Is it a bit chilly in here? Must be, because today is international polar bear day. Large and ferocious as they might be, polar bears are an endangered species. The ice sheets they call home are rapidly melting, which has brought a world of trouble on these fascinating bears. Protecting polar bears is important, and …
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How can you not love dog puns? Here are a bunch that you should start saying immediately! I’m mutts about you! Dogs are the most loyal creatures on Earth—completely devoted to their dog-ma and paw. My dog does magic tricks. They call him the Great Hound-ini. My dog hates the rain. He doesn’t want to …
Did you know there are more dog lovers, 70% to 30% when compared to cat lovers? These quotes are all for the dogs. “What a beautiful world it would be if humans had hearts like dogs.” —Unknown “There is no faith which has never yet been broken, except that of a truly faithful dog.” —Konrad …
Being a good parent takes dedication and hard work. It’s far from easy, but the results sure are rewarding. Recently, we published a list of animals with absolutely horrendous parenting methods. Perhaps reading that list got you thinking that there simply aren’t good mothers and fathers in nature. That’s wrong, though. Some animals are better …
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Have you ever eaten so much sweet stuff that you felt sick afterward? Of course you have — we’ve all been there. Most of us, fortunately, get over it with a couple of hours of discomfort. There’s usually no need to rush anybody to a hospital for a little tummy ache. You can’t say the …
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Taking care of children is hard, especially the first time. If you have a bouncing newborn baby at home, you might be on the lookout for any and all parenting advice you can get. If your relatives, friends, and complete strangers haven’t already bombarded you with enough tips, you might turn to the natural world …
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Administrative bureaucracy can be necessary for doing things by the book, but we all know how infuriatingly slow official processes can be. When the wheels of bureaucracy refuse to turn, you sometimes really wish you could go and take matters into your own hands. Well, that’s what these beavers did. In Czechia, the local government …
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To keep your species alive, you need to have babies. For the most part, procreation follows the classic, tried-and-true method. If you don’t know what we’re talking about, go ask your parents about the birds and bees. Nature isn’t big on standardization, though, and some animals carry on their legacy in unusual ways. Some of …
There’s nothing like a mother’s love. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a human or an animal. However, we’re ready to hand the Mother (Dog) of the Year award to this Turkish stray pooch. Earlier this year, an animal lover in Turkey rescued a sick puppy off the streets. The good Samaritan brought the half-dead dog …
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We’re all doomed to die. No, that’s not teenage nihilism or Shakespearean introspection — it’s a fact of life. To illustrate this point, an estimated 99.9% of all species that have ever existed are long gone. Whether it is a plant or animal, big or small, any given species rarely survives past 15 million years. …
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