elephants are amazing Alert circle: San Diego Zoo elephants show off their earthquake defense superpowers Jennifer Sandlin

Entertainment Remember when people paid real money to watch bug apocalypse documentaries? Mark Frauenfelder

movies Cat from "Flow" helping other black kitties get adopted Gail Sherman

adorable animals Have you ever heard a goat snore? Jennifer Sandlin

art The Public and Private Life of Animals satirized the late Victorian world Popkin

australia Wombats love squishmallows, too Jennifer Sandlin

cartoons The surreal joy of Arent van Bolten's Grotesques Popkin

Technology Math, not artificial intelligence, powers new infinite world generator Ellsworth Toohey

holidays Shelter dogs pick out their favorite holiday stuffed animal Jennifer Sandlin

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

doggos The adorable Glen of Imaal Terrier sits just like a human Jennifer Sandlin

Science Elephant's wrinkles reveal if they are right-trunked or left-trunked Gail Sherman

bizarre competitions Wolfing down scalding hot biscuits and other weird contests from 1897 Mark Frauenfelder

Funny Pets enjoy gourmet snacks in stunning under-the-table video Popkin

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

Delightful Creatures Hands in! Humans join hands to see if their dogs join in Gail Sherman

conspiracy theories Raw milk lovers are spinning the government's H5N1 warnings into a conspiracy theory Jennifer Sandlin

books Agnes Catlow's Drops of Water is an 1851 book filled with beautiful illustrations of the author's interpretations of microscopic organisms Popkin

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