The koi, a type of carp, is an ornamental fish raised in Korea, Japan and China. This series actually started with a plate ...

To help keep your pets comfortable, Austin Animal Services provided tips to protect and care for your furry friends.

Four new portraits have gone up at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, showcasing this year’s recipients of the ...

DANVERS — A local pet ministry is encouraging donations of oxygen masks for animals to local fire departments after it donated several to firefighters in Beverly, Danvers, Wenham and other North Shore ...

For many decades now, scientists and biologists have been trying to understand how the mesmerising patterns in animal coats emerge from a group of underdeveloped cells. The British mathematician Alan ...

There are many purposes that spots and stripes serve in nature, but how they form has been more of a mystery to scientists. Now, researchers have advanced their breakthrough theory – and it could help ...

From tiger stripes to leopard spots, the animal world is full of distinctive and intricate patterns. In a new study, CU Boulder scientists refined their previous theory of how animal patterns form and ...

Bend resident Debra M. Fisher has encapsulated 30 years of teaching theater arts into a book on paper mask-making. “Animal Mask Making: A Quick and Easy Approach to Paper Masks for Teachers, Families ...

Domestic animal overpopulation is undeniable. It occurs locally, nationally and globally. Measures to address the matter have evolved over the years. But certainly, ending the need for euthanasia in ...

There are many ways rappers try to stand out from the crowd. A certain look is one thing that can grab fans' attention. Through the years, covering their faces has been a shtick that has seemed to ...

A sought-after textile artist applies a can-do spirit from her artsy childhood in a Swedish commune to creating animal costume heads for performers. They cost from $2,500 to $3,500. art of craft A ...