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Topic: Animals

A seven month-old male macaque monkey named Punch, who was abandoned by his mother shortly after birth (JIJI PRESS / AFP via Getty Images / Japan OUT)

Punch deserves better. And we do too

Andi Zeisler
"Parrot Kindergarten" poster featuring Ellie and her human Jen Taylor-O'Connor (Covetower)

Polly want a grief counselor?

Hanh Nguyen
French bulldog sleeping with a pacifier (damedeeso/getty images)

It's time to legitimize pet parents

Andi Zeisler
Boston terrier wearing headphones listening to music. (Getty Images / retales botijero)

The animals that keep a beat

Elizabeth Hlavinka
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Deep-sea octopus Moosoctopus profundorum in his own garden with stalk lilies Ptilocrinus pinnatus (Russia, Bering Sea, Piip volcano, depth 2700 meters) (Getty Images / undefined undefined)

Deep sea mining threatens the unknown

Elizabeth Hlavinka
A Pacific giant octopus crawls over a colorful anemone filled bottom. (Getty Images / Mauricio Handler)

Maybe don't anthropomorphize octopuses

Elizabeth Hlavinka
A framed vulture surrounded by beautiful flowers (Photo Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / milanosss / 500px / Eduardo R / Tomekbudujedomek / Sergey Ryumin)

Your mom's so ugly

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Golden-crowned Sparrow. (picaday / Getty Images)

"Drab" species are studied less: study

John R. Platt - The Revelator
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(Maryna Terletska/Getty Images)

Saving "cute" species: It's a start!

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Group of giraffe standing on grass. (Fiona / FOAP / Getty Images)

Giraffes promote peace in Kenya

Laurel Neme - The Revelator
Humpback anglerfish (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/WikiCommons/Epipelagic)

Lost anglerfish adored by internet

Matthew Rozsa
School of Pacific Cownose Ray, Rhinoptera steindachneri, Cabo Pulmo Marine National Park, Baja California Sur, Mexico. (Reinhard Dirscherl/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

Scientists solve mystery of ray tails

Matthew Rozsa
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Declining sea ice may present the largest threat to Pacific walrus populations in the future. (Devin Johnson / USFWS Permit PRT #MA33776D)

The internet is trying to save walruses

Matthew Rozsa
A Chinese pangolin is seen reaching out to the keeper at Save Vietnam's Wildlife rescue center on June 22, 2020 in Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh Province, Vietnam. (Linh Pham/Getty Images)

A tribute to disappearing creatures

Hillary Rosner - Undark
Giant panda bear eating bamboo (owngarden / Getty Images)

Plants less nutrious from climate change

Ellen Welti - The Conversation
Wildlife Monkey Portrait (Getty Images/4FR)

Wild animals can experience trauma too

Xochitl Ortiz Ross - The Conversation
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A species of semi-aquatic lizard produces a special bubble over its nostrils to breathe underwater. (Lindsey Swierk)

How this lizard learned to "scuba dive"

Matthew Rozsa
Two male lions meet and start to walk shoulder to shoulder with the same step. (Getty Images/Massimo Mei)

Celebrate wildlife of our "Queer Planet"

Matthew Rozsa
Squirrel close up with a pigeon in the background (Getty Images/Sara Lynch/EyeEm)

Climate change is hitting squirrels too

Matthew Rozsa
The common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) (Getty Images/USO)

Hippos are majestic but threatened

Assaf Levy
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Newborn great white shark. (Carlos Gauna/The Malibu Artist)

Newborn shark pup filmed for first time

Rae Hodge
A raft of sea otters (Enhydra nereis) congregates off the back deck of the Monterey Bay Aquarium in kelp. (Monterey Bay Aquarium / Tyson V. Rininger)

Sea otters help battle climate change

Matthew Rozsa
Close up view of a female killer whale swimming in blue water (Getty Images/wildestanimal)

Orca misinformation is killing them

Elizabeth Hlavinka
An axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum), also known as a Mexican salamander or a Mexican walking fish. (Arno Burgi/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Mexico urges folks to adopt axolotls

Rae Hodge
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