adorable animals Ferret snoring is the ASMR you never knew you needed Jennifer Sandlin

olympics Meet the adorable mascots of the 2026 Winter Olympics Gail Sherman

Onslaught of pet hamsters ground airliner Allan Rose Hill

arizona Arizona javelinas have moved on from your precious golf worms, and are now after your Girl Scout cookies! Jennifer Sandlin

girl scouts You can help decide the next Girl Scout Cookie Mascot: will it be a bison, ferret, bat, or mountain goat? Jennifer Sandlin

healthcare Biotech startup developing drug to grow more teeth Rob Beschizza

Delightful Creatures The mystery mustelids of Horsham, England Rob Beschizza

tabloids Putin kills cows in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

language A "skulk of foxes," a "superfluity of nuns," a "business of ferrets" and other weird collective nouns Gareth Branwyn

Games If you've ever wanted to play tag for a living, now you can Grant St. Clair

sports Ferret legging, the sport of kings Grant St. Clair

mustelids Watch cute baby rescue stoat meet another stoat for the first time Kevin Reome

wonderful creatures Meet Elizabeth Ann, the first clone of an endangered American species Miss Cellania

animals Scientists have cloned the first endangered species in North America: a very cute ferret David Pescovitz

Sleeping Beauty Your next job: $3,000 for sleeping Kevin Reome

crime Misogynist retrogaming star kills woman, then self Rob Beschizza

books The Math Book: From Pythagoras to the 57th Dimension, 250 Milestones in the History of Mathematics Mark Frauenfelder

COVID-19 Cats and coronavirus: 3rd animal case in Hong Kong, and SARS-CoV-2 can replicate in cats says new China study Xeni Jardin