Meet the cuddly psychic cat who correctly predicts winning teams of all 19 World Cup matches

Meet the cuddly psychic cat who correctly predicts winning teams of all 19 World Cup matches

A psychic cat has correctly predicted the winning teams of all 19 World Cup matches. One-year-old British shorthair Billy has predicted the winners of all the matches that did not end in a draw so far in the tournament, much to the delight of owners Linka Lin, 33, and Mark Kelly, 35. Since the start … Read more

Deadly ‘fox tapeworm’ linked to lethal disease detected in West Coast wildlife

Deadly ‘fox tapeworm’ linked to lethal disease detected in West Coast wildlife

A parasitic tapeworm known as Echinococcus multilocularis — often called the “fox tapeworm” — has been detected for the first time in West Coast wildlife.  University of Washington researchers discovered the tapeworm, which can cause a rare but potentially deadly disease in humans, in 37 out of 100 coyotes sampled near Puget Sound in Washington State. The findings … Read more

Popular household remedy for keeping skunks away dismissed as myth by wildlife expert

Popular household remedy for keeping skunks away dismissed as myth by wildlife expert

Irish Spring soap, known for its fresh scent, is often recommended online — in blog posts, social media exchanges and elsewhere — as a way to repel skunks. Yet wildlife experts say the popular household hack is more a myth than a proven solution. Some homeowners claim the soap’s strong scent can help discourage skunks from lingering … Read more

Jet-set vet: New animal hospital in Water Mill offers Hamptons pets around-the-clock care

Jet-set vet: New animal hospital in Water Mill offers Hamptons pets around-the-clock care

When a 3-year-old Maltese named Ginger almost drowned in a Bridgehampton swimming pool last month, critical care was nearby.  Had this been any other summer, Ginger’s owner would have had to drive an hour to the nearest pet hospital in Riverhead, and in all probability the pup wouldn’t have survived. But this year, a new … Read more

Harvard doctor invents ‘vagina on a chip’ to replace animal testing for women’s health issues

Harvard doctor invents ‘vagina on a chip’ to replace animal testing for women’s health issues

Harvard scientists have been honored for creating the world’s first “vagina-on-a-chip,” a groundbreaking device that mimics the female reproductive tract using living human cells. The tiny lab-grown model allows researchers to better study the vaginal microbiome, including the effects of hormones, healthy bacteria, infections and possible treatments — all without experimenting on mice, which don’t … Read more

South African surfer attacked by two great white sharks paddled to safety with one hand: ‘Thought I was going to die’

South African surfer attacked by two great white sharks paddled to safety with one hand: ‘Thought I was going to die’

A surfer who was attacked by two great white sharks used a zig-zag paddle to get to safety — with just one hand. Shannon Ainslie, 41, was surfing in Nahoon Reef in East London, South Africa, when the sharks grabbed his board and pulled him underwater. One bit the top of his surfboard and caught … Read more

10 travel mistakes that could turn you into ‘patient zero’

10 travel mistakes that could turn you into ‘patient zero’

“Patient zero” isn’t exactly the title you want attached to your travel itinerary. But that’s the grim distinction Dutch ornithologist Leo Schilperoord now holds after authorities identified him as the first case in a deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard a luxury cruise ship. The 70-year-old birdwatcher and his wife, Mirjam Schilperoord, 69, had toured an Argentinian … Read more

Here’s what to do — and not to do — if you find an animal nesting near your home this spring

Here’s what to do — and not to do — if you find an animal nesting near your home this spring

For four years, a mallard has nested behind a bush near the front door of Caitlin Deal’s home in a Minneapolis-St. Paul suburb, offering an up-close glimpse of nature for her young son and lessons for how people can coexist with wildlife. The duck, dubbed Martha by the family, sits on her nest for about … Read more

24,000-year-old frozen ‘zombie worm’ thawed by scientists — then it shockingly started reproducing

24,000-year-old frozen ‘zombie worm’ thawed by scientists — then it shockingly started reproducing

It thawed out — and then it multiplied. Scientists successfully revived a “zombie worm” that had been frozen for 24,000 years, revealing new insight into how life survives in the most unforgiving environments over extended periods of time. According to a study published in the scientific journal Current Biology, researchers found that the microscopic organism … Read more

Farmers want to breed ‘uglier’ cows after hordes of influencers inundate farms to take snaps with cattle: ‘My cows don’t get any peace’

Farmers want to breed ‘uglier’ cows after hordes of influencers inundate farms to take snaps with cattle: ‘My cows don’t get any peace’

