Monkeys have been getting a lot of bad wrap recently after a chimp tore a woman’s face off in Connecticut. Here are eight movie monkeys that we wouldn’t mind having in our home.

Japanese game show pits a giant shrimp against an octopus. Whoa, there's a whole series of “Crustacean Deathmatches” on YouTube. So there goes my day.

These are creatures straight out of nightmares – some more fangs than fish; others that look like they've barely swum out of the primeval sludge.

Silly cat is to damn fat to fit through the kitty flap, you gotta check this out...

The bone-crushing power of the apes has been greatly exaggerated.

From real life krakens to boiling-acid-firing caterpillars, nothing’s better at scaring the crap out of you like the gentle majesty of the animal kingdom.

Cats don't work, sit in unnatural positions for extended periods of time, or have any responsibilities at all, but they still enjoy a good massage

She plays only when the mood strikes her, which is usually several time a times a day for short periods.

Experts have found that animals also seek out a quick chemical high from plants, bugs and, well, wherever they can find it. Here are seven animals that love the magic of intoxication even more than we do.

Although many dogs may appear to be harmless, get on the wrong side of them and you’ll probably be ripped to shreds in a microsecond. Here are 11 cute dog breeds that in appearance seem harmless, but could easily kill a human in a second if crossed.

I have gone undercover into the world of swingers. Here are 6 things I learned about the swinger lifestyle.

The recipe for making any creature is written in its DNA. So last November, when geneticists published the near-complete DNA sequence of the long-extinct woolly mammoth, there was much speculation about whether we could bring this behemoth back to life.

Hippy types will often quote the famous line that "man is the only species that kills its own." Of course, any cursory glance at Animal Planet will tell you this is complete bullshit.