Welcome to Smartphone Picture of the Week! Each week, we select and share your best smartphone photos in an online feature ...

How Much Do Blue Whales Eat to Get So Big? Blue whales have incredibly long and slender bodies. ©NOAA Photo Library / CC BY 2.0, Flickr – Original / License As their name suggests, blue whales have a ...

After the thunder ceases and the waves subside we see Pi clinging to the raft. He’s got company: four beasts from the family zoo — a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan, and a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger.

A storm sinks the ship in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. All are lost except for Pi, who is marooned on a life boat with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker, a zebra, a hyena and an orangutan. Over ...