At the San Diego Zoo, 11-year-old lowland gorilla female Azizi was trying hard to care for her firstborn baby. Frank, a healthy male, was born September 4, 2008. Azizi, who was hand reared, was cradling the infant and keeping him close to her body to provide warmth. Though Frank weighed in at a whop...

A Little Princess (Signet Classics) (Paperback) by Frances Hodgson Burnett ISBN: 0451525094 Price: USD 5.95 46 used & new available from USD 0.10 Sara Crewe is one of the richest girls in her school, but her kind heart and vivid imagination are what wins her some special friends. Little does Sa...

“Dwarfed Punk”, “Harder, Better, Faster, Strongerâ€� by Daft Punk remixed with the 1937 Disney animated film “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”. And then there’s iDaft, The Daft Punk’s Console. See Previously: - Alice, An Electronic Remix of Alice In Wonderland -...

I have hard time believing somebody who looks like this could be guilty of stealing some goats and beheading them outside a school. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!...

On Saturday, animal rights extremists torched the car of a scientist at UCLA--just one more incident in a long streak of violent threats and wanton destruction of property. LA Times columnist Tim Rutten gets it right when he states: No sensible person dismisses the humane treatment of animals as inc...

The 100 episode limited edition high definition reintroduction of DragonBall Z has a name: DragonBall Kai, and a fresh HD trailer, embedded and lovingly fansubbed after the jump. More details have come out about the series since it was revealed, with the backers still emphasizing "no cropping" of or...

When people think of cartoon characters getting high, the conversation always turns to Shaggy of Scooby-Doo. And why not? He talks to a dog. He’s paranoid that he’s being chased by ghosts. He has a perpetual box of Scooby Snacks when the munchies hit. But Shaggy’s not the only anim...

A TEENAGER was allegedly caught having sexual intercourse with a sheepdog named ‘Rosie’ a court heard today (Tuesday). Spiky-haired Thomas Fletcher is accused of breaking into a bedroom - where two dogs had been locked away for their own safety - and carried out two depraved acts of best...

No doubt about it. This easily falls under the category of “dumb and dumber.” Let’s hope the judge is smart and tells Jesse Maiman, “Dream on, son.” Yale student sues airline for $1M over lost Xbox CINCINNATI – A Yale University student from Ohio has filed a lawsuit s...

People are truly going to the dogs, these days. And, to the cats. Our pets are taking charge, front and center, both on the net and on TV. I can hardly turn on the morning talk shows (have them on in the background while I blog) without noticing a story on pets. Seems that the down economy and the e...