In 1949, an official boxing match between a bear and a man was held. The bear won.
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Macaques monkeys in Japan learned to steal purses and wallets, take out the coins, and use them to buy drinks and snacks from vending machines.
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By putting a frog in a bucket of milk, scientists following up on an ancient Russian way of keeping milk from going sour have identified a wealth of new antibiotic substances.
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The station master and operating officer at the Kishi Station, Japan, is a cat!
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When dragonflies mate, their tails form a love heart.
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Mosquitoes prefer certain blood types, and people with the “O” blood type are more likely to get bitten.
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Baks the blind boxer has a seeing eye goose named Buttons; a four-year-old goose who leads the pup around everywhere either by hanging onto him with her neck, or by honking to tell him which way to go.
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