animals

ALERT: CATNADO

By Kyle Chayka

New Report Says FDA Allowed 'High Risk' Antibiotics to Be Used on Farm Animals

By Bryan Walsh

90 Farting Cows Start Fire in Germany

By Samantha Grossman

Here's An Inside Look at Japan's Best Cat Cafes

By Samantha Grossman
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Let New York City's Horses Work, Too!

There's nothing wrong with giving animals jobs and putting them to work—a privilege for which many Americans would be grateful.

By Diana C. Frank

The Leopard and the Baboon: Anatomy of a Classic (Staged) Photo

John Dominis' hair-raising portrait of a leopard and a baboon, made mere moments before the huge cat kills its terrified prey, is an explosive, unsettling photo. And it was staged.

By Ben Cosgrove

These Monkeys Are Having the Best Spa Day Ever

Even monkeys need a little R&R

By TIME Photo

Falcon Steals Camera, Accidentally Records Stunning Aerial Footage of Penguin Colony

You win again, nature

By Samantha Grossman

The Dingo Didn't Eat Your Tasmanian Devil

Dingoes were long blamed form hunting the Tasmanian devils off Australia. But a new study shows that human beings should get more of the blame

By Bryan Walsh

Why it's Good (For Someone Else) to Get Eaten By a Lion

When top predators are eliminated, the species they prey on can run amok

By Veronique Greenwood

What's This? Oh Nothing, Just a Baby Polar Bear Taking His First Steps

Only watch this if you're ready to handle some extreme cuteness.

By Samantha Grossman

Actually, Your Cat Thinks You Are a Giant Cat

Consider yourself a kitten's mommy? You're actually more like its freakishly large roommate

By Kyle Chayka

Here's Jimmy, the Roller-Skating Horse

Remembering Jimmy, a remarkable horse from Ohio who could shake hands, lie down or sit up on command -- and, of course, roller skate with the best of them.

By Ben Cosgrove

A Very Doggy Christmas: Mary Ellen Mark's Legendary Canine Party

For those who don’t know Mary Ellen Mark personally, the notion of one of the world’s premier documentary photographers hosting a Christmas party for dogs might sound downright weird. But for the past decade, Mark has opened the doors of her New York City studio to throngs of canines.

By Vaughn Wallace

Reindeer Go to Market Above the Arctic Circle, Sweden, 1955

As nights grow longer and the air colder, LIFE.com features Carl Mydans' photos from a long-ago assignment north of the Arctic Circle.

By Ben Cosgrove

Princeton Hoofers: LIFE Goes to a Charleston Dance Contest, 1949

Photos from 'a furious foot-shaking, hair-mussing Charleston contest' at Princeton University in 1949 -- a contest in which even the famous Princeton tiger took part.

By Liz Ronk

America's Pest Problem: It's Time to Cull the Herd

After nearly wiping out many wildlife species 50 years ago, Americans are once again living close--sometimes uncomfortably so--to all kinds of feral creatures. Why wildlife in the U.S. needs stronger management

By David Von Drehle

The Most Surprising Photos of 2013

While the culture of social media did its best to ensure that 2013 had its fair share of entertaining, surprising and, above all, shareable photo moments, ultimately the past twelve months included as many genuinely...

By Phil Bicker

LIFE With the Astrochimps: Early Stars of the Space Race

Remembering America's famous "astrochimps" with photos of Ham and his cohorts taken before and after his wild 1961 ride

By Ben Cosgrove

Western Black Rhino Declared Extinct

Other rhino species remain on the brink

By Denver Nicks
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