According to Friends of Big Bear Valley, which operates the live-streaming camera, Jackie laid the egg on Feb. 24 and is now ...

As I See It,” a weekly photo column by Pulitzer Prize winner Stan Grossfeld, brings the stories of New England to Globe ...

There’s more than one way to poison a rat. But not all poisons are created equal, and some of the most popular rodenticides ...

A tourist reaching out to a curious cetacean. A joyous marriage celebration in Iraq. A cowboy hugging his daughter as he ...

A new exhibit featuring live animals opens at Whitaker Center on Friday. “Survival of the Slowest: Counterintuitive Adaptations” will teach visitors how some of the world’s slowest-moving species have ...

That distinction was bestowed upon the Bald Eagle in 1782 — six years before Congress ratified the U.S. Constitution in 1788. A skillful hunter, fisher, defender of its homeland and a good-looking ...

There’s a place in California where the ground swallows you whole and spits you out feeling like you’ve traveled through time ...

Fish-eating killer whales in southern Alaska have a diverse, seasonally changing diet featuring salmon and groundfish, ...

Rattlesnakes are venomous reptiles instantly recognized by the warning rattle at the end of their tails. While they live ...

The mouth of a praying mantis is perfectly adapted for its predatory lifestyle. Its mandibles (jawbones) are designed to ...

Fish-eating killer whales in southern Alaska have a diverse, seasonally changing diet featuring salmon and groundfish, according to a recently published study in the journal Ecosphere. The types of ...