Animal Sanctuary

06/02/2026

Snapple Real Fact #2181: A grasshopper's ears are located on its belly.

06/01/2026

06/01/2026

"According to the Natural History Museum’s timeline of shark evolution, the earliest evidence of sharks in the fossil record consists of a few tiny scales found in Late Ordovician rocks roughly 450 million years old."

According to the Natural History Museum’s timeline of shark evolution, the earliest evidence of sharks in the fossil record consists of a few tiny scales found in Late Ordovician rocks roughly 450 million years old. These are dermal denticles, the same tooth-like skin structures that modern sharks...

05/30/2026

"Dogs and cats in Sulawesi, Indonesia, have been stolen from homes, trafficked across provinces, packed into cages, and slaughtered in brutal live-animal markets and slaughterhouses. But across the island, real change is taking hold."

Dogs and cats in Sulawesi, Indonesia, have been stolen from homes, trafficked across provinces, packed into cages, and slaughtered in brutal live-animal

05/30/2026

"Illinois is one step away from strengthening protections for wild animals used in circuses and other traveling shows, as lawmakers move to expand the state’s existing ban beyond elephants to include lions, tigers, bears, non-human primates, and several other species."

Illinois is one step away from strengthening protections for wild animals used in circuses and other traveling shows, as lawmakers move to expand the

05/29/2026

"A study published in May 2026 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reports a finding that complicates the standard one-line version of the dinosaur extinction."

A study published in May 2026 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reports a finding that complicates the standard one-line version of the dinosaur extinction. Two researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, microbiologists Rosanna Baker and Arturo Casadeval...

05/29/2026

"Imagine being a scientist scanning the ocean floor when suddenly a powder blue, golf ball-sized, eight-legged critter that looked like it’s been put through a kawaii filter shows up."

This tiny blue creature is making a big splash.