Animals are organisms in the kingdom Animalia. This is one of the five kingdoms (or major divisions) of organisms, the others being: Plantae (plants), Protists (protozoans), Monera (bacteria), and Fungi (fungi). Animals are eukaryotic organisms (i.e.,...

Animals are multicellular, heterotrophic eukaryotes. Because animals are unable to make their own food, they must have some means of ingesting food. They do this by consuming plants, other animals, or decomposing organic matter, or by absorbing...

An animal is a taxonomic member of the Kingdom Animalia Animal may also refer...

James Laurinaitis’s father, Joe Laurinaitis, worked as a pro wrestler under the name “Animal” for years. His in-ring costume included football pads adorned with metal spikes and multi-colored face-paint. His son was apparently meant to wear a helmet on Saturdays (and soon, on Sundays), hitting...

The tagline for Disney's upcoming "Enchanted" could well be the motto for the latest push in animation: "The real world and the animated world collide."Not simply colliding in the slapstick tradition of 1988's pioneering "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?," but in the more fundamental sense of...

An outbreak of contagious diseases at a shelter where officials admit they kept animals for too long without destroying them has forced the killing of about 1,000 dogs and cats, officials said.Visiting inspectors from The Humane Society of the United States discovered the outbreak of...

Congress has passed legislation cracking down on animal fighting, sending President Bush a measure that would make it a felony to transport an animal across state lines for fighting.Approval of the bill marked the culmination of a nearly six-year effort to limit dogfighting and cockfighting,...