10 Cats Who Live at the Library
A library can operate without a cat, but a library with a cat is special. And curling up with a cat and a good book is a pleasant way to spend time at the local library.
A library can operate without a cat, but a library with a cat is special. And curling up with a cat and a good book is a pleasant way to spend time at the local library.
Animal smugglers have some serious baggage.
Some people can be pretty terrible to animals—but most people will try to help cuddly (and not-so-cuddly) creatures when they can. Here are some of the most incredible videos of people saving animals.
This is no party trick. These radiant sheep, dogs, and cats help further research of human diseases
Humans aren’t the only species with an obesity problem. A recent study shows that 55 percent of domestic dogs and cats are overweight or obese. Even zoo animals are seeing higher numbers on the scale. Fat cats and dogs might be cute, but animal obesity is
Thinking of the wild English countryside might conjure up images of manor houses, green fields, and secret gardens, Lions, tigers, and bears are from a different kind of story—but that's not actually so, according to a recent discovery by a team of resear
Lil Bub, the internet's cutest cat, died on December 1, 2019. Here's what we learned about her when we visited her in 2013.
For cat owners, this picture is nothing shocking. A little fuzzball was someplace they weren’t supposed to be and went and messed things up? Really? That never happens!
Forget celebrities being just like us. These vintage photos prove that animals have a rich history of indulging in activities usually reserved for humans.
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Sometimes you just want to be a kid again. These literary luminaries quietly tried their hands at writing children’s stories.
Sometimes you just want to be a kid again. These literary luminaries quietly tried their hands at writing children’s stories.
Today would have been Claude Monet’s 172nd birthday, so in honor of one of the world’s most influential impressionists, here are a few tributes to his famous works of art. 1. Land of Misfit
We’ve seen bookstore cats, animals trained to sniff out bombs and heroic dogs, but now we're here to focus on animals who have served, or are currently serving, their local police departments. 1. Momo, Nara Police Department, Japan http://www.youtube.com
There are two popularly cited origins for the phrase "let the cat out of the bag," but neither is very clearly recorded as leading to it.
Libraries are quiet places visited by children and literary-minded people and sometimes the occasional mouse. That makes them wonderful places for cats to hang out. Many libraries have resident cats that become quite the local characters -and sometimes ev
Not all bookstores have cats: the big chains don't have cats, and some mom and pop stores keep their cats at home, so if you are allergic to cats, you can still find a place to browse for reading material. But you'll find resident cats in many independent
Cat image via Shutterstock The other night, I watched a YouTube video featuring a woman standing on her bed, holding a cat upside down by its feet, then repeatedly dropping the cat onto the mattress. Amazingly, every time the cat was released, it immedia