Scrooge-y Behavior: Holiday Season Starts with Inflatable Santa Shooting and Texas Jesus Grinch

It’s December, so the holiday season has officially kicked off. And it seems not everybody is particularly happy about that. In the last few days, we’ve seen a couple of Christmas haters resort to extreme measures to make the season a little less jolly for others. One included a firearm while the other was just …

House Cats Mistaken for Cougars Cause Havoc in Oregon and Washington

Cougars — or mountain lions or pumas — are majestic but potentially dangerous creatures. Although they mostly avoid humans, a cornered cougar can do some damage if it decides to defend itself. The Pacific Northwest is one of the few remaining strongholds these big cats have in America. We recently got two reminders that cougars …

The Scientific Answer to Why Australia Has (and Doesn’t Have) So Many Venomous Animals

If there’s one thing everybody knows about Australia, it’s the fact that the continent is sentient and just wants you dead. It seems almost every single living Australian creature is venomous to some degree. Ants, spiders, snakes, octopi, reptiles, and even the weirdly cute platypus are all venomous. We suspect even the Australians themselves might …