He’s hoping they “steer” clear of his beautiful bovines. A fed-up UK farmer has pledged to breed uglier cows to curb the relentless tide of influencers lining up to snap selfies and generally harass his handsome Highland Cattle. “The intention is to make them less photogenic,” Alex Birch, from Derbyshire, told the BBC of his … Read more

How an adorable dachshund — set to fund $66K wedding — became one family’s breadwinner

How an adorable dachshund — set to fund K wedding — became one family’s breadwinner

A couple says their adorable dachshund is now the “breadwinner” of the household — earning over $6,000 in just one month and helping fund their $66,239 dream wedding. Shannon Edmondson, 31, from Stalybridge, Manchester, has turned her miniature long-haired dachshund, Wilson, into a social media star, bringing in thousands through user-generated content (UGC), brand deals … Read more

A zebra and giraffe form an unlikely friendship that’s melting hearts

A zebra and giraffe form an unlikely friendship that’s melting hearts

An unlikely friendship at a Georgia theme park is quietly melting hearts. Meet Kurtsie, a zebra and Bakari, a giraffe — they make up an adorable, inseparable duo who formed a bond shortly after Wild Adventures Theme Park in Valdosta, Ga., opened its expansive Giraffe Overlook habitat, where multiple species can interact much like they do in the … Read more

Exclusive | OnlyFans star Sophie Rain gets down and dirty on the farm — tending to her cows and goats

Exclusive | OnlyFans star Sophie Rain gets down and dirty on the farm — tending to her cows and goats

OnlyFans star Sophie Rain is getting down and dirty on the farm — and her fans are going hog wild. “I constantly get comments begging for more farm content just because everyone loves the animals,” said Rain, who shelled out $1.3 million for a 20-acre farm in Central Florida last year. “And I think that they all just … Read more

Yaks may hold the key to treating MS patients: study

Yaks may hold the key to treating MS patients: study

Scientists hunting for treatments and cures for multiple sclerosis may have found an unlikely ally — the yak. The high-altitude, cold-hardy relative of the cow could be the key to a medical breakthrough, according to a March13 study published in the journal Neuron. At the center of it all is the myelin sheath — a … Read more

Wombats, dolomite cliffs, the ‘cleanest air in the world’ — our guide to a thrilling Tasmania adventure

Wombats, dolomite cliffs, the ‘cleanest air in the world’ — our guide to a thrilling Tasmania adventure

Even for Australians, the island of Tasmania is obscure. For Americans, it’s frightfully far-fetched. Its capital, Hobart, is known as the gateway to Antarctica, and that should give you some idea of its place in the world, a good deal farther south than Cape Town. “People want to go to areas that feel remote and … Read more

Python blood could help make the next big weight loss drug — without GLP-1 side effects

Python blood could help make the next big weight loss drug — without GLP-1 side effects

Indiana Jones’ greatest fear may be obesity’s biggest enemy. Scientists at three universities have turned to nature to find a property that rivals the benefits of GLP-1 drugs without the laundry list of side effects. What they’ve discovered, in the cold blood of a creature that grows up to 33 feet long, is poised to … Read more

This dog breed is king of the pup pack, according to American Kennel Club’s annual ranking

This dog breed is king of the pup pack, according to American Kennel Club’s annual ranking

Move over Labradors — the French Bulldog is still king of the American pup pack. For the fourth year running, these pint-sized Frenchies hold the top spot on the American Kennel Club’s 2025 most popular dog breeds list. It wasn’t long ago that Labs ruled for 31 years straight, but in 2022, the French Bulldog … Read more

Rare monkey gives birth just months after surgeons perform foot-saving operation

Rare monkey gives birth just months after surgeons perform foot-saving operation

A critically endangered monkey has given birth just months after surgeons saved her foot in a pioneering operation. Masaya was the first ever roloway monkey to undergo surgery which removed a golf-ball sized mass from her foot. The 15-year-old primate had one toe amputated during the procedure at University of Liverpool’s Small Animal Teaching Hospital. … Read more

Zoo reveals name of newborn spider monkey after asking public for help

Zoo reveals name of newborn spider monkey after asking public for help

This was a real order of monkey business.  A Connecticut zoo asked for help naming its baby spider monkey — and revealed the winning moniker on Facebook Friday. The Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport created an online poll so the public could help select an ape-propriate name for their female Black-handed spider monkey, which born in … Read more

Punch the monkey is outgrowing his plushie and making friends

Punch the monkey is outgrowing his plushie and making friends

Punch the baby orphan macaque is outgrowing the orangutan plushie that comforted him through early rejection from his mother and other monkeys. Images of Punch dragging around the toy bigger than him drew attention to the residents of a zoo near Tokyo. When other monkeys shooed the baby away, Punch rushed back to the toy … Read more