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man holding tiny kitten in his hands Credit: Evdoha / Getty A kitten looking for a place to curl up and nap wound up taking a road trip straight to her forever home. Jackie Sanderson of Cumberland County, Penn., was driving her daughter to school when she heard strange sounds coming from the front of her Hyundai Entourage minivan. She turned the radio down, initially thinking that’s where the noises were coming from, but continued to hear…something....

Senior westie in the sun Credit: Eliza J Sanchez / Getty San Francisco dog Nieve had an action-packed, drama-filled month that most of us only see in the movies. The lost white terrier evaded animal control for upwards of five hours before an eventual heartfelt reunion with her family. It all started when Carlos, who lives in Vallejo north of San Francisco, discovered his family’s dog was missing. He was worried Nieve had either escaped or been stolen while he was away working in Mission Bay, KPIX reports....

baby sloth hanging upside down Credit: ohann Oswald - was-fuers-auge / Getty Everybody loves baby animals. And on the scale of General Animal Cuteness, it’s also pretty darn hard not to love sloths (just ask Kristen Bell). So you can just imagine all the excitement over at the Honolulu Zoo right now as they welcome an adorable new baby sloth to the world! The newest little one is the product of Harriet, a Linne’s two-toed sloth who has been a favorite attraction at the zoo for years....

It seems that dogs use sniffing as a way of greeting people that are new to them but many dog owners find the act of sniffing crotches annoying at times.Dogs use sniffs for greeting new people at their place and to show their love and affection towards them. Dogs treat their owner as a natural part of the pack and this could be a reason behind the sniffing.What are the reasons for ‘why dogs smell your crotch’?...

The Dutch East India Company constructed a refreshment stop for its ships on the beaches of Table Bay in 1652, and the city of Cape Town was born.Cape Town is the parliamentary capital of South Africa as well as the capital of the Western Cape province. Cape Town is considered the ‘mother city’ of South Africa since it was the location of the country’s earliest European settlement.Cape Town was the biggest city in South Africa until the Witwatersrand Gold Rush of 1886, as well as the establishment of Johannesburg....

Did you know that Disney movies had their origin way back in the ’20s?The entertainment giant Disney, as we know it today, had a humble beginning in 1923 when Walt Disney and his brother produced an animated series. Starting from a monthly rent of only $10, the Walt Disney Company became a global cult phenomenon and is best-known for the iconic character of Mickey Mouse.The legacy of Walter Elias Disney lives on through his timeless animated characters, movies, and theme parks....

Cosmology has come to term from the Greek words ‘kosmos’, which means ‘world’, and ’logia’, which means ‘study of’.This nature of study deals with the evolution, life, origin, and ultimate fate of the entire universe. This term was first used in English in 1656 in Glossographia by Thomas Blount.Cosmology is the study of the evolution and genesis of the universe, from the Big Bang to the present day and beyond.According to NASA, cosmology is described as ’the scientific study of the vast scale properties of the cosmos as a whole’....

cat sitting in cockpit; cats born in plane cockpit Credit: Courtesy of Hickory Aviation Museum The Hickory Aviation Museum sits outdoors, so its members have long dealt with Mother Nature’s full repertoire: rain, snow, wind, and tornados. Even some bees have occupied its aircraft. But what the North Carolina museum found inside a Cold War-era T-33 Shooting Star late last month was a bit of a shock. “Being outside, we get everything, but this is the first time we’ve had a cat give birth in an airplane,” Buford Barnett, the museum’s general manager, tells Daily Paws....

The electric guitar has been played by some amazing artists and musicians from all over the world.Playing an electric guitar is actually pretty simple. It takes about one year of daily practice with consistent lessons before musicians become proficient enough at playing the instrument so that they can perform in front of an audience without making mistakes.It’s important not just to memorize chords on a guitar tab but to understand how each note sounds when strumming down on different frets as well....

