police A man told police a predator manipulated his 11-year-old daughter into sending pics. Columbus cops threatened the victim with jail for "making porn" Rob Beschizza

thugs for president Donald Trump pounces on Ron DeSantis during aftermath of Hurricane Idalia Carla Sinclair

predators A moth that looks remarkably like a broken twig Rusty Blazenhoff

dogs Protect your pets from predators with very punk body armor David Pescovitz

predators Watch: Hostile bee snatches unsuspecting bumblebee in incredibly shot 6-second video Carla Sinclair

predators Painting fake eyes on cattle's butts reduces predation by large carnivores Mark Frauenfelder

News YouTube star Austin Jones faces prison after child porn guilty plea, coerced teen girls to perform sexual acts live online Xeni Jardin

cats The science of why cats like getting into boxes then peering menacingly over the edge Rob Beschizza

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

Comics "Into the Unbeing" offers 80s-style sci-fi horror for the climate change era Thom Dunn

law 5 charged in "Catch a Predator" hoax that lured innocent man to filmed assault Rob Beschizza

ornithology This bird "oinks" just like a pig Jennifer Sandlin

Survival fear from prehistoric times drives today's moral outrage Ellsworth Toohey

Business MoviePass CEO faces prison after defrauding investors  Ellsworth Toohey

animals Tiny cousin of the roly-poly bites feet on the beach Popkin

paleontology Meet Yana, the well-preserved 50,000-year-old baby mammoth, just unveiled in Russia Allan Rose Hill

Delightful Creatures Can California's carnivorous squirrels be stopped? It is too soon to know. Jason Weisberger

Science Here's a great new thing to worry about: "Mirror life" could destroy life on Earth Ruben Bolling

politics Kennedy's former nanny speaks out about alleged groping in family home Ellsworth Toohey