Steven Lawyer spends a lot of time with his pet parrot, Bebe. They’ve been on 500-mile bike rides together, gone skydiving (Bebe strapped to a backpack), and lately, scuba diving in the Bahamas.
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Steven Lawyer spends a lot of time with his pet parrot, Bebe. They’ve been on 500-mile bike rides together, gone skydiving (Bebe strapped to a backpack), and lately, scuba diving in the Bahamas.
A crystallographer in Spain wondered what would happen if chimpanzees were shown crystals of various shapes and sizes. The results were surprising, and Juan Manuel García-Ruiz of the Donostia International Physics Center believes the findings reveal something about our own ancestry.
A macaque monkey named Punch has an international legion of fans after videos of the 7-month-old being bullied by other monkeys and rejected by his mother went viral in recent weeks.
For the first time in more than fifty years there will be no pandas in Japan. That’s because five-year-olds Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei, born at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo, are being shipped off to China this week. The sibling twins were born to Ri Ri and Shin Shin, who had arrived on loan from China in 2011, and returned there in 2024.
Veronika is a 13-year-old Swiss brown cow living with the Wiegele family in the mountain village of Nötsch in southern Austria. When she was about two years old, her owners noticed she would sometimes grab a stick in her mouth and use it to scratch her body.
A 550-pound black bear has been living under a house in Altadena, California for over a month, much to the dismay of a terrified homeowner. Ken Johnson says he might sue the state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife, which he claims hasn’t done enough to remove the big beast.
A short-haired tortoiseshell cat named Flossie turned 30 years old this week, extending her Guinness World Record as the world’s oldest living cat. Born on December 29, 1995, Flossie was officially recognized as the world’s oldest feline by Guinness in 2022, just before her 27th birthday. She’s still going strong.
“Smart, courageous and determined” is how the American Kennel Club describes the Basset Fauve de Bretagne, a dog breed now recognized by the AKC, meaning the small hunting dog will be able to compete in shows.
French singer-songwriter Plumes has the best gigs. Equipped with his brilliant pink acoustic guitar, he travels to farms, sanctuaries, and zoos to serenade cows, horses, parrots, and any other species willing to hear him play folk-pop. His videos capturing the curious reactions of animals on TikTok and elsewhere have gone viral worldwide.
At least 500 people attended a beloved cat’s funeral last week in Kinokawa, Japan. The 15-year-old calico named Nitama had been the “feline train stationmaster” at Kishi station on the local rail line since 2015.
Russian biotechnology firm Neiry announced it is putting brain implants in pigeons in order to remotely direct the birds’ flight paths. The new tech will be used for environmental monitoring – and probably spying.
There is a frog in Central Africa that is the stuff of nightmares. The Wolverine frog, also known as the hairy frog or most appropriately, the horror frog, is armed with retractable “claws,” sports a hairy hide, and to top it off is a bit poisonous.
A stretch of beaches in southeastern Spain were forced to shut down recently after venomous sea creatures known as “blue dragons” made an appearance. The bizarre-looking sea slugs invaded the shore near Guardamar del Segura, prompting local police to temporarily ban swimming.
Wild rabbits with horn-like growths protruding from their heads have been spotted in Colorado. Shocked locals are calling them “zombie bunnies” and “Frankenstein rabbits,” but the weird condition poses no threat to humans or other animals.
A zoo in Denmark has once again disturbed the rest of the world with the way it feeds its meat-eating animals. Aalborg Zoo in North Jutland is asking patrons to donate their pets to the cause.
A New York judge this week ruled that dogs can be treated as members of a person’s “immediate family” and as such, a dog’s family can sue for emotional damages if the dog is harmed.
The 40 or so guests came from Phoenix, Chicago, and New York to attend a lavish quinceañera in Houston, Texas toasting a 15-year-old cat named Holly Marie Gonzalez.
A group of chimpanzees in Guinea-Bissau’s Cantanhez National Park was seen recently sharing a huge piece of fruit containing alcohol. Their little party was being monitored by a research team from the University of Exeter.
No one was happier to hear the news that scientists had “resurrected” a long-extinct wolf species than the US Secretary of the Interior, Doug Burgum.
Although the company Colossal Biosciences did not actually clone a dire wolf, which went extinct more than 10,000 years ago, Secretary Burgum was quick to leap on the idea that “de-extinction” can make the Endangered Species List obsolete.
A volcano near Anchorage is expected to erupt soon, according to the Alaska Volcano Observatory. Elevated levels of volcanic gas emissions, increased earthquake activity, and ground deformations all point to the likelihood that Mount Spurr, about 80 miles west of the capital, will blow its stack in the coming weeks or months.
