Posts Tagged ‘animals’
Punxsutawney Phil isn't just looking for his shadow this Groundhog Day. He's looking to make some cold hard cash on Cameo, too.
Yes, the "World Famous Groundhog" who comes around every Feb. 2 to help predict whether we'll be moving onto spring or bra... ...
Every year, around 10 million pets go missing in the U.S., and millions of those end up in shelters where they aren’t always reunited with their owners, due to their lack of identification or a microchip. A new mobile app, Shadow, aims to tackle this problem by leveraging a combination of a volunteer network and ...
A bow hunter in Jackson County, Kansas last week noticed two whitetail deer whose antlers were locked together. The hunter called in state game wardens including one who, fortunately, was a very good marksman.
"At the time, the wardens didn't know ... ...
The wild teems with the unknown.
Researchers have identified two dwarf giraffes, the first such animals known to science. During routine surveys of endangered, troubled giraffe populations by the conservation group Giraffe Conservation Foundation, bi... ...
Major Biden, President-elect Joe Biden's German shepherd, warmed every beating heart when he became the first presidential pooch to be adopted from a shelter. Sob!
That means inauguration day is as big a deal for Major as it is for his owners, Joe an... ...
Aki Inomata places various materials in tanks and enclosures with animals. She then records the interactions, and in some cases presents the modified materials as sculptures. The effect is often quite lovely.
Image: YouTube / TEDx Talks ...
"Why Is the Star Wars Universe Full of Megafauna?" This is the question that has plagued James Davis Nicoll for years. But it ultimately hit its peak after watching the recent season of The Mandalorian, which continues the tradition of giant apex preda... ...
From National Geographic:
In the summer of 2016, a gold miner in Canada's Yukon Territory found an unexpected treasure. While blasting a wall of permafrost with a water cannon to release whatever riches might be found inside, Neil Loveless saw... ...
"This family of geese had about 2 dozen goslings under their care. They chose a place to exit the river that was very challenging for some of the goslings. With no wings yet, and tiny legs, the small bank was quite a hurdle. — Read the rest ...
There they go, reproducing. Look at 'em go. Sea turtles doin' it in the waters off the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. ...