The only part of the Southwest Museum of the American Indian regularly open to the public -- the museum store that had weekend hours only -- will close next month when its space is taken over by a conservation project.

Christmas came early for the meerkat residents of the London Zoo, who received the best gift ever (if you're a meerkat) from their keepers Wednesday. That gift? Christmas crackers stuffed with delicacies: mealworms and locusts.

So here we have a device (which sells for £2,500 -- or roughly $4,400) that kills lobsters almost instantly by electrocution rather than forcing them to endure the 3-4 agonizing minutes they typically spend being boiled or roasted alive.

I have a story to tell you about some more of the Mairena killing station galgos, but the information is on my laptop, and I think the hard drive has packed up! But what I can tell you is that Karmela continues to work tirelessly to

Well, friends, as I'm sure you can figure out from the title, I'm leaving Change.org today, and this will be my last contribution to this space, though as I'll explain in the latter part of this post, I'll be continuing elsewhere and hope you'll visit

These are the pictures of a newborn baby beluga whale whale taking a first swim with its mother just minutes after being born at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago

The now-extinct Korean tiger was the same species as the Siberian tiger, but changed its genetic characteristics to adapt to the environment of its habitat, the National Institute of Biological Resources said yesterday.

Tell President Obama and Congress not to let Joe Lieberman gut health care reform. We're counting on them to fight for real reform. Call Congress at (202) 224-3121 and the White House at (202) 456-1111, then pass this video on

With 2010 fast approaching, the holiday shopping season is at its peak, and the business of year-end listmaking is well underway. We couldn't resist the urge to take inventory of '09, so we're counting down our five favorite animal-friendly ads of the

We're going to need another tu to describe how adorable our tutu-cute dancing raccoon and fox were as they pliéd and pirouetted their ways into the hearts of balletgoers in Philadelphia: