Animals & Nature

That’s not how you expected that headline to end, is it? Me, either, but this is where we are in America today – college kids eating so much of the cheapest food they can find that they’re winding up needing medical intervention they can’t afford. Tuna, in case you fall into this category of unaware,...

Microplastics are defined as any plastic fragment less than 5 millimeters in length, and at this point they have been found in every corner of the globe. They come from any number of sources – from rubber tires to paint and cosmetics to toothpaste tubes and synthetic clothing – and the ubiquitous nature of them...

The National Aquarium of New Zealand has taken drastic measures in an attempt to get their penguin population to shape up – they’ve started a running list of the naughtiest penguins of the bunch and post them on Facebook. No public shaming would be complete without a list of crimes, but let’s face it –...

Getting a new dog is a major undertaking. You’re getting a new companion and family member, so you want to make sure that you make the right choice for you. Do you want a small dog or a big dog? Old or young? The possibilities are endless. But if you 100% for sure that you...

You’ve seen kid shaming, dog shaming, cat shaming, and even bird shaming – but did you ever think the day would come when people’s pet fish would be exposed as naughty? Well, get ready, because even though they probably don’t understand the internet, these 17 fish definitely deserve all the shame in the world. 17....

The majority of Australia is a desert or has a semi-arid climate, though some areas falling under the category of “tropical.” That said, there are spots where snowfall is normal and expected during the winter months – in the higher elevations, for instance, and even in spots along the Southern coast. But for most of...

I’m not someone who’s afraid of bugs, in general. Spiders? Meh. Ants? Annoying, but meh. Beetles, roaches…okay, they’re a little worse. But centipedes? Forget about it – I want them gone. So, you can understand why I’d be a bit disappointed to read that I shouldn’t be killing them, even when they’re on my turf....

The ocean (and most of the rest of the planet) is slowly being poisoned by discarded plastics, and people all over the world are looking for ways to try to mitigate, ease, or even reverse the devastating effects that humans are wreaking on the marine environment. The latest effort comes from the southern Indian state...