...have a video of amazing rat tricks. Because, yes, rodents are trainable. Tomorrow's post will be pic-heavy. Very, very pic-heavy...

...or, well, control them with telepathy. That is exactly what happens towards the end of the clip above: a human's brainwaves move t...

Instead of my usual Creature Feature, today's entry will be a totally different kind of Creature Feature. Much like many bloggers who a...

Is there any vertebrate that sounds less appetizing than porcupine? It's big, and there's a lot of meat there, but it has spines, t...

In the vein of speculation about the new Grass-type starter, "porcupine" has come up repeatedly. The idea of getting a massive po...

Looking at the design of one of the latest Pokemon, Chespin, made me notice something: it is really, really hard to make rodents anywhere n...

Sometimes, domesticated animals become so normalized that we forget they're effectively freaks. Dogs are a good example; they can deliv...

Any environmentalist  will tell you that every animal alive today has its place in the world. Every single species is a special little snow...

Australia is both the land of weird and the one place where everything is out to kill you. Seriously, even the koalas and kangaroos are cap...

Before you immediately assume that the title above is some sort of Japanese liquor, consider the following: 1. you know this blog only cove...

A while back, this blog did an entry on a giant water rat called a "nutria." For those of you who missed that entry, here it is i...

If reading about insular gigantism scared you, worry not. Not every giant animal on an island  is going to eat you. Here, let us show you: ...

As stated in the rabbit entry, there are several easier animals to breed than carnivores. Sometime after we got a handle on the mouse proble...

Before I actually get started with this post, a funny story: In an attempt to get used to what will be my new address for a few months, I su...

Rodents are very successful animals. After the dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago, they evolved to spawn like crazy and chew through an...

3...2...1... AWWWWW! <3 Flower up there is not a fancy rat. She is a Gambian Pouched Rat, also known as a Gambian Giant Rat ( Cric...

After insects getting the spotlight several times, are you really surprised mice ended up here? After all, they are at least as common as in...

Mice have a good reputation in pop culture. People love rooting for the little guy, and mice are among the littlest guys there are. Only mea...

If you have ever heard the above word before, you have no doubt borne witness to it in some form of Japanese monster culture. Yu-Gi-Oh! has ...

I was debating whether to do something cute or terrifying for today. The coin voted cute. Who am I to defy it? Is it a rabbit? A baby kangar...