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The second most soothing show on television is Planet Earth, the first being The Great British Bake Off, and no, I…
May 24
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I’m certain I’ve exhausted my Jezebel Cute Animal Content quota by now, but it’s a pandemic Sunday and I’m tired of…
Mar 26
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Two months ago, the San Diego Zoo was blessed by the birth of a baby hippo. And though no baby hippo can quite outshi…
Dec 25
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On Christmas Eve, the world was blessed with the birth of a tiny baby, on whose small wrinkled shoulders rests the…
Apr 10 2019
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About 15 minutes into Our Planet, Netflix’s new David Attenborough-narrated nature documentary series, countless…
Dec 28 2018
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Today, I met a bear. Not in the wild, where I’d be reluctant to meet a bear, but on the Internet, where tiny,…
Oct 13 2018
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The news cycle is a fickle beast, but there are a few constants in blogging: periodically checking to see how…
Mar 8 2018
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Did you think otters were safe? Did you? Perhaps, like me, you never thought of them at all, or paused to consider…
Oct 14 2017
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On Friday, the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda rolled out 36 panda cubs for no other…
Jul 9 2017
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What an evening, eh pals? I think we need a palate cleanser, and so I offer you this baby rhinoceros falling asleep…
Jan 29 2017
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Hello, my darlings. When I write to you these days, I generally bring unhappy, or even near-cataclysmic tidings —…
Jan 12 2017
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Wolf pups (and, eventually, wolves) are perfect. They are loyal to their buddies and killers to anyone else—like me,…
Dec 16 2015
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I know it seems like I am on the baby bear beat lately, but that’s only because I am.
Dec 15 2015
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The video above shows a five-week-old little polar bear baby dreaming. I would throw myself on a bomb if it meant…
Aug 6 2015
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Our potential Republican presidential candidates are basically all anthropomorphic dumpster fires but it doesn’t…
Mar 27 2015
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Two weeks ago, a clouded leopard cub was born at the Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa, Florida. Two days ago, it made its…
Nov 7 2014
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I am not exaggerating when I say that the Shedd Aquarium's new rescued baby otter is so cute that watching videos…
Aug 29 2014
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Finally the world has the Vine star it truly deserves and desperately needs—Winter, an adorable, bouncing lamb…
Mar 25 2014
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A baby penguin born at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago has been identified as a girl.
May 4 2013
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His name is Dexter! And he's so tired. This is to Squees what Attila the Hun was to warmongers and/or Mast Brothers…