School Boared

• Students in Finland, the World’s Best-Educated Country, React to Japan’s Harsh School Rules
• Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics Mascot Finalists Unveiled
• Japanese Elementary Students Will Judge the Official 2020 Tokyo Olympics Mascot
• Watch: Wild Boars Cause Havoc at School in Japan
• Wild Boar Shot Dead after Ra…

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Animal Misbehavior

• Lioness Overjoyed to Reunite with Her Former Human Companion
• An Orangutan Stole My Camera and Took Close-Up Selfies
• Zoogle Selfies from Animals up Their Selfie Game
• Opossum Gets Drunk after Breaking into Liquor Store
• Angry Sea Lion Blocks Blue Planet II Crew from Leaving Docks They Were Filming On…

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Dog or Cat Person?

• Do Animals Have Personalities? Why Scientists Are Starting to Admit They Do
• Did a Viral Study ‘Prove’ Dogs Are Smarter Than Cats? Not Quite
• Which Are Smarter, Cats or Dogs? New Study Gives Us the Answer
• Which Animals Are Smartest: Dogs, Cats, or… Raccoons?
• Meet Max, the Cat Who Los…

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Universal Language

• Gorillas Like to Hum While They Eat
• With Voices Joined in Chorus, Giant Otter Families Create a Distinct Sound Signature
• Microorganisms on Your Scalp, Ears and Elbows Can Be Turned into Music
• Enjoy the Heavenly Sounds of the Glass Armonica, Invented by Benjamin Franklin
• William Zeitler Demonstra…

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Feline Navidad

• Cats vs Christmas Trees Supercut Shows Felines at Their Holiday Worst
• Cat Crashes Nativity Scene
• Cat as Baby Jesus Is a Freakin’ Christmas Gift
• Grumpy Nativity-Scene Cat Accidentally Spreads Holiday Cheer
• Woman Finds Fox Squatting in Her Cat’s Bed
• Grandma Thinks She’s Been…

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Surrounded by Sound

• Since 2010, Sad Songs Have Become Less Common All over the World
• Sorry, Christmas Music Might Be Bad for Your Health
• Scientists Analyze the Moods of 90,000 Songs Based on Music and Lyrics
• The Simple Statistical Analysis That Explains the Entire History of Popular Music
• This Bird’s Songs Share…

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Face Recognition

• Named-Cow Researcher Recognizes Merit in Research on Sheep Recognizing People
• How Do Animals Recognize Each Other?
• People Can Accurately Read Dogs’ Facial Expressions
• How to Have a Well-Behaved Puppy: Make Sure It Sees a Man with a Mustache Within Six Weeks of Birth
• Dog Ownership Is Linked t…

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Defending the Fauna

• Philippines Trying to Decide Whether to Burn, Crush or Donate $10 Million Worth of Ivory
• Can Farming Rhinos for Their Horns Save the Species?
• Three Elephants in Connecticut Just Got a Lawyer
• Elephants Deserve Legal ‘Personhood,’ New Lawsuit Argues in Connecticut
• Connecticut Lawsuit Is the First to Claim Elephants…

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Runway Showstopper

• Even Earless Oysters Clam up over Noise Pollution
• The Plight of the Sea Otter
• This 450-Pound Seal Removed from Alaska Airport Runway
• Huge Sunbathing Seal Brings Alaskan Airport to a Halt
• Huge Bearded Seal Blocks Airport Runway in Alaska
• Climate Change and Overfishing Bring Explosion of Jellyfish

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Animal Attraction

• A Giant Flock of Birds Inexplicably Descends upon the Lawn of a Laurel, Montana Home
• Thousands of Venomous Portuguese Man O’ Wars Wash Ashore in Australia: ‘It Was the Stuff of Nightmares’
• Thousands of Venomous Sea Creatures Have Invaded Australia’s Shores
• Senility, Storms, Global …

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Squirrel World News

• 10 Things You Don’t Know about Chipmunks
• How Does a Red Squirrel Cross the Road? French Local Authority Thinks It Has the Answer
• Fall Is for Squirrels
• Medieval Love of Squirrel Fur May Have Helped Spread Leprosy, Study Reveals
• Bolve Like a Stag
• Bison Comeback Story Has Bronx Accen…

