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Five years ago, on a remote island in Wales, University of Oxford scientist Annette L. Fayet spied a puffin doing something she had never seen before. The bird, floating on the seawater beneath a cliff, held a stick in its beak. It began to scratch its back with the stick - the puffin, as Fayet watched, was using a tool. Fayet, a puffin expert who studies how the birds migrate and feed, wrot

For those with a severe cat allergy, any location that harbours a pet feline can become a toxic no-go zone. Research on another tragically cute mammal now suggests this might be no accident of nature – cats really are trying to keep us away. A study on the world's only known example of a venomous primate has found a surprising similarity between a key protein in its armpit glands and the alle

I spent some time in Antarctica a few weeks ago, and besides photographing landscapes, I couldn't help but document the cute penguins. I quickly got addicted to photographing them as they're just so nice to watch⁠—their amusing movements, cute interactions with little chicks, and even their funny way of walking. I could sit there and just watch them for hours. Being on the islands of Antarc

“Do go on doing a lot of walking and keep up your love of nature, for that is the right way to understand art better and better. Painters understand nature and love her and teach us to see.” Can you imagine working in nature? Wildlife photographers are blessed, as while struggling to capture the perfect shot, they mingle with nature, come face-to-face with rare animals, relate with wildl

Foxes are heavily intertwined with human settlements. While interaction with humans has its disadvantages, these two Scottish photographers’ story shows how they did their best to help a fox that had been orphaned by one of these dangers. Photographers Peter Lewis and Mark Strachan were getting some nature shots in a field near Petershead, on the northeast coast of Scotland, when they found t

Let’s leave babies aside for a while, and let us talk about the second cutest creatures on the planet- Angora rabbits! These fluffy and adorable little fellows look like a large cotton ball, and their very long wool is responsible for their popularity throughout history, especially among some European royal families. Their cashmere-soft wool is definitely what you need in these cold winter

If you ever wanted to adopt a cute little kitty-cat, your first thought would probably be to go to an animal shelter. However, have you thought of going to… a bookstore? Otis & Clementine’s Books and Coffee is a bookstore just outside of Halifax in Nova Scotia, Canada, that took an innovative approach to convince people to rescue kittens. When you come in to browse for a good read or have a

You know how it is. Your mom buys you something, and it’s totally the wrong thing, but you don’t want to hurt her feelings and so you pretend to actually love it. That’s what happened recently, when the mom of a Twitter user named @paetonmathes bought a new bed for her dog Kenny. The bed turned out to be a little on the small side (OK, a LOT on the small side!), but Kenny did his best to

No one will ever replace Grumpy Cat, but a new kitty has captured the Internet’s attention that deserves to be among the world’s angriest felines. Meet Meow Meow, a giant fluff from Taiwan. Her owner said Meow Meow is also very elegant. For example, she had kept her grace even when she stayed at the hospital for her hyperthyroidism treatment. Now that’s class. Of course, she still hated e