Animals
August 12, 2016

Portraits of Maine Coon Cats Who Look Like Majestic Mythical Creatures

Photographer Robert Sijka sheds new light on one of the internet’s most beloved creatures, cats. The Hong Kong-based creative focuses his attention on the Maine Coon cats, the largest breed of domesticated felines. Their distinctive appearance includes long fur that frames their face like a lion, in addition to a robust build—they can grow up to nearly four feet in length.

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Art
August 11, 2016

Brazilian Graffiti Artist Paints World’s Largest Street Mural for the Rio Olympics

Days before the Olympics began in Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian street artist Eduardo Kobra decided to set his own world record for the largest mural created by a single person. The mural, which he calls Las Etnias (The Ethnicities), reaches a total height of 50 feet and measures over 32,000 square feet. Kobra illustrated five larger-than-life faces from five continents—corresponding to the five rings of the Olympics.

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Nature
August 11, 2016

New Wondrous Photos of the World’s Beautifully Diverse Fungi

Australian photographer Steve Axford sheds colorful light on the marvelous micro world of mushrooms and other fabulous fungi, capturing vibrant details of jellylike Slime Mold and crusty Lichen through his photos. The arrays and ranges of colors, shapes, and sizes reflected in Axford’s Fungi – the recyclers portfolio displays the dynamic and diverse species that can be found across the world.

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Photography
August 8, 2016

Adorable Twin Cats Share the Most Beautiful Multi-Colored Pair of Eyes

Meet Iriss and Abyss, the twin feline phenoms taking the Internet by storm. Not only are their pristine white coats adorably fuzzy, they both have spectacularly gem-like eye colors. The twins have a condition called heterochromia iridum, meaning that each eye is a different color—in the case of Iriss and Abyss, one eye is blue while the other is somewhere between gold and brown.

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