Funny Trash panda or tiny genius? This raccoon's knot-tying skills are unbelievable Popkin

Science Raccoons are self-domesticating and getting cuter Gail Sherman

90s The Beanie Baby Wars: When plush toys turned America into a nation of feral raccoons Popkin

Science Dogs in backpacks saving the forest Gail Sherman

Delightful Creatures The prison that replaced its guard dogs with geese (video) Gail Sherman

hippos Suburban neighborhood on lockdown due to roaming hippopotamus (video) David Pescovitz

Delightful Creatures Hear me out: pigeons are actually really interesting Gail Sherman

britain Catalogue of entrances to hell found in the UK Rob Beschizza

animals San Diego boldly moved to rid popular beach of a horrible and dangerous invasive species to protect native sea lions David Pescovitz

Sears and Roebuck’s monkey business When you could buy a monkey from the Sears mail-order catalog Elías Villoro

la The La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles are worth a visit! Jennifer Sandlin

brooklyn Urban cowboy Kosha Dillz raps 'Happy Chinooka' with Gangstagrass in a Brooklyn dive bar Rusty Blazenhoff

hypocrisy Nike makes money off progressive celebrities, then donates money to far-right candidates Jennifer Sandlin

some pig Meet Esther, the 600-pound micro-pig who is hogging the influencer spotlight Jennifer Sandlin

Planet of the Apes has begun, monkeys attack, and Japanese city sends in a "special unit" Jason Weisberger

opossums Opossum hitched a ride to follow his dreams out West Jennifer Sandlin

animals Footage from inside a deeply creepy abandoned public aquarium David Pescovitz

emergencies A possum holds a woman "hostage" at her home in New Zealand Carla Sinclair

biology New study reveals that domesticated horses may have originally come from Russia Thom Dunn

Cryptozoology New carnivorous plant discovered, right under our noses Clive Thompson