In fact, there are a number of creatures with life spans that make the oldest living human seem like a spring chicken in comparison.

In the Bronx Zoos Monkey House, squirrel monkeys receive a holiday treat unlike anything theyve seen-or felt-before. Keepers offer them Jell-O with blueberries, a jiggly concoction that immediately stimulates their foraging instincts.

Turtles are reptilians of the Order Testudines (all living turtles belong to the crown group Chelonia), most of whose body is shielded by a special bony or cartilaginous shell developed from their ribs.

One Ukrainian women has a baby elephant for pet in her apartment . Love for animals sometimes can cross all boundaries.

A dog really is man’s best friend claims a new scientific study that shows that canines make better pets than their arch rivals cats

Scientists once thought of tool use as a defining feature of humans, but increasingly research is showing adept tool users on land, air and sea in the animal kingdom.

Discoveries such as these "reaffirm the magic of the planet," said Brendan Cummings, a senior attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity in Joshua Tree, California.

Rescued eight years ago during a police drugs raid in Atlanta, Georgia, the three friends were only cubs at the time and barely two months old.

They are constantly trying to deal with killing and finding food and avoiding being killed and eaten.

It was a great pleasure watching your adorable dogs playing in the snow. We can see, how happy they was in eating snow and with the tennis ball in the mouth. Really sweet.