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Veterinarian shares 7 signs a cat loves you, even if it seems like they couldn’t care less

Your cat really does love you.

Annie Reneau & Upworthy Staff – 6/13/2026

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Service dog epically fails every single test at training school, and people love him for it

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Dogs really do have favorite people, and here’s how they decide who it will be

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A simple explanation why humans have an incredible urge to pet every animal they see

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How did one small Japanese town get tourists to bug out over a giant cockroach statue?

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90-year-old explorer to water-bike 104 miles to save Britain’s endangered rainforest

Turns out menopause might be an evolutionary trait to ensure the survival of a species

Only a few mammals live beyond child bearing years and human females are one of them.

Jacalyn Wetzel – 01/28/25

Turns out menopause might be an evolutionary trait to ensure the survival of a species — Menopause might be evolutionary for human survival

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Sorry, Labradors. After 31 years, America has a new favorite dog.

Tod Perry & Upworthy Staff – 6/8/2026

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Ecologist ‘bursts into tears’ seeing endangered gliders using replacement nests

Annie Reneau & Upworthy Staff – 6/6/2026

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Wildlife researchers discover tigers doing something we previously thought went against their very nature

Heather Wake – 6/5/2026

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Why does catnip make cats ‘high’? Oddly enough, it’s probably because of mosquitoes.

Annie Reneau – 6/5/2026

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Project designers cheer as cameras capture first mule deer crossing new California wildlife bridge

Tod Perry – 6/4/2026

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Trendy ‘grandma showers’ get a lot of flack online, but when can they be a good thing?

Heather Wake – 9/30/2025

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People at Sioux Falls tattoo parlor help save baby opossums after they ‘fell out of their mom’s pouch’

Cecily Knobler – 6/2/2026

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No one could have guessed that this New York cemetery has been home to 5.5 million bees for centuries

Heather Wake – 6/2/2026

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Pennsylvania home is the entrance to a cave that’s been closed for 70 years

Jacalyn Wetzel & Upworthy Staff – 6/2/2026