An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.

The winter home of millions of migrating monarch butterflies.

This Transylvania County city is home to a rare white squirrel population that is descended from an escaped carnival animal.

The world's largest dark sky preserve is a Canadian park established to preserve the country's last wood bison.

Make your reservation to have coffee with some kitties.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

The unique ecosystem atop an Australian mountain is home to some colorful inhabitants.

Vikings and Evangelicals have both had a hand in this replica medieval church.

Restaurant in Northern Wisconsin comes with a unique feature: a grassy roof covered in living goats.

This homegrown adoption center offers a wonderland of feline companionship.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

This tiny island in the South China Sea is crawling with venomous sea snakes.

This museum boasts the ninth-largest collection of insects in North America.

One of the world’s largest and deepest freshwater springs, where mastodons once roamed.

The world's largest occupied bat houses hold hundreds of thousands of flying mammals.

The scuba diving training facility was named for the steam that rises from the cave's chimney.

Where manatees are the snowbird vacationers in these balmy Florida springs.

When humans abandoned this safari lodge, the lions took over.

Morocco's Argania trees are infested with nut-hungry goats.

One of the few places where inexperienced snorkelers can spot a shark.

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.