Pets in the Biblical Rapture
If you’re a Christian who believes that the Rapture is coming this weekend, and you love your pets, you have a good news / bad news situation.
Water Bears in Space
Can earthly life survive in the vacuum of outer space? At least one creature can: the tiny water bear, a microscopic creature whose scientific name is the tardigrade.
World’s Most Beautiful Bulldog
Officials at Drake University, whose sports teams are called the Bulldogs, said all five judges picked Lucy as the winner from a pool of 50 contestants.
Was John Paul II a Saint to the Animals?
John Paul II often spoke of his concern for other animals. In God’s Broker, author Anton Gronowicz wrote about a dream that John Paul recounted to him.
The Cave at Chauvet
The cave at Chauvet became their sanctuary, where they could commune in a more intimate way with the animals, and they could express their own sense of wonder and vulnerability.
Leopard No Match for Mighty Mouse
Sheena the leopard tried to move the intruder away from her lunch at the Santago Rare Leopard Project. But the cheeky mouse would have none of it.
Leopard Thinks She’s a Meerkat!
A leopard strikes an unusual pose after losing sight of a warthog in a wildlife reserve in Botswana. Has this big cat been watching Meerkat Manor on TV?
Slaughter Makes for Strange Bedfellows
What could bring Orthodox Jews and Muslims together against the government that’s known for protecting religious and social minorities?
No Fear of Heights!
Believe it or not, the goats are not in danger. They are excellent climbers who live in steep, rocky mountainous regions, usually above 15,000 feet.
Millions of Dog Mummies Discovered
Scientists discovered a huge and elaborate labyrinth of tunnels in Egypt, where millions of dogs were carefully mummified before being laid to rest.
Top 10 Cobra Tweets
According to her account on Twitter, it seems the Egyptian cobra who did a Houdini on the Bronx Zoo’s Reptile House had a grand time touring New York City.
Blind Dog Has Seeing-Eye Cat
Libby is not an official service cat, but she does help Cashew, a 14-year-old Lab, who’s both blind and deaf, to get around. ‘Without this cat, Cashew would be very lonely’
Defying Conventional Wisdom at 60
Wisdom, the albatross, is the oldest wild bird documented in North America. Wisdom has probably raised at least 30 to 35 chicks during her life.
Cat As Loud as a Lawnmower
Smokey the cat has a purr that clocks in at 92.7 decibels – and that’s as loud as a lawnmower or a hairdryer. Most cats, by comparison, purr at about 25 decibels.
Nessie and Us
These elusive creatures inhabit the mists and mysteries that float across our lakes and our imaginations. They’re close by, but just out of reach. They come from eons past, are seen for a moment today, and then are gone again – as they should be
Croc Found Snoozing Behind the Sofa
A Brazilian woman found her 3-year-old son sitting on the living room floor behind the sofa, happily petting the head of an invited stray animal: a 5-foot crocodile who had apparently been looking for somewhere to rest from the floods
Prime Minister “Stole My Aunt’s Cat” Hoax
Larry the cat was adopted by the Prime Minister of the U.K. Then a man claimed Larry was really his Aunt Margaret’s cat. Now we learn that’s not the case … and there’s no Aunt Margaret at all!
Bow-Nessie Upstages Loch Ness Monster
Two tourists in a kayak on England’s Lake Windermere capture photo of something they say was swimming past them at about 10 miles an hour
Cat Burglar Caught Red-Pawed
A security camera has finally got the goods on the cat burglar who’s been responsible for a three-year crime wave in the suburbs of San Mateo, CA.
Wooing Your Mate with a Chain Saw
The lyrebird can impersonate any other bird on the planet, interspersed with human voices, a jack-hammer and the tooting of car horns – all to say “I love you!”