Animals

10 Reasons Pygmy Hippos Are the Most Underrated Animal on the Planet (Celebrating Pygmy Hippo Day!)

10 Reasons Pygmy Hippos Are the Most Underrated Animal on the Planet (Celebrating Pygmy Hippo Day!)

Pygmy hippos are the shy, swamp-loving cousins of regular hippos—and they deserve way more love.

15 Adorable Facts About Pygmy Hippos You’ll Want to Share for Pygmy Hippo Day

15 Adorable Facts About Pygmy Hippos You’ll Want to Share for Pygmy Hippo Day

Pygmy hippos are tiny, shy forest dwellers with huge charm and some shocking secrets.

12 Times Beavers Accidentally Changed History—In Honor of International Beaver Day

12 Times Beavers Accidentally Changed History—In Honor of International Beaver Day

Beavers may not look like history-makers, but these 12 surprising moments prove they’ve had a bigger impact than you’d ever expect.

15 Bizarre Beaver Facts You Won’t Believe Are Actually True (Just in Time for International Beaver Day)

15 Bizarre Beaver Facts You Won’t Believe Are Actually True (Just in Time for International Beaver Day)

Beavers are more than just dam-building rodents—they have some of the strangest and most surprising traits in the animal kingdom.

15 Aquatic Animals You Loved as a Kid—And Why They Still Deserve the Spotlight on World Aquatic Animal Day

15 Aquatic Animals You Loved as a Kid—And Why They Still Deserve the Spotlight on World Aquatic Animal Day

These aquatic animals captured our imaginations as kids—and they still deserve our attention on World Aquatic Animal Day for their beauty, importance, and amazing behaviors.

12 Bizarre Animals That Used to Exist (And How They Went Extinct)

12 Bizarre Animals That Used to Exist (And How They Went Extinct)

Discover 12 of the strangest creatures that once roamed the Earth, from buzzsaw-jawed sharks to giant, frog-like dinosaur hunters, and learn how they vanished into extinction.