of the Great Plains and the Old West. They are massive, shaggy beasts and the heaviest land animals in North America. Despite their hefty size, bison are quick on their feet ...