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New Haven-style pizza — called apizza there — is unique for its charred thin crust cooked in a coal-fired oven. One of the ...

About 80 percent of a black bear’s diet comes from plants (fruits, nuts, berries), 15 percent from insects (termites, ants, yellow jackets) and 5 percent from meat (opossums, armadillos, carrion), the ...

An endangered plant known as the "corpse flower" for its putrid stink is blooming in Australia - and captivating the internet ...

About 80 percent of a black bear’s diet comes from plants (fruits, nuts, berries), 15 percent from insects (termites, ants, yellow jackets) and 5 percent from meat (opossums, armadillos ...

For $15 the Minnesota Zoo will name a cricket or mealworm after someone you love — or hate — to be fed to an animal.

They've contributed to the decline of small mammals including raccoons, opossums, bobcats ... you can legally keep or sell the skins and meat. It's not illegal to eat wild-caught python meat ...

The corpse flower at the Australian National Botanic Gardens is at least 15 years old but had never flowered before now.

“It smells like feet, cheese and rotten meat. It just smelled like the worst ... "I liken the smell to a dead possum," Sydney Botanic Gardens chief scientist Brett Summerell said.

Ten people will go into the Tasmanian wilderness for Alone Australia, in the hopes of winning $250,000. Read more about them here.

Every seven seconds we hear it — the long, drawn out “hooooooo” of one of the world’s rarest birds. The Grenada Dove may be shy, elusive and critically endangered, but it’s cooing its heart out on ...

“Lesson learned… Florida panthers don’t like possum meat.” “Opossum just wasn’t on the menu that evening.” “They were just showing off to see who has the better dental hygiene.” “The possum clearly ...