Animals & Nature

Dogs are man’s best friend, and that’s been true for thousands of years. It makes sense, then, that we want to know as much as possible about our puppy buds, and there are animal behavioralists out there learning all we can about how their minds work all of the time. Below are 13 cool things...

If you love dogs and have dogs as a part of your family, there’s a good chance you have a preference when it comes to big puppers or little puppers. Even if big dogs are your jam, though, there’s no denying those little dogs are charming and adorable (unless they’re barking at you), but you’ve...

Dogs are amazing, and if you’ve ever owned one, you know that you spend a lot of time studying their adorable parts. The longer you own a dog the more often you give them a rub down, a bath, clip nails, and you become super familiar with what makes your dog unique. You might have...

Excepting people who have super, super dark hair, most of us notice more natural, lighter highlights during the summer months – at least if we spend time in the sun. Browns get streaked with golds, and those who are already blonde can appreciate some white streaks once they’ve spent a good amount of time by...

You’ve probably noticed that more and more people living in suburban and urban areas are buying and keeping chickens. They do it for the eggs, ostensibly, but also, they seem to regard their birds as family pets. And while I’ve seen my fair share of videos with seemingly docile chickens who love being cuddled, my...

When I was a kid (long, long ago) pretty much everyone with a house cat declawed it so there would be no worries about furniture and carpet and drapes being ruined. People loved their cats, and they had no idea there was more of a downside than leaving the poor thing defenseless if it ever...

It’s nice to believe that nothing will change from the way it is today, and we can easily plan the rest of our lives without accounting for things like climate change, a shifting economy, natural disasters, and an unstable political landscape. That’s not reality, of course, so if you’re keen to worry (and maybe plan...

Everybody makes mistakes. Everybody has those days. But not all mistakes are made equal, especially when you’re talking about the space industry. In a major faux pas, this Israeli lunar spilled tardigrades on the Moon after crash landing on the surface. While it’s definitely a plus that no human lives were lost, a crashed lander...