Fostering a furry feline is good for your family.
Cannon Creek mum Laura Edgely has been fostering animals for four months and said she could not be happier — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Ancient stone faces carved into the walls of a well-known limestone cave in East Timor have been discovered by a team searching for fossils of extinct giant rats — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Inspired by the humble cicada, Australian scientists have shown for the first time that optical fibre nanosensors – tiny devices that can be used to detect trace amounts of chemicals – can be mass-produced — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A Minneapolis woman accused of attempting to ship a puppy across the country will not get the dog back — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A dog who couldn’t hear has learned some sign language thanks to inmates at a US prison and children at a school for the deaf — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The man-of-war on Delray’s beach had to make some room Tuesday morning when a 3-foot squid, squirting ink by the cupful, washed ashore.
Delray Beach Ocean Rescue lifeguard Conor Gorman said he saw a dark cloud drifting in the water, stretching up to the shore just south of Atlantic Avenue. Then there it was, washed up onto the beach — via redwolf.newsvine.com
For many, Russia’s homeless dogs are a sharp-toothed menace, but one mother believes her son owes his life to a local stray.
When Andrei Pavlov, 4, fell through the ice while feeding ducks near his Krasnoyarsk home, it was Naida who raised the alarm.
The stray saw the accident and her barking alerted a woman who has been feeding dogs in the neighbourhood — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Get hypnotized with this cool Tentacle Lariat which swings like a pendulum when you walk. This piece has been handmade and hand cast from a REAL Octopus Tentacle in solid sterling silver! Hand textures have been added to the skin of the octopus to add sculptural qualities to the Tentacle. It hangs on an 18″ Rolo Chain which is 2.3mm thick. The tentacle piece is approx. 1 1/4 inches long including the bail and 4.5mm at the thickest point. You can adjust the length to wear the ring by double wrapping it. — via Etsy
…But even after that meal, he’s still hungry (he didn’t get to be a giant squid by doing nothing, you know), so he decided to make a meal of a nearby corgi — via Craftster
The idea of leaving a child behind when you are evacuating your home because of an impending natural disaster is beyond comprehension.
For many people, the idea of leaving a loved pet behind because the evacuation centre will not accept animals has recently put them in the same quandary — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A team of researchers from the National Association for Producers of Canned Fish and Shellfish (Anfaco-Cecopesca) have initiated a study to genetically identify cephalopods with the most commercial interest, such as squid, giant squid and octopus.
Those involved in the research believe that the development of rapid methods for the authentication of raw materials and their subsequent implementation in production plants, facilitate its entry into the production line and ensure proper labeling
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
8×10? gouache and ink on Canson board — via CrashOctopus Blog
Cute Takochu toys! — via Storenvy
Forged and fabricated octopus style table or floor lamp — via Etsy
A good fight should be awesome. An awesome fight should be great.
Have majestic squids ever wrestled with vicious sharks? And I am not referring to anything ever televised on the Sci-Fi Channel. I’m talking about real squid and real sharks and real, true fury — via Etsy
Who needs Unix In A Nutshell when you’ve got LSD in a sugarcube — via Boing Boing
Spell out your child’s name with my A-Z letters!
These digital prints are made available on archival quality, matte, acid-free paper, and are printed using UV-stable pigment inks. Each print is individually signed and numbered by the artist. A certificate of authenticity is also included with each print. Actual image size is 5″ x 7″ — via Etsy
Scientists in New Zealand say they have linked the modern-day decline of a common forest shrub with the local extinction of two pollinating birds over a century ago.
They say the disappearance of two birds – the bellbird and stitchbird – from the upper North Island of the country has lead to a slow decline in common plants, including the forest shrub New Zealand gloxinia.
Ship rats and stoats imported into the country around the year 1870 are blamed for the birds’ demise — via coloradobob1.newsvine.com
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