This 3-week-old fox cub was found by the side of the road next to his mother, who had been killed by a motorist. Thankfully, he was rescued. And after a full check-up by a veterinarian, he was adopted by animal lovers Werner…
Japan is a haven for all sorts of amazing art forms that range from the sublime to the downright odd. This one is somewhere in between. Amezaiku is the Japanese craft of making lollipops. Not just any lollipop, mind you, but artistic lollipops…
Avery Jackson is just a regular 7-year-old. She describes herself as someone who “likes to climb trees, be a ninja, dress up as different animals…” And then she ends with this kicker: “… and oh yeah, I’m transgender.” The New York Times recently…
Nearing the end of his 16-year stint as host of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart is — quite literally — moving onto greener pastures. Farm Sanctuary — a farm animal rescue and protection organization — has recently announced that Jon and his…
We probably don’t need science to tell us that cute animals do wonders for stress, but it’s good to know that it’s a verifiable fact. In fact, a Japanese study on the “power of kawaii” — ‘cute’ in Japanese — shows that people who looked…
“There’s no place like home,” Dorothy said of Kansas. There’s no place quite as bad, more like. #1. The entire state is basically dead. Sunflower field. #2. Nothing grows here. Wheat field. #3. They say ‘it’s quaint’, we say ‘it…
Everything’s better with bacon. Heavenly news has just come out that bacon may add years to your life. A recent study has revealed that the delightful pork product is full of niacin, otherwise known as vitamin B3. Researchers found that niacin prolonged their…
A Utah hunter has received death threats on Twitter after comedian Ricky Gervais posted a photo of her grinning with her kill (WARNING: images of dead animals). Ricky Gervais posted this photo on Twitter, after which it went viral. What must've happened to…
This half-man, half-cat creature is going viral, and for good reason. The gargantuan, hyper-realistic cat noggin you see before you is the brainchild and handiwork of Housetu Sato and his students at the Japan School of Wool Art. In fact,…
His species decimated by poachers. His breed all but extinct. Sudan the white rhino finds himself in a decidedly perilous position. He is the last male northern white rhinoceros on the planet and the survival of the species rests solely…
Although the art scene normally revels in the unusual and the extraordinary, it takes a unique kind of creativity to take something run-of-the-mill and mold it into something beautiful. Such is the work of Elspeth McLean, an award winning Australian artist whose innate love…
Margarita Suárez was known as a lover of animals in her area of Merida, Mexico — she fed the stray dogs and more than 20 stray cats that gathered at her door every morning. When she passed away, her family received the shock of a…
In our modern world, the paleolithic ritual of ‘hunting’ has been reduced to buying cold cuts from the frozen aisle. But in the wildest regions of Outer Mongolia, a nomadic tribe continues to acquire their meat the authentic way. They are the…
For everyone who says that animals don’t have feelings, this video of Jasper the cat hugging his canine best friend Bow-Z after 10 days of not seeing each other might change their minds: SO. CUTE.
7 -year-old Anthony and his 4-year-old service dog Stevie share an extraordinary friendship. Anthony has Cerebral Palsy and Stevie is a pit bull — together, the duo are shattering misconceptions about both the neurological disorder and the most-feared dog breed. This…
If you want to wear your book lover heart around your sleeve, maybe a nice piece of jewelry will do the job. 1. The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe Ring On top of this wardrobe ring is a gun…