• Kitten and mother playing
    By Felix Behr

    The Real Reason So Many Cats Have White Paws

    Socks or spats, the patter of white paws across the room requires either a musical accompaniment or an appropriate choir of "awws." But why white? Surely any cat in the wild would shun such attire, opting instead for something more camouflaged. So where did all these white-footed cats come from?

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  • Hitler and Eva Braun with dogs
    By A. C. Grimes

    The Sad Truth About The Nazi's Animals

    Whether it's the horrific experiments led by "angel of death" Josef Mengele, the horrors of concentration camps like Ravensbruck — or, you know, Hitler — you won't be hard-pressed to find examples of Nazis being unspeakably awful.

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  • dog
    By Nicole Rosenthal

    Here's How Dogs Can Actually Detect Cancer

    Over the ages, dogs have been used to perform many odd jobs alongside humans. From working in public safety, mental health and criminal justice sectors, the addition of a canine pal can prove beneficial in many situations. Can dogs detect cancer, though?

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  • Black cat
    By Eric Meisfjord

    Myths About Black Cats You Can Stop Believing

    Cats might be the new kids on the block, when it comes to domestication — the world's oldest dog breeds were around a long time before the world's oldest domestic cats — but surely, thousands of years is plenty of time to shake off bizarre superstitions... like those legends assigned to black cats.

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  • Hungry pug
    By Mark Lambert

    Here's How Long Dogs Can Go Without Food

    f a garden-variety dog could talk it'd probably inform humans that starvation sets in roughly five seconds after the plastic on a slice of processed cheese makes that distinctive crinkly noise. But how long can dogs really go without food?

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  • withholding affection
    By Tom Meisfjord

    Here's How Long Cats Can Go Without Food

    Let's start by establishing that this is a safe, judgement-free zone, and nobody is making any assumptions about anybody else, or the things that no one should ever be doing to their cat.

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  • Dog
    By A. C. Grimes

    Here's How Dogs Could Help Detect The Coronavirus

    We know dogs are great at sniffing out all sorts of maladies, whether it's the bag of cocaine you accidentally shoved too far up your backside or cancer of the non-butt. Their otherworldly olfactory senses might even be useful in detecting COVID-19. Here's how dogs could help detect the coronavirus.

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  • Bastet
    By Eric Meisfjord

    The Real Reason Ancient Egyptians Worshiped Cats

    Felines, believed to be domesticated first in Egypt, were held in such high regard that anyone who killed a cat, even by accident, was in turn sentenced to death. What is up with Egyptians and cats?

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  • siegfried, roy, and bleachy the lion
    By Tom Meisfjord

    What Happened To Siegfried And Roy's Animals?

    In 2003, Siegfried and Roy's time in the spotlight came to a tragic, if predictable, end. So what happened to the menagerie of performing creatures under the magicians' care? And what happened to Montecore?

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  • Cat eye lasers
    By A. C. Grimes

    What Colors Do Cats Actually See?

    Elegant and marble-like, cat eyes have a hypnotic quality to them and do a fantastic job of scaring the bejesus out of unsuspecting people when those peepers creepily glow in the dark. But what colors do they actually see?

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  • Dog
    By Pauli Poisuo

    The Dog Breed That Once Hunted Lions

    You can teach dogs to sit and speak, but good luck trying to get them to play the piano. Some dogs are even great hunting companions, but it's not like you can just take them to hunt lions. Anymore.

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  • zoom logo
    By Tom Meisfjord

    The Real Reason You Should Reconsider Using Zoom

    With "social distancing" expertly positioning itself as 2020's Word of the Year, companies and schools have turned to teleconferencing with unprecedented interest. At the forefront of this movement has been Zoom, the video calling service which has experienced a meteoric rise to the top.

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  • Dog licking paw
    By A. C. Grimes

    The Real Reason Dogs Lick Their Paws

    The sudden urge to "nibble" an adorable baby or "dropkick that puppy" because "he's so cute," demonstrates a phenomenon that scientists call cute aggression. Apparently, a person or pet can be so aww-inspiring that you feel the spontaneous urge to eat or beat it.

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  • Tiger King 1
    By Eric Meisfjord

    What It's Like Inside The G.W. Zoo Today

    The subject of Tiger King, one self-styled Joe Exotic, created a zoo/wild animal park in memory of his late brother, the Garold Wayne Exotic Animal Memorial Park in Oklahoma. That morphed into the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park. Here's what it's like today.

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  • dogs at night
    By Tom Meisfjord

    Do Dogs Really Have Night Vision?

    "Dogs can't see color." It's something you learn as a kid and then take with you, unquestioningly, for the rest of your life. Like so many animal tall tales, such the whole "cows always sleep standing up" thing, there is a small fraction of truth here, and lots of exaggeration.

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  • Dog
    By A. C. Grimes

    The Real Reason Dogs Wag Their Tails

    You know what's weird? Dog tails. They aren't arms or legs or butt horns. Do people even know what dog tails actually do? Yes. But dog tails are still weird. What's up with that whole wagging thing? Turns out we know that too. This is the real reason dogs wag their tails.

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  • McConnell and Pelosi
    By Tom Meisfjord

    The Truth About The $2 Trillion Stimulus Bill

    On March 26th, 2020, the United States Senate passed an unprecedented $2 trillion financial stimulus bill in response to the historic economic downturn facing the country due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. Here's what you need to know.

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  • Velociraptor fossil
    By A. C. Grimes

    Fossil Of 67-Million-Year-Old Raptor Found In New Mexico

    Fans of Jurassic Park are well-acquainted with raptors of the "veloci" variety. But that's not what paleontologists dug up in New Mexico, explains the Guardian. Instead, it seems they stumbled across 20 bones belonging to a "cousin" of the velociraptor.

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