Sometimes animals that wouldn't normally socially interact break the mold and become friends, transcending or ignoring instinct and how science says t...
The Global Sustainability Symposium -- featuring Over 74 global musical acts, including Rage Against the Machine, Linkin Park, Kings of Leon, Dave Matthews Band, Joss Stone, Incubus and Tiƫsto -- proved to be a powerful and inspiring event.
You might be surprised to learn that virgin births occur in nature, not just in religious tradition and mythology. Some insects and other invertebra...
On my Animal Oddities blog I often report on animals that show up in odd places. Here, for your pleasure, are my top ten "animals in odd places" stories.
Yesterday was the 43rd anniversary of the famous Patterson-Gimlin footage, a short film that shows what many believe is an elusive, as-yet-undescribe...
I write a blog for Animal Planet called Animal Oddities and I often feature stories of animals that show up in odd places. Despite such entertaining ...
Instead of changing their environment to fit themselves, dolphins have adapted to a changing ocean. That's what wise elders teach their young: Cultures change. Oceans change. We must change, as well.
I know this seems like something you'd see in the Onion, but I'm pretty certain this lady is dead serious. Or at least she's serious about her wacky ...
For the past few weeks, Animal Planet has run a compelling series on the psychological disorder of animal hoarding, which is a cause of enormous suffering for dogs, cats, and other animals.
If you care about animals, you should care about the environment. To live and be healthy, animals need a healthy environment. And that's one major rea...
If you channel-surf with any regularity, you have almost certainly noticed that shows offering absurdly close-up views of nature, and especially of an...
I started the evening as someone sympathetic to animal rights and welfare, and left the evening feeling enlightened on the issues and inspired to be much more of an advocate.
The boxing legend who once took a bite out of an opponent's ear says he's going vegan, giving up animal products entirely.
Non-coincidentally, it wa...
Fans of "The Cove," the environmentally themed film that won the best documentary Oscar last night, will be happy to know there's more where that came...
Students in the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication know Chris Borthick as an academic adviser, but he also works an an occult specia...
Now in its sixth year, Puppy Bowl is Animal Planet's insanely adorable alternative to the Super Bowl. Puppy Bowl's charismatic referee, Andrew Schechter, gives the inside scoop.
The greatest shame of this made-for-TV nonsense is that it obscures the authentic conservation efforts undertaken by thousands of passionate, anonymous professionals working in Africa today.
Dave Salmoni, star of the new Animal Planet Show Into The Pride, stopped by The Today Show to talk about his daring and up-close encounters with wild ...
While Whale Wars presents a simplistic case of us against them, the noble environmentalists against the evil whalers, the reality, of course, is not so black and white.