Animals & Wildlife

Few sayings about animals are as familiar as the idea that bats are blind.

The idea that ostriches bury their heads in the sand is one of the most persistent animal myths.

The image of a furious bull charging at a fluttering red cape is one of the most recognizable scenes in traditional bullfighting.

Many people grow up hearing that if you touch a baby bird, its mother will smell human scent on it and abandon or reject it.

Few animal stories are as famous, or as grim, as the idea that lemmings periodically march to a cliff and throw themselves into the sea in a mass suicide.

The idea that dogs see the world in black and white is one of the most persistent misconceptions about animal perception.