Animals

March 3, 2016

"Seeing Eye Goat" Assists and Comforts His Blind Best Friend

A baby goat named Marcia faced obstacles from the beginning–she was born blind. In addition to her lack of sight, the young creature's mom rejected her and her twin sister passed away. Fortunately, Marcia ended up at Farm Sanctuary, an animal rescue organization whose staff gave her all the love and comfort she was missing in her life.

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February 19, 2016

Book Giveaway: "Felines of New York" Reveal What Urban Cats Are Really Thinking

Comedian and photographer Jim Tews combined two separate Internet favorites–Humans of New York and cats–to make one lighthearted series filled with laughs called Felines of New York. “I just felt HONY was ready to be parodied. It's an amazing project, obviously, but it's very serious sometimes. To the point of being depressing. So I thought doing it with cats in some manner would give it some levity,” Tews told us.

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February 12, 2016

Adorably Fuzzy Pigs Look Like Sheep and Act Like Dogs

The Mangalitsa pig is an enigmatic animal–and an adorable one at that! Technically, this creature is a pig, but it has a fuzzy, sheeplike appearance and can allegedly be as tame as a house pet. This naturally led to the animal being called a “sheep pig” and, according to one breeder, “if you treat them nicely, they'll become as tame as dogs–they'll follow you, play with you.

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January 19, 2016

7 Identical Snowdogs Pop Up Next to Statue of Hachiko, Japan’s Famously Loyal Canine

On Sunday, Tokyo residents awoke to their city blanketed in snow for the first time this winter season. Many rail lines were delayed because of this, but Twitter user @May_I_bite found that commuters had something else to look forward to–a remarkable series of snow sculptures. Where there's normally only one statue of Japan's famously loyal dog Hachiko in front of Shibuya Station, there were seven accompanying, snow-based copies.

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