Animals & Nature

Human beings have a wide range of what we consider tolerable when it comes to food safety, and how we want our food to be handled before it gets to our mouths. Most of us, though, seem to innately agree that flies are super unsanitary, though, even if we’re not quite sure why. It turns...

Having a rough day? Life got you down? Get ready to turn that frown upside down! It’s hard to be sad when you’re taking in the wholesome cuteness of these 18 Highland cattle calves. The Highland (or “fluffy cow”) is a rustic breed of Scottish cattle known for their long horns and unique double coat...

The Internet is drowning in plenty of garbage. Misinformation. Click-bait. Don’t even get me started on social media. To combat the onslaught of garbage I assume is being thrown at you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, I offer you these utterly adorable Highland cattle calves living their best lives. If you do...

Sometimes memes get a bad wrap. The academics out there might see them as a lowly form of entertainment, at worst a dangerous method of spreading misinformation and stripping complicated issues of their nuance. But memes are only as clever as the people who make them. So for all the philosophers and scholars out there,...

The world is full of gems and metals, some more precious than others. We know that because we’re told by gemologists and jewelers and marketing companies galore, but maybe you’ve never stopped to wonder why certain metals, like platinum, are so special. Is it their rarity? Something more? Keep reading to find out! The English word...

If you want proof that Mother Nature does exactly what she wants, when she wants, and how she wants – human rules be damned – look no further than the platypus. Literally nothing about them fits into any scientific mold, and actually, scientists who were sent the first sample thought they were being punked. True...

I’m not a person who is squeamish about bugs (though I don’t like to smash them, because crunching noises are gross), but I also don’t care for silverfish. They dart out when you least expect it, they look like a miniature of some horrible prehistoric beast, and just up and down, I’d rather not. That...

Whether you’re someone who spends a lot of time outdoors or someone who has to be dragged, kicking and screaming into the woods, being able to identify potentially dangerous wildlife is always a good skill to have. And I mean, even if you never go outside, there’s always the zombie apocalypse to consider. So, without further...