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Since the early 1900s, these adorable birds have been too freaky for us to handle.

They've overrun yards, state parks, and even a mental health care facility—and no one knows what to do with them.

There's a strange political battle over how catfish should be regulated.

In the 19th century, dozens of Acclimatization Societies wanted to stock Europe with exotic beasts—and the colonies with tame ones.

A new study shows they love to sniff not only kelp and sardines, but orange, cinnamon and banana.

Do children's books need to be fact-checked to make them more true to nature?

Vinyl to thwart criminals? Believe it.

Whalers wrote about woggins all the time. What in the world were they?

The humans were dressed to be cars, basically.

Albert Speer designed a truly epic monstrosity that never saw the light of day.

For decades, Sweden and Norway have been arguing over musk oxen citizenship.

Plus learning new languages and dealing with mortality.

It's all about innovation in sheep-shearing.

As we enter the final leg of the 2016 presidential campaign, let us examine one of the iconic film portrayals of press and politics.

Meet the kākāpō—a nocturnal, flightless parrot who we are about to understand on an unprecedented level.

Also: a wife wants to rekindle her marriage and a woman wants to know if it's safe to travel to the Middle East.

The developers who tore down the iconic house called the public response "a bummer."