It's an emergency room, but there are no bleached white sheets or injured people fighting for their lives. Instead, tiny beds are equipped with cavelike boxes and patients prefer to play dead. It is a ...

In “Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death,” Susana Monsó, a professor of philosophy at the National Distance Education University in Madrid, argues that although humans are unique in our ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Animal Services (AAS) said opossum baby season was coming soon and offered some tips on how to tell if a baby opossum really needs help. “As mating season ramps up, you may ...

A few days ago, I was walking along Fernwood Road in Bethesda, in a neighborhood full of office buildings and parking lots. It was not a setting where you'd expect to see animals, except as hood ...