News Coronavirus outbreaks on mink farms could speed mutations which can spread back to humans: EU report Xeni Jardin

video This squirmy mink's a nice antidote to human weaselry Andrea James

History How a 1958 magazine cheered America's slide into installment debt Ellsworth Toohey

Orphaned otters rescued and on the mend Rob Beschizza

hunting "Fox hunting is a bloodsport with no place in the 21st century" Jason Weisberger

TikTok trends This baboon-meerkat duo just ended TikTok's most annoying trend Jennifer Sandlin

music The Compact Disc is 43 years old Rob Beschizza

adorable animals Did you know meerkats purr like cats? Listen here Jennifer Sandlin

horrors $200 fine for woman whose pigs killed neighbor Rob Beschizza

avian flu Here's the latest on H5N1—avian flu—and some resources tracking the virus Jennifer Sandlin

crime $6 million heist at Costa Rica's National Bank was an inside job Rob Beschizza

Delightful Creatures The mystery mustelids of Horsham, England Rob Beschizza

Disney Disney drops a doozy of a trailer for new 'Haunted Mansion' Rusty Blazenhoff

avian flu This map tracks the global avian flu outbreak Jennifer Sandlin

animals Activists released thousands of minks that are now on the loose in Ohio David Pescovitz

The Rolling Stones Listen to Merry Clayton's incredible background vocals for "Gimme Shelter" Mark Frauenfelder

art Celebrating the 35th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation with mixed-media meme art Gareth Branwyn

genetics Scientists use DNA Typewriter to encode K-pop lyrics into human genomes Thom Dunn

COVID-19 A person caught Covid from a cat, first confirmed case says Scientific American Carla Sinclair