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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A respected Polish scientific institute has classified domestic cats as an “invasive alien species,” citing the damage they cause to birds and other wildlife. Some cat lovers ...

In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries artists were fascinated by how the animal kingdom was classified. They were in some instances ahead of natural historians, a new article suggests. In the ...

The capybara–also known as the water pig in German–has gained remarkable internet popularity in recent years. But behind the ...

American badgers are classified as furbearing animals in the state of Wyoming, so a valid furbearing animal hunting or trapping license is required to take badgers. Animals classified as furbearers in ...