From dragons to unicorns, a roundup of unusual animals representing nations. Flickr/Eric Lafforgue. Sept. 7, 2013— -- intro: As the national animal of the United States, the majestic bald eagle ...

Some of the best animals in the world are the unverified ones. They might be imaginary. Or they might be real. Either way, they are awesome. Whatever they are, the experts who study them call them ...

If wildlife goes extinct, perhaps we can preserve its essence in a menagerie of disturbing new creatures. With species now disappearing 1,000 times faster than the natural rate, it’s not hard to ...

The men’s and women’s NCAA basketball championships kick off this week, but over at Harvard, another kind of single-elimination tournament is already underway — and in this one, the winners don’t ...

The resident standing next to me at the bedside was the humorless type. I hadn’t seen him crack a smile all night. But there was nothing to smile about now, anyway. The scene before us was the most ...

Studies indicate that up to 60 percent of children will have an imaginary companion at some point between ages 3 and 8. These friends can be invisible beings or personalities embodied in objects like ...