Science Says Being a Cat Lady Is Actually Good for Your Health
Good news for anyone who’s ever been pegged as a “crazy cat lady”: being a cat lady is actually good for your health. Science says so. Owning a cat can help reduce stress, and it’s good for your heart, too. One study in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Neurology found that cat ownership can...
15 Photos Of Dads Who Fell in Love With the Dogs They Said They Never Wanted
I’ve heard this story before, except that it was my mom instead of my dad. She insisted up and down for years that she didn’t want a dog in the house because she was terrified of them. She finally relented, and we got a dog when I was about 9 years old…you probably know the...
Scientists Worry That the Incurable “Zombie Deer” Disease Could Leap to Humans
There are deer (and related animal, like elk) in 24 states that have tested positive for chronic wasting disease – sometimes referred to as the “zombie deer” disease, and scientists are worried that humans might not be immune to catching it, should we eat tainted meat. The disease causes infected animals to stumble through the...
The Giant Chinese Paddlefish Is This Decade’s First Animal to Be Officially Declared Extinct
This definitely isn’t a superlative any animal would hope for – and it’s a headline I’m sure we all wish would have been delayed at least a little bit later into the new decade – but scientists have now declared the giant Chinese paddlefish to officially be extinct. The freshwater fish, one of the world’s largest,...
Tree Snakes in Australia Can Actually Jump — Scientists Are Studying Them To Learn Why
Australia is full of terrifying creatures that you would never want to encounter on a pleasant walk through the woods. Spiders and crocodiles and dingos, oh my. Well, now you can add jumping snakes to the list. Yes, you read that correctly. Australian tree snakes belonging to the Dendrelaphis genus can JUMP from tree to tree,...
Three Reasons Crows Aren’t Just Scary – They’re Scary Smart
Crows and other birds in the corvid family have long been both used and feared by the human race. We call a flock of the a “murder,” after all, and they’re just so big. Sure, Hitchcock didn’t help matters, but the more you learn about crows, the more you realize there’s actually more than a...
In a Scientific First, a Sloth Is Born by C-section
Not long ago, veterinarians in Costa Rica went out on a limb and performed the first ever caesarian section on a sloth to deliver a baby sloth. The mother had fallen out of a tree and the only way to save her and her baby was with the surgery. A hotel employee in Manuel Antonio discovered...
