Welcome to Meerkat Academy. Admission is free, and lunch is provided, though the only thing on the menu is scorpions. While scorpions are tasty and nutritious, they are extremely dangerous. Just one ...

Brenda Powers’ Commentary about what schools can learn from exotic-animal trainers (“We Are All Shamu,” Oct. 18, 2006) took me back to a valley floor in Northern Thailand, where I once watched an old ...

Sharks are a remarkable, diverse group of ocean-dwellers that inhabit marine ecosystems all over the world. From the massive, gentle giant whale shark to the bioluminescent dwarf lantern shark, there ...

Many species like meerkats school their offspring much like we do. But do they learn lessons like humans? Welcome to Meerkat Academy. Admission is free, and lunch is provided, though the only thing on ...