A woman ticketed by police for stopping to help a group of stranded baby ducks is fighting the charge brought against her. » 7/23/14 10:00am Today 10:00am

Creatively speaking, humankind has put a lot of energy into speculating what could happen when chimps take over the world (there have been — what? — a billion Planet of the Apes movies made by now?), but, as it turns out, it isn't the non-human apes that we should be focusing on, but their rat-faced monkey brethren.… » 7/22/14 4:15pm Yesterday 4:15pm

It's called One Fast Cat. At 48-inches across, the circular, cat-powered cat-treadmill is a gigantified version of the exercise wheels commonly associated with lab rodents. It's designed to help your feline companion exercise indoors, when it isn't busy bringing death and destruction to the outside world. » 7/20/14 9:27pm Sunday 9:27pm

A tiny inquisitive piglet. A patient, drowsy pit bull. Together? Magic. » 7/15/14 7:15pm 7/15/14 7:15pm

This is simple, charming video, but there's a lot of things worth noting here. » 7/12/14 3:46pm 7/12/14 3:46pm

It hasn't been a good week for pretty white women who take pictures next to dead animals. » 7/11/14 11:20am 7/11/14 11:20am

There are a lot of things to take away from the story. The first is that there are people out there who are horrible and will leave their dogs to die of heat exhaustion as they shop for low-price goods at unbelievable discounts. The second is that there are people who will spend 13 hours in a Walmart. What is the… » 7/09/14 9:40am 7/09/14 9:40am

Biologists in Alaska have a perplexing dilemma on their hands—they can't get people to keep their hands off baby moose. » 7/03/14 9:40am 7/03/14 9:40am

We're all well aware that Paula, Robin Thicke's win-her-back concept album is at best unpalatable and a bit creepy, at worst a crock of pitiful stalker-y shit. Our friends at Vulture have pointed out some of the more particularly passionate (read: shudder-inducing) lyrics on his various tracks, and here at Jezebel,… » 7/02/14 5:45pm 7/02/14 5:45pm

This summer's hottest accessory is a single piece of grass shoved into your ear canal at a jaunty and carefree angle. Ok, fine, this is only a trend among a specific troop of chimpanzees in Zambia, but it could catch on. You never know. I mean, if wedge sneakers can become a thing, anything is possible. » 7/01/14 3:45pm 7/01/14 3:45pm

The annual dog meat festival in Yulin, China is an ancient tradition for local residents to celebrate the summer solstice. An estimated 10,000 dogs were killed for the festival, despite efforts of animal activists to buy as many dogs as they could on the open market. » 6/23/14 2:20pm 6/23/14 2:20pm

After a man posted a video of himself hitching a ride on the fin of a whale shark off the coast of Florida earlier this month, the legalities on shark riding were called into question. Well, exciting news for all you daredevils/total morons out there: Riding a wild shark in the ocean is a perfectly legal (and stupid)… » 6/19/14 3:20pm 6/19/14 3:20pm

A beach wedding in St. Croix was derailed when an unexpected guest dragged herself out of the depths of the sea and made Brianna's special day ALL ABOUT HER. It was an enormous, majestic leatherback sea turtle—the largest species of turtle in the world—and girl was just looking for quiet place to lay her eggs without… » 5/21/14 3:40pm 5/21/14 3:40pm

WATCH OUT FOR WILD ANIMALS. THE WILD ANIMALS HAVE GONE WILD. Just this past Sunday, three women were (non-fatally) savaged by enormous beasts—two women by a moose in Colorado, and a third by a bear in Alaska. » 5/20/14 6:05pm 5/20/14 6:05pm

This morning, everyone lost their shit over Tara, the hero cat of Bakersfield who saved her owner's 4-year-old son from an unprovoked dog attack in one of the greatest cat videos of all time. Now, Tara finally speaks. Kind of. » 5/14/14 5:00pm 5/14/14 5:00pm

A Bakersfield, California boy suffered only minor injuries after what could have been a tragic dog attack was thwarted...by the family cat. » 5/14/14 12:00pm 5/14/14 12:00pm

An otter named Daphne is celebrating a special milestone along with her pup, Tasanee. » 5/14/14 9:40am 5/14/14 9:40am

Is this animal, Nyctereutes procyonoides, best referred to as an Asiatic raccoon or as a raccoon dog? The answer to that question is actually more complicated than you might think — and could determine whether this animal will be killed for its fur or not. » 5/13/14 8:55pm 5/13/14 8:55pm

Have you been hydrating today? Drink a lot of water and feeling like you have to go pee? Well, why not just pop into the bathroom for a sec and get some relief. OH, WAIT. NEVER MIND. YOU CAN'T BECAUSE THE BATHROOM IS FULL OF GIANT SNAKES. » 5/13/14 3:35pm 5/13/14 3:35pm

And now for some good news! A family that lost their dog during Superstorm Sandy were reunited with their canine companion while on their way to adopt a new dog. » 5/05/14 2:00pm 5/05/14 2:00pm