Feb 18
Looking more like something out of The Lorax than what you would find in Africa’s Kalahari Desert, these fantastically decorated telephone poles are actually home to the aptly named Sociable Weaver bird. More »
Feb 08
Have you ever wondered how many heartbeats an average person has in their lifetime? What about for cats or dogs or other animals? Turns out because of metabolic rates and size of different species, each animal gets around a billion beats. More »
Feb 07
Looking for that perfect home accent to hang over your fireplace? Instead of grabbin’ yer guns and heading out into the woods to bag a trophy buck, you might want to consider trying to coerce artist Chen Bikovski to start selling her brilliant deer lamps that recreate a set of antlers using shafts of light. More »
Jan 31
Some say that pets start to take after their owners, but to what extent? Will Socks start bogarting the remote? Are you going to have to pry the iPad out of Buster’s paws? Actually, uhm, yeah; looks that way. It also looks adorable. More »
Jan 16
It’s only a matter of time before LED lightbulbs completely replace their energy-efficient compact fluorescent predecessors. And when that day comes, the only thing CFLs will be good for is illuminating this adorable pig lamp. More »
Jan 13
Kenya has a lot of beautiful, rare animals, but unfortunately a lot of people are keen to kill them, and sell bits of them for money. Kenya’s got a new plan to try to keep those poachers in check though, and it’s good old-fashioned text messaging. More »
Jan 11
No man should have to drink alone—that’s why we have pets. But assuming you don’t want an angry PETA protest outside your house yelling about how “alcohol is bad for dogs” and you need to “stop” and “get a job,” you’re going to need to find an alternative solution to your solitary drinking problem. More »
Jan 11
Chances are you may have rung in the new year with excess of some kind or another, but there’s no way in hell you were this cute while you were doing it. Teddy here can get away with knocking over his glass and just generally making a mess because of that endearing squeaking nose. You, on the other hand, just yell incomprehensible nonsense. And so, the moral of the story is: this year, if at all possible, be a porcupine. [YouTube] More »
Dec 21
Duke University has studied the mating habits of peacocks to find out the logic behind why males make a noise called a “hoot dash” before they, you know, do it. And the reason turns out to be pretty funny: The best way for a dude peacock to attract a lady peacock is to first fornicate with another peacock and make the honking call. More »
Dec 14
Cliff, the canine Diarrhea Oracle of VU University Medical Centre, may just have the worst job in the world: sniffing out hospital patient’s infected feces. More »
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