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Pet Tales

• Scientists Rated 25 Animals for Who Makes the Best Pet. The No. 1 Spot Is Surprising (It’s Not a Dog)
• Some Humans Seem to Care More about Pets Than People … But Why?
• Dogs Are Better Than People, and a New Study Says Everyone Feels the Same
• Dogs Smell Your Emotional State and It Affects Their Moo…

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Animal Inspiration

• NASA Turns to Lobsters to Help Locate the Sources of Gravitational Waves
• The Secrets of Gecko Tails Could Help Heal Human Spine Injuries
• Slime from This 300 Million-Year-Old Creature Could Create Bulletproof Body Armor
• Meet the Monster Whose Bite Is Saving Lives
• Jellyfish-Inspired E-Skin Glow…

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Mammoth Findings

• Male Woolly Mammoths Were the Wile E. Coyotes of the Ice Age
• Male Woolly Mammoths Lived Fast, Died Young, and Left More Corpses
• Huge News: Scientists Solve Mystery of Dead Male Woolly Mammoths
• Male Mammoths Tended to Die in Really Silly Ways
• Humans Didn’t Outsmart th…

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Catitudes

• 10 Fascinating Facts about Owls
• 7 Facts You Didn’t Know about Elephant Trunks
• The Animal Most Likely to Kill You in Each State
• The Aerodynamics of Cheetah Tails
• Once Thought Loners, Cougars Revealed to Have Rich Society
• Pumas Are Not Such Loners After Al…

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Meh

• Why Sheep Calls Have That Unmistakable Vibrato
• Scientists Investigate Why Crows Are so Playful
• Listen to the Impossibly Adorable Sounds of a Baby Sloth
• Raccoons Pass Famous Intelligence Test — By Upending It
• There’s Nothing Squirrely about a Squirrel’s Memory for Puzzles
• Chimps Understand Ro…

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Field of Drones

• Albatross Teaches Drones the Art of Marathon Flights
• Drones Are Keeping Watch on the Arctic’s Polar Bear Population
• Drones Save Fawns from Terrible Fates
• Defibrillator Drones Aim to Respond in 911 Calls
• Drones Help Discover Lost City with Ties to Alexander the Great
• Engineers Invent Folding Delivery Drone That Carries C…

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Disruptive Evolution

• Birds as Our Spiritual Messengers
• Great Tits May Be Evolving Bigger Beaks. Here’s Why.
• Bird Feeders Might Be Changing Bird Beaks
• Birds Might Be Evolving to Eat from Bird Feeders, Study Says
• See How Human Activity Is Changing Animal Migration Patterns
• The Inner Life of An…

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Born Furry

• This Man Is Like the Jane Goodall of Bears
• Meet the Jane Goodall of Bears
• Jane, a Biographical Film about the Remarkable Jane Goodall Inspired by Lost Footage of Her Work
• Documentary Shows Jane Goodall in New Light with Unseen Footage
• Dr. Jane Goodall Is Now Teaching an Online Course On…

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Undersea Wonders

• A Look Inside the Newly Discovered City Built by Octopuses
• Scientists Just Discovered the First Brainless Animal That Sleeps
• These Jellyfish Don’t Have Brains, But Still Somehow Seem to Sleep
• Jellyfish Sleep, and Now Scientists Wonder If Plants and Bacteria Sleep To…

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Herd Recently

• Sheep Also Yawn (Contagiously)
• What a Border Collie Taught a Linguist about Language
• To Save the Planet, Scientists Figured out How to Fix Cow Farts
• Why Farmers Treat Cows Like People
• The Secret Logic of Cows
• The Secret Life of Cows
• Cowabunga! Strange Cow Stories

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Birds, Bees, & RentaCarp

• Analysis of the Forces Required to Drag Sheep over Various Surfaces
• New Research Helps Confirm Why Horses Have Single-Toed Hooves
• How Do Albatrosses Fly around the World? (Studies)
• The Bees Behind Your Morning Coffee Might Be in Big Trouble
• Lonely Guests at This Belgian Hotel Can Rent a Goldfish…

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Drs. Doolittle Do a Lot

• “Birdman of Gujarat” Has Been Feeding around 3,000 Birds Every Day, for 17 Years
• Chinese “Guardian of Dogs” Has Rescued over 700 Strays in the Last 8 Years
• When Disaster Strikes, the Zoo Must Go On
• The Lesser-Known Side Effects of Natural Disasters
• What Happens to Wild Animals in a Hurricane…

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