animals A small leopard escaped the Dallas Zoo this morning, and she is still missing [Update: Found! Safe and sound] Carla Sinclair

music Taylor Swift fans embrace COVID; calling it a "gift" from "Mother" Jennifer Sandlin

lobsters Red Lobster employees rescue rare mutant lobster from certain death Allan Rose Hill

escapes Bear escapes from zoo enclosure – 2nd time this month – forcing guests to move indoors Carla Sinclair

zoology Paris zoo opens a new exhibit with an immortal mutant slime mold called "The Blob" Thom Dunn

picks Taylor Swift escapes her enclosure at Sacramento Zoo Rob Beschizza

wonderful creatures Three-legged white fox escapes petting zoo, is found Rob Beschizza

Delightful Creatures Terrified chimp on the loose in Japan for two hours Mark Frauenfelder

The Shibboleth, the sequel to The Twelve Fingered Boy Cory Doctorow