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…
Just 19 days after her wedding to high-school sweetheart Jeremy Stamper, Justice Stamper was seriously injured in a car accident. Although she survived, the incident left her needing recovery and therapy — and it also left her with no memory of…
#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…
UK mom Sarah Ivermee has developed a line of hearing aid and cochlear implant decorations in order to help children feel more confident when wearing their devices in public. Her son Freddie has a cochlear implant, but it was actually…
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.…
Of the fifty states in the US, there’s one in particular that stands out like a sore thumb. Not for its beauty, mind you, but for other reasons. None of them positive. 1. Consider this a PSA to everyone thinking about…
What’s the best way to make your shiny new luxury van look like something even a thief wouldn’t touch? Cover it in rust, of course. Not really, obviously. UK based car-wrap company Clyde Wraps has created a custom wrap that makes a brand-new 2014 Volkswagen…
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…
An 11-year-old Texas girl may have just delivered the greatest text message burn of all time, as reported by her 17-year-old sister, Madi Nickens, via Twitter. Madi’s little sister found out that her boyfriend had visited the park with another girl, and she…
Art director Stephen McMennamy describes his work simply: “I like to combine photos.” But looking through his portfolio of mostly collage-based photography, you soon realise that his art is nothing short of unusual. In a photo series aptly named #ComboPhotos, McMennamy splices together his original photography into…
Brothers Jeff and Ron have been sending the same ‘Peanuts’ birthday card back and forth since 1973. That’s over 40 years! Venusreincarnate recently shared this unusual birthday tradition between her father and uncle on Reddit. The Peanuts card features a smiling Linus on the front, declaring “This…
It seems the internet has a new heartthrob… and an unlikely one at that. Meet Shabani, a brooding primate living at Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Nagoya, Japan. Shabani is a Western Lowland Gorilla who has been in the zoo…
Harnaam Kaur has been living with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) since she was 11 years old. The condition causes a hormonal imbalance, and in Harnaam’s case this manifests as a full beard and mustache. Although London-based Harnaam initially waxed and shaved…
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…