Although some new species are found in the great outdoors and immediately identified, many specimens hang out in museum collections for years before scientists get around to classifying them. Here's a list of cool new species discovered in drawers and on shelves in museums.
The man widely mastered earth, the cosmos, but underwater world is not giving up so easily. This pelagic megamouth shark has existed for many years, it feeds on plankton and lives on a fairly shallow depth. But man has not notice it for a long time.
Macy's is doing it again this year in San Francisco. The department store has teaming up with the SFSPCA for years now to put the young fuzzies in the display windows where customers can view them and adopt them too!
We all love animal odd couples. Here's one unforgettable bond between a dog and a dolphin.
Cats getting man, cats getting wet, cats being spoiled. You know, it's a cat's world.
It's not every day that you see flying or skydiving cats. Apparently the Sweds see it often, it's on TV all the time.
The photographer managed to photograph a little animals at the time of the attack. Great shots.
The first international goldfish championship started on September 14. Over 3,000 ornamental fish have been entered in championships to fight for prizes in 12 categories.
I'm not sure who came up with this concept, and I'm not sure whether to be amused or appalled. But someone (or someones), somewhere, decided it would be a good idea to snap some pictures of squirrels getting it on. This is the result.
Red Pandas are just about the cutest animals on earth. And as the season cools down they take every opportunity to nap. And boy are they the best nappers. Did I mention that Red Pandas are cute?
Gone are the days of Snoopy's simple, backyard home.
Weddings, like so many aspects of human existence, change with the seasons. One of the new trends in weddings is including your pests in the ceremony. Let them bear a ring or just photobomb your pics. Here are some examples of how your beasts can be involved.
It's funny how we spend so much time training our pets to do “tricks” when they already know how to do the biggest trick of all: which is make us smile. Here are some of the things they do that get us each and every time.
Thirteen years ago, photographer Miyoko Ihara began snapping pictures of the budding relationship between her now 88-year-old grandmother, Misa, and her odd-eyed kitten, Fukumaru. Since Misa found the cat abandoned in a shed, the pair have barely ever been apart. Their beautiful friendship is documented in a photo book, Misao the Big Mama and Fukumaru the Cat.
The election season is over so we can go back to our regularly scheduled programing; animals that make you say awww.
For these skinny pups, the cost of staying warm is their dignity. Yet somehow they still rock turtlenecks better than most humans.
This is Pokey. He isn't quite grumpy, like Tardar Sauce. More along the lines of mildly disgruntled, or thoroughly disinterested. Either way, I love him just as much as I love his sister, Tard the Grumpy Cat.
These cats are so cute, that we can't get angry at them, but we can tell everybody, what they have done in funny shaming signs...)
This selection of memes shows us, what our pets really think about us... Very funny)
