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Animals

A Self-Assured Swedish Cat Just Came Home After 9 Years Away

Ernst's humans were very happy to see him.

Cara Giaimo March 3, 2017

These guys aren't very bright.

Some Turkeys, a Dead Cat, and a Lot of Turkey Experts

What's going on here?

Eric Grundhauser March 2, 2017

This was not the mouse.

A Single Mouse Grounded a Plane in London

The obvious film-related jokes ensued.

Erik Shilling March 2, 2017

"Rufus the Raccoon scores a basket" vintage postcard.

The Experimental Zoo Where Parrots Rollerskated and Chickens Played Baseball

It was run by a pair of psychologists under the principles of operant conditioning.

Andy Wright February 28, 2017

A mascot at the training camp at Plattsburg, New York, taken in 1917.

military history

The Animal Soldiers of World War I

A diverse array of creatures provided comfort and combat.

Lauren Young February 28, 2017

Rhea in her crocheted Patriots jersey, which has room for shoulder pads.

Are We Knitting Too Many Tiny Sweaters for Animals?

Examining the enthusiasm for interspecies knitwear.

Cara Giaimo February 27, 2017

A "sea devil" from Icones animalium (1553).

Where to Find the World's Best Hometown Monsters

Here are 25 places to see yetis, sea monsters, Sasquatch, and other cryptids.

Molly McBride Jacobson February 24, 2017

Found: A Stray Chicken in a McDonald's Bathroom

A 5-year-old made the discovery.

Sarah Laskow February 23, 2017

Help This Computer Program Draw the World's Freakiest Felines

This is what happens when you tell an AI bot that everything is cats.

Cara Giaimo February 22, 2017

Table for one, please.

A Waitress Casually Dragged a Massive Lizard Out of a Restaurant in Australia

Eric Grundhauser February 21, 2017

Madison State Park Buffalo Jump.

Three Forks, Montana

Madison Buffalo Jump State Park

For thousands of years, Native American hunters drove buffalo straight off this cliff in Montana's Yellowstone Country.

There's Another Orange Alligator Roaming the Carolinas

North Carolina would not be outdone.

Sarah Laskow February 21, 2017

Rota the lion at the Lightner Museum.

St. Augustine, Florida

Sir Winston Churchill's Lion 'Rota'

A lion given to the prime minister somehow got stuffed and sent to Florida.

San Jose, California

Lupe the Mammoth

A life-sized mammoth sculpture marks the spot where the remains of a Columbian mammoth were discovered in 2005.

Knut the Polar Bear

Berlin, Germany

Knut the Polar Bear

Berlin's beloved bear is immortalized at the Museum für Naturkunde.

Hang in There, Garbage Truck Raccoon

We salute your adventurous spirit.

Erik Shilling February 17, 2017

San Simeon, California

Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

Found: An Albino Kangaroo Abandoned in a Dam Evacuation

There was also a small deer and another kangaroo.

Erik Shilling February 15, 2017