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

Meet the bronzed, buff household pest statue in Nara Prefecture, Japan, that you actually want to snap a selfie with.

Patrick Hamilton – 6/11/2026

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tod Perry – 6/4/2026

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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

Black-Coffey Caverns; cave house; basement cave; Baker Cavern

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

Jacalyn Wetzel & Upworthy Staff – 6/2/2026

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Snoopy is real: her name is Bayley and the Internet can’t get enough of her

Jacalyn Wetzel & Upworthy Staff – 5/31/2026

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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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In 1971, an astronaut brought seeds to space. After returning to Earth, he planted them and got surprising results.

Emily Shiffer – 5/29/2026

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Cheesecake the capybara makes early morning visit to get ‘couch all to herself’

Cecily Knobler – 5/29/2026

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Surprisingly smart jumping spiders can dream and recognize friends, despite poppy-seed sized brain

Evan Porter – 5/29/2026