Tag: animals
Your Cat Probably Isn’t Drinking Enough Water. A Fountain Can Help.
Compare Our PicksOthers We TestedCourtesy of PetkikPetkit Eversweet Max for $90: This techy automatic fountain can be either cordless or battery-powered (lasting up to...
Florida is deploying robot rabbit lures that cost $4,000 apiece in a desperate push to solve the Everglades’ python problem
They look, move and even smell like the kind of furry Everglades marsh rabbit a Burmese python would love to eat. But these bunnies...
Sorry, Pet Parents, You Should Be Brushing Your Fur Baby’s Teeth
As the pet tech writer here at WIRED, I know just how far we've come as a pet-obsessed society. From automatic litter boxes with...
Government Staffing Cuts Have Fueled an Ant-Smuggling Boom
These sellers do brisk business online. On mainstream platforms like Ebay, they often upcharge novice antkeepers, the same trafficker tells WIRED; more sophisticated hobbyists...
An Ancient Penis Worm With Rings of Sharp Teeth Has Been Discovered in the Grand Canyon
About 500 million years ago, the Grand Canyon was a great sea, and among the creatures it harbored was a newly discovered type of...
Beatles statues relocating to a Houston car dealership: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of the week | Houston Public Media
A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing...
‘We’ve never seen anything like this’: Delaware beach-goers swear they feel the jellyfish sting more than ever
More beachgoers have been getting an unexpected shock this summer as jellyfish numbers bloom along the Delaware coast, interrupting — but not stopping — the summer...
See baby hippo refuse to get out of pool until he gets ‘mom stare’
There appears to be something universal about the “mom stare.”
A video of a funny interaction between a baby hippo and his mother has gone...
Officials scramble to stop flesh-eating pest advancing toward Texas | Houston Public Media
The New World Screwworm continues to advance north through Mexico, toward the Texas border.
Screwworms are parasitic flies that were once devastating to ranchers, since...
Who’s the top dog? Wave-riding canines compete in the World Dog Surfing Championships
Charlie the yellow lab likes surfing so much he'll grab his surfboard and run toward the water, so much so that his humans sometimes...