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The Heath Hen Sculpture
West Tisbury, Massachusetts

Heath Hen Sculpture

A memorial sculpture to heath hens stands on the spot where the last heath hen, Booming Ben, was last seen.
animals

Who Is Shaving Virginia's Cats?

A mystery person is giving pets rogue haircuts.
Eric Grundhauser April 28, 2017
Pete the squirrel, who was a pet of President Harding.
animals

When Squirrels Were One of America's Most Popular Pets

Benjamin Franklin even wrote an ode to a fallen one.
Natalie Zarrelli April 28, 2017
animals

How to Rescue a Stuck Beaver

It takes soap and persistence.
Cara Giaimo April 27, 2017
animals

A Rare Glimpse of Three Snow Leopards Snuggling

The big cats were caught in a Chinese camera trap.
Erik Shilling April 25, 2017
animals

Urban Turkeys Are Wreaking Havoc in Boston

They may attack people they consider "subordinate," officials say.
Cara Giaimo April 25, 2017
The two mice eating cheese. Or are they fighting for it?
London, England

Philpot Lane Mice Sculpture

A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.
Vertebrae from a whale, shown about seven months after its carcass was placed at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. By this time, the bones were covered with a dense carpet of red Osedax ("bone devouring") worms.
science

Why Scientists Drag Dead Whales to the Bottom of the Sea

A fallen whale can fuel new life on the ocean floor.
Kevin Litman-Navarro April 21, 2017
Old Shep looks over the Missouri River.
Fort Benton, Montana

Shep Memorial

A small Montana town commemorates the dog who waited at the train station every day for his owner to return.
San Nicolas Island
Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California

San Nicolas Island

A stranded woman lived alone on this remote island for 18 years, inspiring the great children's novel "Island of the Blue Dolphins."
Horses in marble stalls
Wuxi Shi, China

Hailan Horse Culture Museum

A palatial horse museum outside Shanghai is home to the most pampered horses in the world.
zoos

The World's Favorite Wombat Has Died

RIP, Patrick.
Cara Giaimo April 19, 2017
Mister Ed's grave marker
Tahlequah, Oklahoma

Mister Ed's Grave

The granite monument is engraved with the image of the talking horse's head coming through a barn door.
A mountain lion, also known as a cougar, at the Cincinnati Zoo.
animals

Suspect 'Paw Prints' Found After Dog Disappears From California Bedroom

It was probably a mountain lion.
Erik Shilling April 18, 2017
animals

Beaver Herds Cows

The CBC noted that it was a "very Canadian event."
Erik Shilling April 17, 2017
Grave marker of Able Seacat Simon
London, England

Ilford Animal Cemetery

3,000 family pets and military animals are buried in this London graveyard.
animals

Have You Seen This Bird?

The Arrow Goose of Amherst, New York, is quickly becoming the stuff of legend.
Cara Giaimo April 17, 2017
Look out, alligator.
animals

Horse vs. Alligator

A battle was caught on tape.
Eric Grundhauser April 13, 2017