animals These marsupials are so horny they've become an endangered species Thom Dunn

whales Less whaling means less whale wailing Thom Dunn

spiders UK tabloid warns of home invasions by horny spiders Thom Dunn

spiders Mating season for Bay Area tarantulas just got longer Thom Dunn

olympics Whale of a time at Olympics when humpback breaches during surfing semifinals (video) Allan Rose Hill

death valley Driver saves a tarantula by braking hard — causing a crash instead Carla Sinclair

australia Australian woman suffers a painful spurring while "rescuing" a platypus that didn't need rescuing Jennifer Sandlin

Entertainment A "Frasier" episode animated in every style imaginable Ruben Bolling

animals Researchers in Perth, Australia believe these are the first recorded echidna vocalizations. Spoiler alert: they sound like a cross between a pigeon cooing and a tiny horse neighing Jennifer Sandlin

animals Beloved manatee dies from "high-intensity sexual behavior" with his brother David Pescovitz

echidnas Behold this adorable echidna puggle! Jennifer Sandlin

interviews Listen to Billy Corgan recount his father's negative reaction to his success Devin Nealy

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music Zoo hires Marvin Gaye impersonator to help get monkeys into mating mood David Pescovitz

russia Russian mosquito "tornado" terrorizes the Kamchatka Peninsula Kevin Reome

animal friends The penguins at the Chicago Aquarium are not practicing social distancing Thom Dunn

Science Video: 5 California mountain lions hanging out together, home surveillance camera footage Xeni Jardin

Science NASA fed moonrocks to cockroaches and injected moon dust into mice David Pescovitz

twitter Explaining marine invertebrate reproductive strategies to the lobster-obsessed Jordan Peterson Cory Doctorow

Nature Turns out flying squirrels can fly while holding giant pine cones Andrea James