Portlander Brooke Barker has been fascinated with strange and sad animal facts for years. Some turtles breathe through their butts, for example. For a sampling of her cartoons, flip through this ...

How many teeth does a seahorse have? What is the tallest land mammal on the planet? What is the world’s deadliest spider? If you know the answers to those animal trivia questions, then go straight to ...

Read on for some chilling curiosities from the creatures of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. Mike Bock Warning: The following animal facts are extremely creepy and ...

Earth is home to more than one million known animal species, each representing an ancient tome of biological trivia. Much of this random knowledge gets lost in the ether, leaving us to speculate about ...