Across the world, humans have told stories of creatures so strange and powerful they blur the line between myth and reality. Some may be echoes of ancient animals long extinct, while others reflect ...

A young red-tailed hawk in need of a blood transfusion. A coyote found in a barn with a case of mange and hardly any coat. A great-horned owl with head trauma and a raft of other problems. A cedar ...

A dragon-headed caterpillar looks like it belongs in a fantasy novel, but is actually a real insect that turns into a common ...

Some of the wildest legends may actually be rooted in reality. Ancient people didn’t have science textbooks, just bones in the dirt and stories passed around the fire, and sometimes, those stories ...