The Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in China is on the cutting edge of giant panda research. With only around 1,800 giant pandas left in the wild, the captive breeding program at Chengdu plays an important role in…
When Rafael Mantesso’s wife left him on his 30th birthday, she took everything except the dog. Jimmy Choo, their adorable bull terrier, was named after her favorite shoe designer. With blank white walls all around him and only the bull terrier for company, Rafael soon…
Nicole Elliot of Columbus, Georgia, is truly a doggie saint. She recently adopted Chester — an elderly dog who is suffering from terminal cancer — from local shelter Animal Ark Rescue. Her plan? Help Chester live out the best darn bucket list any dog…
#1. How could you not resist a cuddle? #2. Looks strangely comfortable. #3. Sleeping on the job. #4. Too. Full. To. Move. #5. Smells like his human. #6. Nice and warm. #7. Zzzzzz… #8. This is a nice couch… #9. Taking…
There was pandemonium at Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday after a man put his cat through the X-ray machine. This is not an image of the actual cat, by the way. A witness, Sara Benincasa, was quick to live-tweet the event.…
Meet George, the adorable cat who loves to stand up on his hind quarters just like his human companions. In fact, George likes the extra height so much that he’s mostly found standing up, earning him the nickname George2Legs. In addition to his proclivity…
Wildlife photographer Mitsuaki Iwago is no stranger to being up-close and personal with animals, but it’s hard to imagine that the veteran filmmaker has had many moments cuter than this. While shooting footage for a documentary about cats around the world,…
Some people might consider Silvana Valentino-Locke to be a crazy cat lady, but the 55-year-old mother of two just has a big heart. Silvana began rescuing cats in the 1990s, and has converted her house into the Romney House Cat Rescue with…
Cats are awesome. Oh, never mind that they sometimes treat us like glorified tin openers, or randomly sink their claws and teeth into our moving feet. The fact that they allow us to hug and pet them occasionally makes it…
In her free time, Liz Climo, a storyboard and character artist who works on the popular, long running series The Simpsons, creates awkwardly cute cartoons featuring the daily lives of animals. The animal’s trademark kindness towards each other is inspiring,…
Crusoe the wiener dog has been a bit of a celebrity ever since his owners, Ryan and Lauren Beauchesne of Ottawa, Canada, started posting aww-worthy pictures of the miniature dachshund online in 2011. Due to Crusoe’s rugged good looks, he’s gotten quite a bit of…
June 26th is National Take Your Dog To Work Day, and predictably, the results are 100% pure cuteness. #1. “Have you seen this memo from Ed? Unbelievable.” #2. “I’m up to my ears in paperwork.” #3. “Excuse me? We’re trying…
Meet Finn, a three-year-old Maine Coon cat who has a rather firm, albeit misguided, idea of his status in the family. “Pretty sure [he] thinks the crib we put together was for him,” his owner Max Brown wrote. View post on imgur.com “He’s almost…
This is Obi. He’s a 3-week-old pygmy hippo. Born to mom Petre and dad Felix, he just recently learned how to swim, making quite the literal splash at Melbourne Zoo. Just look at him go! Little legs paddling furiously… Squeeeeeeeee! Of…
Meet the Cheese Patrol, also known as Colby and Bleu. They have caught the internet by storm with their adorable mad dash to their food bowls. Hilariously, the pair’s frenzied antics did not change one bit during the nine months that the time-lapse…
World, meet Luhu. She’s a tabby cat from China who lives with two of her tabby siblings and owner Maggie Liu. This adorable kitty has quite a unique claim to fame. If you haven’t quite guessed it yet, it’s because…