These 7 amazing pig farms offer alternatives that are better for the environment, for our sense of morality, and most of all for the pigs themselves.

These 12 impostors take on the characteristics of more venomous, unpalatable or otherwise undesirable prey to make themselves less likely to be eaten.

Goodbye Hartford Whalers, hello Connecticut Whale! Naming sports teams after endangered species is a cool way to go green and raise environmental awareness.

In 2013 we'll be living in the Year of the Snake according to Chinese astrology. If that makes you nervous, imagine living full-time on an island of snakes!

If you're a sucker for strangeness, read on! These 8 amazing squids span the globe's oceans while expanding the envelope of any cabinet of curiosities.

These 7 amazing wild dogs may be throwbacks to the earliest days of dog domestication but they also offer us a host of benefits... though on their own terms.

These 7 amazing animal devils aren't actually evil, of course, but appearing, smelling and acting devilish are the keys to their success as species.

Got urban wildlife? The get one of these 8 brilliant backyard squirrel feeders are designed to assist our nut-storing neighbors in preparing for winter!

Beautiful black & orange Tortoiseshell Cats are fast emerging as one of the most popular cats around. Have you got the fortitude to own a cat with “tortitude”?

You read that right: “fish nests”, not “fish nets”, with the former being much more appealing than the latter – at least from a fish's point of view.

These 13 plants, animals, insects and fungi look like art projects or horror movie props, but they're 100% made by Mother Nature.

This giant birdhouse/treehouse hybrid holds 78 individual birdhouse compartments as well as a human observer.

Split personalities... and more! Gynandromorphism is a curious half-male, half-female condition noted in animals from butterflies to birds.

10 of the Arctic's most beautiful snow-white animals including the Arctic fox, wolf, hare, sheep, falcon, ermine, seal and polar bear.

Hold your nose and clap your hands: In honor of International Vulture Awareness Day, WebEcoist proudly presents 8 of the world's most amazing vultures!