This is Zabu, a white tiger with an apparent fixation on a giant red ball. On this fine Friday, Zabu is probably pushing, swatting, biting, or defecating (animals do weird things) on her favorite ball, much to the disgust of the lion who has to watch all of these antics from a frustratingly far distance. Why can’t… » 6/07/13 2:50pm 6/07/13 2:50pm

There's a rumor spreading around Washington D.C. faster than the latest iteration of flu: Lady Gaga will perform at Tuesday's ball for White House staffers. If you're a White House staffer, you're probably thinking to yourself, "I won't believe this, I can't believe this — life has disappointed me too many times for… » 1/19/13 4:00pm 1/19/13 4:00pm

Look at her go! Adorable proof that there are clean freaks in every species. (Though if she were truly obsessive about cleanliness, she would insist on changing the dirty water in those buckets first.) » 3/01/12 2:40pm 3/01/12 2:40pm

Chasing tennis balls at the U.S. Open has always struck us as a particularly grueling ordeal. For 24-year-old Kelly Bruno, » 8/29/08 12:20pm 8/29/08 12:20pm whose right leg was amputated when she was six months old, all that leaping and diving and ball-scooping is nothing. Bruno's a major track star who's competed in Ironman competitions and…