JFK airport is opening a new center to serve animals passing through its doors and it sounds nicer than the airport’s human facilities. And it sounds much sounds nicer than anything offered at JFK’s slovenly cross-town sister, LaGuardia.

Serena Williams, fresh off her 6-3, 6-4 win over Lucie Safarova in the second round of the Australian Open, was in no mood to dwell on the negatives. So when a reporter asked about her 23 unforced errors, she was sure to extract an apology:

I treat my cat like my adult son—he’s an artistic, fierce-willed boy capable of anything he sets his mind to, and I make it my mission to fill him with a confusing mixture of overblown praise about his genius, and insults about his mediocrity to knock him down a peg and make sure he has wholly realistic expectations…

This is a video of a raccoon named Buriburi sitting down like a human who’s had a day and eating a persimmon (minus the seed) in three elegant bites as its owner captures the entire moment on video. It was brought to my attention via this tweet, and I have watched it approximately 15 times in the past few minutes.

Justin Bieber had a Cribs-like hang session with BBC Radio 1 and it looks like his pet dog Todd is alive.

This dog looks like it kinda thinks all the other dogs around it are expending way too much energy.

A woman in Mallorca has been arrested on suspicion of killing her husband and then feeding him to her dog, which means we have found Hannibal’s answer to those exceedingly annoying Beggin Strips commercials.

Cesar Millan, noted Dog Whisperer, is under investigation for animal cruelty after a dog he was training on his current Nat GEO WILD show Cesar 911 bit a pig until it bled.

At around 5 a.m. during the first night my boyfriend spent at my apartment, we were shocked out of our sleep by a glass of water that had been dumped on us. The culprit: my cat, Kelloggs.

If ever there was a thing I coveted more in life, it’s a thumb monkey. Because 1) Monkeys are great. 2) This one is tiny. Just my luck, owning one is illegal, unethical and not exactly good for the monkeys.

Jessica Chastain needs our help. The Oscar-nominated version of Bryce Dallas Howard revealed today that her grandmother’s dog, Livvy, was stolen from a Vallejo, California, McDonald’s Wednesday evening. Chastain is offering a reward for Livvy’s safe return, so it’s time for us to get to work.

Yes, the video you see before you is indeed one of those devastating ASPCA commercials. And now you’re tempting to press play, aren’t you? I know, I know — I’m cruel.

To celebrate National Cat Day, which is today, Uber is bringing kittens right to your door to cuddle! It’s basically like ordering a cat cafe via Seamless.

First there was a Tinder for dog lovers, and now there’s a site that matches people to adoptable dogs, based on the user’s personality.

As the story goes, God instructed Noah to build an ark and settle there for just a sec with his family and two of every living creature on Earth. Noah, in turn, built that ark and survived the great flood, thus saving mankind. That story is not nearly as epic as the time this couple built an 11-foot mega-bed to deal…

On Thursday, an alligator was seen slithering around New York City in search of a home and a purpose in life. He or she has died.

Last December, a Yorkshire terrier named Sushi ran away from her Houston home and popped up not in a “Missing Dog” sign, but rather for sale online. Sushi’s not alone—the pup’s part of a wave of pets that have been kidnapped and resold on Craigslist and other sites, either back to their owners or others. It’s like …

“Why don’t I look like that,” the dog asks, putting his paw to the television. On the screen, four chubby golden retriever puppies bound down the stairs to an overflowing bowl of dog food. A single dog tear rolls from the dog’s dog eye as he watches the puppies, their bodies displaying a chunky perfection that he will…