‘Sad And Depressed’ Shelter Cat Is Unrecognizable In His New Home

Some animals are able to hide their emotions, but Fishtopher isn’t one of them. The 5-year-old rescue cat’s mood is usually written all over his face. After being found as a stray in New Jersey, Fishtopher spent some time at Homeward Bound Pet Adoption Center, and his sullen expression directly reflected how he felt about being there. Even though Fishtopher loved his caregivers at the shelte

Welcome To Setenil De Las Bodegas: The City Built Beneath A Rock!

Setenil De Las Bodegas Was Built Into & Beneath A Stunning Spanish Cliffside Image: @earthbestshots on InstagramSetenil de las Bodegas in Spain brings a whole new meaning to the term “living under a rock”. While this town of 3,000 may literally be under a rock, the town itself is inspiring, full of history, and very current on many tourist directories. The reason for settling under

Scientists Find Crows Are Capable of Recursion — A Cognitive Ability Thought to Be Unique to Humans and Other Primates

According to a new study, crows possess the cognitive ability for one of the linguistic elements that make human language so complex. Image credit: Ian Sane In the early 2000s, Noam Chomsky and other linguists thought that if there was one thing that belonged specifically to human language, it was recursion, and that this was what distinguished human language from animal communication. As it tu

Guy Suddenly Starts Getting Nightly Visits From A Curious Little Owl

For the past few months, Rory Foley has been hard at work restoring an old manor home in New Zealand. It’s required long days of laboring, most of which he’s done on his own. But through it all, Foley hasn’t exactly been alone. RORY FOLEY About three months ago, Foley first noticed a feathered local who already called his property home. It was a tiny owl who, Foley came to reali

Heartbroken Mother Sloth Is Overjoyed To Reunite With Her Missing Baby

As a result of recent wildfires in Bolivia, animals living in the affected bushland have been on the move. Among them was a mother sloth and her little baby — forced to flee to the relative safety of a nearby town. Sadly though, along the way, the sloth mom became separated from the one who matters most to her. But they wouldn’t be apart forever. MARCO GREMINGER Earlier this mon

Microsoft’s Bing Chatbot Has Started Acting Defensive And Talking Back to Users

Microsoft's fledgling Bing chatbot can go off the rails at times, denying obvious facts and chiding users, according to exchanges being shared online by developers testing the AI creation. (Artystarty/Getty Images) A forum at Reddit devoted to the artificial intelligence-enhanced version of the Bing search engine was rife on Wednesday with tales of being scolded, lied to, or blatantly confus

Ice Finger of Death Caught on Camera for First Time Freezes Everything In Its Path

For the first time ever, we are able to observe the formation of an “ice finger of death” through some breathtaking footage. These days it’s rare to uncover a phenomenon completely new to science, one that expands our knowledge of the world in unique and wondrous ways. But just as it happened in the past few years with uncontacted tribes, unseen caves, and sea beasts, the forming of Antar

Raccoon and Fawn Who Both Lost Their Moms Form a Sweet Friendship

Unlikely friendships are the best kinds of friendships. A sailor and a shark. A cat and a bunch of tiny goats. A mouse and a mini Babybel. An apple and a worm. But today we’re looking at a friendship that has blossomed between a racoon and a fawn. Ah, racoons – the wonderfully chaotic trash pandas that steal not only your garbage, but also your heart. Their tiny faces, fluffy bodies, and

Scientists Discover 512-Year-Old Shark, Which Would Be The Oldest Living Vertebrate On The Planet

A couple of months ago, a group of scientists discovered an ancient shark in the North Atlantic ocean. While they knew that this shark had definitely reached senior age, they didn’t realize until recently that the animal is estimated to be a whopping 512 years old. At 512 years, that would make this ancient shark the oldest living vertebrate in the world. Even though over half a millen

Weekly Animation of Arctic Sea Ice Age with Graph of Ice Age By Area: 1984 – 2016

One significant change in the Arctic region in recent years has been the rapid decline in perennial sea ice. Perennial sea ice, also known as multi-year ice, is the portion of the sea ice that survives the summer melt season. Perennial ice may have a life-span of nine years or more and represents the thickest component of the sea ice; perennial ice can grow up to four meters thick. By contrast, fi