cute Velvet worms are ancient, adorable creatures that have survived 500 million years Popkin

doggo Pasadena shelter closes the book on Eaton Fire rescues with one final, very good dog Jason Weisberger

Someone added hip-hop beats to an opossum drinking peach juice Jennifer Sandlin

adorable animals "Babe, wake up, new panda rat just dropped!": Meet the Northern Luzon Cloud Rat Jennifer Sandlin

video Lily pads are surprisingly strong Popkin

video games DuneCrawl looks like the cutest little post-apocalypse Grant St. Clair

australia Potoroo ASMR is a great way to start a new year Jennifer Sandlin

adorable animals American Museum of Natural History's new discoveries of 2025 include the small mouse opossum, which has an "exceptionally long nose and tail" Jennifer Sandlin

animals Watch birds enjoy a woodland charcuterie board  Popkin

Delightful Creatures Trashed trash panda trashes liquor store Rob Beschizza

mcdonalds Hamburglar McWeevil joins "freaking creepy" Ronald McWeevil in Enterprise, AL Jennifer Sandlin

adorable animals The poor otter civet looks like it stuck its face into a wasp nest Jennifer Sandlin

animal ASMR Pumpkin cam captures all of the glorious slurps, licks, crunches, and more from tapirs, gibbons, and more! Jennifer Sandlin

Funny These slugs arguing over food is the cutest territorial fight you'll see today Popkin

frogs Watch kind human and terrarium expert Ben Newell befriend a tiny jumping spider, frog, gecko, and more Jennifer Sandlin

folklore The Squonk is a creature from Appalachian folklore who cries a lot because it feels so ugly Popkin

photography Dara Ojo's gorgeous macrophotography of bugs captures their quirky and curious personalities Jennifer Sandlin

delighful creatures Watch a not-quite-as-smart-as-the-average bear fail to get a treat Jason Weisberger

Science Meet the "grue jay," a climate-change mashup of blue and green jays Gail Sherman