Every dog and cat deserves a safe, private retreat where they can feel comfortable, especially when traveling. Willingly riding in crates and carriers opens the world to pets, so turn that enclosure into a place where your pet always feels at home. Crate training a puppy or kitten can will take weeks, but it will benefit you and your dog or cat when it’s time to leave the house for a trip....

dog with cast on left front leg standing outside; pet situation post-fiona Credit: Courtesy of The Sato Project A small but very fitting inspiration has emerged in Puerto Rico as the island deals with the devastation of yet another natural disaster. That would be Tony, a 1-year-old dog who was hit by a car days before Hurricane Fiona slammed into the island Sunday. Thanks to volunteers and staff from The Sato Project and some timely surgery, he survived....

police save puppies from house fire Credit: Dina Vozdvizhenskaya / EyeEm / Getty Police in Arizona braved a burning home in the early hours Monday, saving seven crying puppies who were only feet away from the flames—all in a tense rescue recorded on a body camera. The quick-thinking Glendale Police Department officers pried open the garage door before finding the puppies toward the rear of the garage. With the very tiny dogs in front of him, the officer wearing the body camera piled them all into a food bowl and carried them out....

The concepts of floating and sinking are some of the prime foundations of science.The way some things float in both air and water while some do not is quite a puzzling phenomenon for budding children. While the common way to classify objects is commonly by their weight, there are several other factors that play a role in the floating and sinking of different objects.Different objects float in both air and water in their own ways, enough to jumble up our understanding....

Ever wondered what the difference between a chicken and a rooster is?Male chickens are called roosters and female chickens are called hens. And to tell the difference, a hen lays eggs and a rooster doesn’t.The difference between a rooster and a hen depends on the breed of chicken but it’s pretty easy to identify between hens and roosters. A cockerel is a young rooster who is less than one year of age and a pullet is a young chick (a hen) who is less than one year of age....

Leopard gecko owners do not need to be around all the time and can leave their pets alone for many days.Most geckos feel comfortable with human interaction. However, other leopard geckos do not enjoy close interaction with humans.The leopard gecko, also called the common leopard gecko, or Eubleppharis macularius, is a ground-dwelling lizard species. Leopard geckos live in the deserts and rocky, dry grasslands of India, Nepal, Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan....

There are a total of 300 species of dove species in the world and the African collared dove (Streptopelia roseogrisea) is one of these species. The African collared dove (Streptopelia roseogrisea) is identified as a Least Concern species by the IUCN. The African collared dove [Streptopelia roseogrisea] is endemic to the Sahel, which is the northern parts of Africa and in southwestern Arabia, primarily near arid lands. These birds can also be found near water bodies....

The red masked conure is a beautiful and intelligent breed of small parrots that make great pets. Cherry-headed conure birds can be found in Central America, South America, Western Ecuador, and Trinidad & Tobago where they live primarily in rainforests or tropical woodland areas with high altitude trees.The fascinating characteristics of the cherry-headed conure will leave you craving more information about them! Cherry-headed conures have a large head and a short tail....

The genus Dinodontosaurus, which means ’terrible-toothed lizard’, comprises dicynodont therapsids from the Middle Triassic to the Late Triassic period with a temporal range of around 242-235 million years ago and went extinct upon nearing the Upper Triassic.The fossils of these dicynodonts were found in the assemblage zone of the Santa Maria Formation in the Rio Grande do Sul of southern Brazil, and the Chañares Formation of Argentina. These dicynodont species were the largest living herbivorous reptiles of their time, but they were often preyed upon by large carnivorous dinosaurs such as the Decuriasuchus and Prestosuchus....

The Erlikosaurus, also known as the Erlikosaurus andrewsi, is known to have inhabited present-day Asia and its fossil remains, skull, and postcranial fragments were found in the Mongolian Bayan Shireh Formation. These fossil remains consisted of a skull and this Erlikosaurus andrewsi skull was almost complete when found. Not a lot of information is available about the habitat of this dinosaur, but it is believed that it used to inhabit terrestrial habitats....

The gourami is a small to medium-sized fish from the order Anabantiform and family Osfronemidae that is found in freshwater. As labyrinth fish, they can survive in an environment with low oxygen levels. Polyacanthidae is another name used for this family and the origin of this name is Indonesian. It is also the name for fish of the Anabantidae and Helostomatidae families. These species are mouthbrooders, and some also build a bubble nest....