TIL owls cannot move their eyes at all — so evolution gave them 14 neck vertebrae, backup arteries, and blood vessels that swell like sponges to prevent strokes during 270-degree head rotations
Honey is a 12-year-old half-blind dog in New Mexico. One night she silently went to work protecting her family's farm from a bear — and was found badly injured in the driveway the next morning. Her family calls her their little savior. They've nicknamed her the Bear Slayer. They also just found out
The Disney Conservation Fund has invested $141 million in wildlife protection since 1995 — this year backing 25 organizations across 16 countries to protect an area of habitat nearly twice the size of Florida
Fans raised $58,892 in 10 days voting on the name for the Smithsonian Zoo's first baby elephant in 25 years — the winning name means "spirit blossom" in Vietnamese