Happy Chinese New Year, everybody! What better way to start off the Year of the Goat…Sheep…Geep? with a goat? Just look at this thing:  ...

So I'm in Hawaii, right now. There is flora and fauna that I've never seen anywhere else everywhere. Oh, and I've also caught a...

You've all heard something like this before: "If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a duck." If something...

First off, let me just say that the song I am referencing in the title is very silly. "Stupid" would imply that I hate it, which ...

There are a lot of awkward things about humans. The feet and spine are far from ideal for a biped. We can eat meat even if we really should...

Aww, wolves! The internet either loves or hates wolves, now.  If you love wolves, you're in good company; people will gladly roleplay w...

How on Earth could this blog possibly do a week of pigs without covering the warthog ( Phacochoerus africanus) ? Outside of the wild boar, ...

If you look through old mythology, you'll notice one common thing: wild boars can be terrifying, awesome creatures. Boars were one of t...

Pigs are one of the more common domesticated animals on the planet. They have been kept by humans since at least 11,400 B.C.E., and have ha...

Actually, those antelope in the trailer were kind of cool-looking. What were they, anyways? Source: Allposters.com Well, you're...

Since global warming was made a thing by Al Gore, the polar bear has been its spokesperson. We were, well, not thrilled to see the polar be...

Life is interesting. Sometimes it even completely surprises you, unearthing things you never thought possible.  Then there are things that ...

Cool though MonHunt may be, the majority of its monsters are reptilian. This tends to be a running theme with monsters in general; insectoi...

...have a video of amazing rat tricks. Because, yes, rodents are trainable. Tomorrow's post will be pic-heavy. Very, very pic-heavy...

Is there anything cuter than a koala? No; koalas ( Phascolarctos cinereus) , which by the way are eucalyptus-munching Australian marsupials...

Picture a hippopotamus for a minute. The image that immediately came to mind was probably one of a cute, chubby animal with a wide snout,...

(Apologies on the lateness for this entry. I actually have no idea why this bugger took me so long. It feels like I've been a bit off-k...

 At Brookfield Zoo, there used to be a cage of free-flight fruit bats. Ah, memories, sure, people got urinated on, but it was an amazing ...

This is it. This is the big one. No, really, I've ended this week with one of the biggest mammals of all time. Anyone who knows their p...

Ah, unicorns.  What would be cooler than meeting a unicorn? Wouldn't it be awesome if unicorns were, y'know, real? Then that unicor...