The sport of Course Landaise, France's answer to bullfighting, combines leaping, spinning and smarter bovines. (Time)

An Osaka café provides feline lovers with a place to get their kitty fixes. (Time)

The world's largest and most dangerous lizards live on an Indonesian island where residents -- and tourists -- give them a wide berth. (Time)

It's the state animal, but there are only 100 left. Unless drastic measures are taken, their future is bleak. (St. Petersburg Times)

Fish farming seems like a natural enterprise for this island nation, but it took a hard-working consultant from Ivory Coast to make it happen. (Time)

A giant, non-native snake species is invading the Everglades. Joe Wasilewski hunts them down. (Palm Beach Post)

A menagerie of exotic animals has found a haven at Villa Lorena, a refuge that rescues the castoff pets of the country's drug lords. (NYT)

When a 700-pound kitty gets a toothache, it takes a team of specialists to help him feel better. (Spokesman-Review)

As his dog's struggle with cancer finally comes to an end, Jason Woods has a tough time saying goodbye to his loyal old friend.

When a recorder of birdsongs meets an artist who 'sees' sound, they make a musical language of their own.