There's a reason why the domestic cat's pupil has its distinctive, vertical slitted shape and the grazing goat's its horizontal, flattened look. In both cases, the eye's shape has evolved to help its ...

Mr. Peepers was already a much-loved recurring character on Saturday Night Live when he finally met his long lost father. The Chris Kattan character was a monkey man of few words, who loved apples and ...

Zak Mertz holds a spring peeper frog, moments before setting it free next to a vernal pool in Weymouth, Mass. Inside the New England Wildlife Center in Weymouth, Zak Mertz pointed to what he called a ...

We were all startled in the midst of a delightful night of sleep by my son, Jamie, who was sitting straight up in his sleeping bag screaming at the top of lungs, “Be quiet.” I immediately settled back ...

Why do the eyes of some animals, including goats, have horizontal-shaped pupils, while others, such as rattlesnakes and domestic cats, have vertical slits? It is a question that has longed intrigued ...