If only its name was half as cute as its little, furry, endangered face.
Animals
Do All Dogs Go to Heaven? Businesses Offer to Care For Pets, Post-Rapture
If the Rapture happened right now, what would happen to your pets?
Bird Watchers, Beware: Electronic Bird Calls May Harm the Creatures
What if all the bird lovers out there clamoring to use their new technology were really driving birds mad? As new bird-calling technology, whether applications for your smartphone or recorded onto your iPod, lure birds to where …
What’s All the Buzz About? Cicadas Back in the South After 13 Years
Fall’s defined by crunching leaves, but the crackle of cicada shells indicates that spring has sprung.
Happy Friday: Boo, Facebook’s Most Popular Dog, Gets a Book Deal
Want to land a book deal? It’s easy if you’re the cutest (and most popular) dog in the world!
Last Known Galápagos Tortoise Seeks Soul Mate, With Little Success
When it comes to dating, nobody has it worse than Lonesome George.
A Heist That Stings: Thousands of Bees Stolen from Million-Dollar Project
Built-in stingers aren’t enough to protect thousands of bees from theft, not with millions of dollars at stake in one of the largest bee research projects in the world. Now the underground world of bees—we bet you didn’t …
Updated: Peahen Escapes from Bronx Zoo, Is Found in Nearby Garage
UPDATE: The peahen is back in the building. The AP says she was found Wednesday morning in the garage of a local business and returned safe and sound to the zoo.
‘Banjo’ the Koala Stolen From Australian Reptile Park, Dumped in Parking Lot
Banjo, a 13-year-old koala stolen from the Australian Reptile Park in Somersby, was found in a parking lot yesterday. (via the Daily Telegraph)
Will and Kate: Already Parents (to a Baby Penguin)
If you’re still looking for the perfect gift for the happy couple—we’re talking the new Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, of course—you got beat to the punch. By a penguin.
Tasmanian Tiger or Marsupial Wolf? New Insights on the Extinct Thylacine
Both its nicknames reflect the fact that the thylacine was an awesome creature — one that makes the human race kick itself for helping to drive such animals to extinction — but new research suggests that the “Tasmanian …
Sad Side Effect: Dogs’ and Cats’ Health Suffering as Belts Tighten
Poor Fido is feeling the crunch, too.