This is a series of impressively constructed papercraft birds glued together by artist Johan Scherft. They look real. REALLY REAL. Polly want a cracker? Is this the wrong kind of bird for that? Is it the kind you feed breadcrumbs to by the pond? I think I was at home with... / Continue →

Penguins: everybody wishes they knew one. Same goes for owls. This isn't about owls though, this is a video of penguins at the Aquarium of the Pacific playing 'iPad Game For Cats'. It's basically an app with a toy mouse that runs around while your cat tries to stomp and tort... / Continue →

Because what homeowner doesn't want a bunch of birds living in their roof, this is a line of ceramic birdhouse roof tiles designed by Klaas Kuiken. I think they're a real product you can buy, but they only really work if you already have a ceramic tile roof. They'd look prett... / Continue →

Note: Every screencap I tried to take sucked, you'll just have to spend the minute watching the video. Or not, I'm not here to tell you what to do, I'm here to report your activity to the boss. This is a video of a guy releasing the mouse he managed to capture that had been p... / Continue →

NOTE: Brobro with the camera says the S word at the 0:13 mark. This is a video of a golden eagle trying to snatch a kid up in a park and fly away with it. I think the kid was too heavy though, because the bird drops it just a couple feet off the ground. For the record, this ... / Continue →

This is a video of pigeon-hunting catfish in the shallows of the River Tarn in Southwestern France. Basically the 1 - 1.5-meter (~3 - 5-foot) long European Catfish throw themselves onto land when they sense a bird nearby, then wriggle themselves back into the water to swallow ... / Continue →

Because flying takes energy and now even the birds are getting lazy (or he has his wings clipped), here's a video of Pepper the African Grey cruising around on the Bird Buggy, a little car he can control with his beak. The buggy was built by the bird's engineer owner to keep h... / Continue →

This is a series of British birds built with LEGO blocks by DeTomaso Pantera (sweet name!). The sets are up on LEGO CUUSOO for voting, so (you know the drill) if they get over 10,000 votes LEGO will consider actually manufacturing the sets. Admittedly, they're all really good... / Continue →

According to a recent study of immaculately preserved dino remains, a group of paleontologists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing have determined that Yutyrannus huali ('beautiful feathered tyrant'), a relative of the t-rex that only grew to about 1/5 the weight, w... / Continue →

This is the Giant Birdsnest bed from architect/design group O*GE. It's a real product that's made to order and comes in three different sizes, the largest of which is supposed to be able to fit 16 people. That...would be one hell of an orgy. I'm talking tits and penises ever... / Continue →