But that’s what happened one memorable year when our now-grown daughters were small. The younger one fell in love with a little dwarf hamster at the pet store. It rested lightly in her cupped hand, ...

The biggest snake in the world makes a ball python look like a dwarf hamster. Some species exceed 20 feet in length ... but adult specimens have been known to snack on guinea pigs, cats and even dogs.

Imagine growing up beside the eastern Mediterranean Sea 14,000 years ago. You're an accomplished sailor of the small ...

Scientists have unraveled a mystery about the disappearance of dwarf hippos and elephants that once roamed the picturesque ...