A Panda Skeptic’s Guide to Panda Birth
If you hate pandas, or especially if you like pandas, please do not watch this video of a panda giving birth. Or this one. Or this one. In the wild, pandas have reproductive rates similar to those of...
View ArticleMeet Some of the Zoo’s Other Quarantine Babies
The baby panda born at Smithsonian’s National Zoo this past August got a lot of press as perhaps the only good thing to happen in 2020, but it’s not the only quarantine baby at the zoo’s DC facility or...
View ArticleWhen Doody Calls, ThePoopBrothers Answer
Sawyer Stallard and his dad, Morgan Stallard, were on vacation in Chautauqua, New York, when Sawyer floated some ideas for making money over the summer. Mowing lawns, for instance. Morgan had another...
View ArticleThe Baby Panda Is One Month Old
The baby giant panda at Smithsonian’s National Zoo continued its plan to be the only good thing that happened in 2020 by turning one month old Monday. What kind of mischief does a one-month-old baby...
View ArticleSilver Fox Spotted at White House
Alert: There is reportedly a fox at the White House. CBS News White House correspondent Weijia Jiang tweeted an image of a silver-looking fox roaming the grounds of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue this...
View ArticlePETA Asks Marines to Stop Drinking Cobra Blood
PETA will host a protest outside of the Pentagon Thursday, according to a press release. Its request? The animal-rights group wants the Department of Defense to tell Marines to stop drinking cobra...
View ArticleThe Brood X Cicadas Are Starting to Emerge. What Should Bug Haters Do to...
You’ve probably heard all about the forthcoming Brood X cicada emergence by now. That is, unless you’ve been living in a hole in a ground next to said cicadas. There are reports of these bugs already...
View ArticleI Still Haven’t Seen a Brood X Cicada, and I’m Kind of Sad About It
There are many things I haven’t experienced during my 29 years on Earth: I’ve never been scuba diving (very afraid of deep ocean), never eaten a Big Mac (very afraid of McDonald’s meat), never read...
View ArticlePotpie Is Leaving, and the Black-Footed Ferret Cam Will Soon Go Dark
Potpie is leaving us. The prolific mother of black-footed ferrets is on the path to being introduced into the wild: She’ll join the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s pre-conditioning program at Colorado’s...
View ArticleFive Zebras Have Been on the Run in Maryland for a Week
Five zebras are on the run in Maryland. The animals escaped August 31 from a farm near Upper Marlboro, the Washington Post reports. Somehow, this unusual event stayed mostly under the radar until...
View ArticleLonger Mosquito Seasons—Like the One We Just Had—Could Be Our Future
You didn’t imagine it: Mosquitoes really have been hanging around longer than usual. With the amount of rain in the area and the warmer weather lasting later into the year, Washington has seen perfect...
View ArticleHere’s Why Fireflies Are Everywhere This Year
If you’ve lived in the DC area for more than a summer, you’ll likely have fond memories of seeing fireflies light up the trees in the evenings or watching kids chase them with a jar to make their own...
View ArticleRIP Freckles, the Calico Lobster
Freckles, an extremely rare calico lobster who narrowly escaped becoming part of a Seafarer’s Feast, died Sunday at the Virginia Living Museum. His age was unknown, and he expired while attempting to...
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