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Her dog wouldn’t stop sniffing her breath. She thought it was weird but it saved her life.

Dogs can be weird. Any dog owner will tell you that, but typically their shenanigans are just personality quirks. Unfortunately for Colleen Ferguson of Kent, England, her dog’s weird behavior wasn’t just a silly personality thing. For several weeks, Ferguson’s German Shepherd was obsessively sniffing her mouth. This was a new behavior that she found […]

Jacalyn Wetzel & Upworthy Staff – 8/9/2026

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A flea-infested kitten tried to hide in a Hy-Vee parking lot. Then the Cat Distribution System kicked in.

animals, music, music for animals, lions, science, nature

Three lions have the most beautiful reaction to a man singing a Guns N’ Roses song to them

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Woman’s childhood dog shows up unexpectedly in Google Maps search, and millions relate

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Dog mom reads fake letter loaded with pup’s favorite words, and his reactions are priceless

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Man who raised and released an orphaned otter films her swimming to his kayak for cuddles

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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Dogs from 5 vastly different countries were found to express their loyalty with the same behavior

Jordan Smith – 8/1/2026

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‘Old Ladies’ are free-diving on Cape Cod. They’ve excavated 6,000 pounds of trash.

Kat Hong – 7/31/2026

Isabel Klee, Simon, dog, pet loss

Millions celebrate Simon, the world’s best foster dog brother, as he crosses the Rainbow Bridge

Annie Reneau – 7/31/2026

ocean, reef, coral reef, great barrier reef, global warming, pollution, conservation, fish, marine life, oceans, environment

Scientists left cinderblocks in a barren part of the sea. 3 months later they were ecstatic.

Evan Porter & Upworthy Staff – 7/30/2026

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‘Peter Rabbit’ author Beatrix Potter’s surprising second job: Groundbreaking mushroom scientist

Emily Shiffer – 7/28/2026

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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

conservation, New Zealand, rewilding, forests, science

He let the weed everyone was fighting take over. It grew into a forest, then died out on its own.

Adam Albright-Hanna – 7/28/2026

dam, dams, hydropower, salmon, salmon run, conservation, environment, indigenous tribes, earth, planet, sustainability, rivers, waterways, wildlife, nature

Engineers blew up 4 dams on a dying river. Now the salmon population is exploding.

Evan Porter – 7/27/2026

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Twice a year, Hawaii experiences a ‘Zero Shadow Day,’ creating mind-boggling optical illusions

Heather Wake – 7/27/2026