birds "The State Birds are Garbage" Rusty Blazenhoff

denmark Denmark to plant a billion trees Rob Beschizza

pets Man puts more than 600 pet mice up for adoption at SPCA Allan Rose Hill

Science Sparrow-sized raptor Dromaeosauriformipes rarus used its wings to glide Gail Sherman

animals Bring home the bagels, not the bacon: animal rights activists urge us to change idioms Allan Rose Hill

movies The trailer for "Flow" shows a different kind of buddy animal film Gail Sherman

infectious diseases Tropical virus causes "sloth fever" panic in United States Ellsworth Toohey

psychedelics UCLA plans a garden for tripping during psychedelic medicine studies Allan Rose Hill

air travel Southwest plane drops dangerously low over Oklahoma, scaring people inside their homes Carla Sinclair

Science California's amazing geographic oddities B.R. O'Deal

pandemics Four more cats die from H5N1 as new report calls evidence for efficient mammal-to-mammal transmission "unprecedented" Jennifer Sandlin

science fiction "Big Germs" — short fiction by Rudy Rucker Boing Boing

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

texas Cow gives man bird flu Rob Beschizza

crime Washington man pleads guilty to "killing spree" of bald eagles for profit Mark Frauenfelder

chickens Here's why eggs are chipping more when you crack them David Pescovitz

King Charles dead in 6 months, and Biden & Trump "get down and dirty" in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

capybaras Capybaras + Vaporwave = The Most Relaxing Video Ever Jennifer Sandlin

arrests MAGA lovebirds arrested for beating police at Capitol on Jan 6 Mark Frauenfelder

Science Holiday sale on the Voyager Golden Record 3xLP box set David Pescovitz