Runaway Cow Has Good New Home
As if sensing that she was next for the slaughterhouse, Yvonne the cow broke through an electric fence on a farm near Munich, and headed for the forest.
Diamonds Are a Dog’s Best Friend
Honey Bun likes to hang out in Chuck Roberts’s jewelry store. The customers think he’s quite a gem. But then, the pooch devoured $10,000 worth of diamonds.
Jonah and the Whale Shark
Photographer Mauricio Handler was shooting photographs off the coast of Mexico’s Yucatan when another member of the team got close to a whale shark.
Loch Ness Monster a Possibility
“The huge number of sea monster sightings now on record can’t all be explained away as mistakes, sightings of known animals or hoaxes.”
Nessie’s Cousin in Alaska
She’s 30 feet long, slim and eel-like, with humps on her back and water spraying from her head. But is she a real bona fide sea monster?
Did Bigfoot Pay a Visit?
One day last month, when Michael Patrick’s mother was getting some work done on the pool at her home in Chatham, Illinois, the workmen noticed a large footprint under her apple tree.
The Storm on Saturn
A storm raging on Saturn is eight times the surface area of Earth and has been raging for eight months. It’s 500 times bigger than anything previously seen on Saturn.
Say Cheese and Have a Nice Day!
If a monkey with a typewriter will eventually write a great poem, will a monkey with a camera produce some great photos sooner or later?
Apparently, yes.
When Sheep Gang Up on Sheepdog
Like many Border collies, Ci was born and bred to herd sheep. So how come, when confronted with a herd of sheep, he simply takes off in the opposite direction?
Ice-Age Art Found in Florida
13,000 years ago, someone in Florida, carved an image of an animal onto a piece of bone. It’s the oldest and only known example of Ice Age art to depict an animal with a trunk.
When Vegans Attack!
It’s not always peace and love when vegan shoppers meet at Trader Joe’s. A doctor and an opera singer got into an “exchange” over a package of frozen pad Thai with tofu.
Baboon Adopts Bush Baby
Orphan bush baby Gakii has found himself a new mother at the Nairobi Animal Orphanage. His new mom is a yellow baboon who was also abandoned.
Campaigning for World’s Ugliest Dog
She’s genetically deformed due to bad breeding. But Cuda doesn’t care; she’s healthy and happy. And bringing awareness to backyard breeding.
When the Sun Sneezes
A giant explosion! Solar flare, from NASA When the sun sneezed on Tuesday, it was big. In this case, more than a billion tons of material…
Scary and Strange Top New Species List
From giant lizards to microscopic leeches: see the top 10 new species recognized by the International Institute for Species Exploration.
Life Thrives Deep Down Underground
More than 9,000 feet below ground, small worms are alive and well – and raising new possibilities of how life may exist on other planets.
Having Your Dog and Eating It Too?
Hal Herzog, Ph.D investigates the psychology of our interactions with other animals. We don’t eat creatures we love and we don’t eat creatures we loathe.
The Other Loch Ness Monster
While the Loch Ness monster has never been known to eat anyone, people around the Scottish lake are worried another unseen animal may be stalking their homes.
The Woofen SS
A new book of canine curiosities includes stories of how members of the Nazi SS tried to teach dogs to speak German, both vocally and by tapping out letters on a keyboard.
Safe and Comfy on Bed of Cactus Spines
Where do you go when a mountain lion is after you? Straight up a prickly saguaro.This bobcat braved the prickles, made it to the top, and stayed there all day.