Aquatic Animals

We Did Mushrooms at the Bronx Zoo With Andy Animal, Cannibal Tribesman

"The last interview I did on mushrooms, I said something about the Beatles, and then I'm like, 'Sorry, I can't do this.'" The day after his first show with his new band, Andy Animal's Cannibal Tribe, Andy Animal is driving me to the Bronx Zoo to eat mushrooms and commune with his non-human brethre ... More >>

New York Takes One Step Closer to Banning Shark Fin Soup

Imagine your morning commute. You're riding the train when, suddenly, a guy jumps you and takes off your arms and legs. "See ya," he says, walking away with your limbs under his arm. "Have a nice day." That's sort of what it's like to be a shark that's been "finned"--harvested for its chewy appenda ... More >>

When Not Making Rap Hits, Harry Fraud Surfs With Manatees and Rocks Out to Sublime

Editor's note: In Tweets is Watching, Phillip Mlynar asks local artists questions based solely on the contents of their Twitter timeline. Hit man Harry Fraud dropped his new Adrift project yesterday, which the hip-hop producer has teased on Twitter to be a mix of "stuff you may have heard and stuff ... More >>

BBC's One Life Unveils (and Anthropomorphizes) Nature's Wonders

A Walrus Knows The "Smooth Criminal" Dance. The "King of Flop" Is Born

We vowed earlier this year to never waste your time with cute kitten videos -- and we will uphold that vow. Awesome walrus videos, however, are a different story -- and there is nothing more awesome than a walrus dancing to Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal."(See some video of rehearsal below).

Kill The Geese, Now! (Or People Might Get Killed by Them)

Avians and airplanes are a bad mix -- and the skies above New York City are no exception. On Tuesday, a bird strike prompted a JetBlue plane to make an emergency landing. Last week, also, a bird strike forced a Delta flight to make an emergency landing. And don't forget the Miracle on the Hudso ... More >>

Dead Baby Dolphin Found in Jamaica Bay

A dead baby dolphin washed up on the Queens shoreline, and scientists think the infant might be part of a lager group that had recently been stranded off the Cape Cod coast. Officials from the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation told the New York Daily News that the 3-foot d ... More >>

Save the Humans! Actors and Whales Trapped in Big Miracle

Happy Feet Two

Eating Barnacles at Tertulia

​The goose barnacle, shown about twice normal size We've all had the usual tapas - slices of Serrano ham, toasts brushed with fresh tomato, potato tortillas, and pale white pickled anchovies - but one of the advantages of going to a fashion forward tapas bar is stumbling on actual Spanish p ... More >>

Everyone Loves Dolphins Except Me!

Dolphin Tale is a big hit, and every time a dolphin appears on cable, the ratings go higher than Jersey Shore. And if it's a dolphin on the Jersey Shore, forgetaboutit! Everyone simply adores dolphins, lining up for a chance to see them jump and splash and indulge in belly-to-belly copulation and ... More >>

Waddle Waddle, Mug, Repeat: Mr. Popper's Penguins

Prospect Park's Geese to Be Eaten by Pennsylvanians

​Following last year's mass slaughter of Prospect Park geese, the Department of Environmental Protection is trying to appease its numerous critics. Not by emphasizing its concern for animal welfare, mind you, but by touting its dedication to recycling. This summer, instead of being left to rot ... More >>

Prince William and Duchess Kate Adopt Baby Penguin

​Prince William And Duchess Kate (née Middleton) are the perfect picture of romance right now. Their wedding went off without a hitch, the frenzy around them has died down, and they've gone back to normal royal lives. But they're already adding a third member to their family; no, Kate's not p ... More >>

This Is the Sound a Baby Penguin Makes When It Is Tickled

In this day and age, it is common that many of the key mysteries of life are solved via YouTube videos. "What does a baby penguin sounds like when being tickled?" is clearly one. "What is bumblefoot?" remains unsolved by this video, however, which is why we will tell you that Cookie's ailment is "a ... More >>

Naked Penguins Have No Explanation, Shame

"Don't look at us, we have feathers." Photo via HighlandBlade​Penguins on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean have been struck with a peculiar ailment that is leaving scientists confused and the birds chilly. It has been dubbed "feather-loss disorder," and its root cause is unknown. The Wildlife ... More >>

Dolphins Save Dog!!! Dolphins Save Dog!!!!!

​Strife in the Middle East got you down? Union-busting bills taking the shine off your afternoon? Are you Lindsay Lohan? Time to cheer up, because a group of dolphins in Florida helped save a dog stranded in a canal. South Florida's NBC 2 reports that Turbo, an 11-year-old Doberman, was strand ... More >>

Japan Cancels Whale Hunt Because People Might Get Hurt

​After repeated face-offs between Japanese whaling ship the Nisshin Maru and the Bob Barker and the Gojira -- boats helmed by anti-whaling activists from the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society -- Japan has called off its yearly Antarctic whale hunt citing "safety concerns." Via BBC News, "Putti ... More >>

World's Oldest Winery Found; Clotted Whale Cholesterol is Latest Cool Cocktail Ingredient

​Lettie Teague considers the outrageous wine bottle upsell at some restaurants and asks just how much is too much. [Wall Street Journal] Scientists have discovered the world's oldest known winery in a cavern in Armenia, outside a village still known for its winemaking skills. [Wall Street Jou ... More >>

Penguin Walks All Over Sea Lion

It's hard to say who we feel for more in this video of animal mishaps -- the adorable small penguin who "accidentally" stumbles over the wallowing sea lion, or the sea lion who is awoken from his nap by the sudden appearance of a penguin upon his back. Antics ensue! Faces are red! There is thrashing ... More >>

Goose Murderers: We Know What You Did Last Summer

​You may have put it out of your mind temporarily, in an effort to heal, but you should never forget. We're talking about those hundreds of geese (and baby geese!) brutally murdered over the summer because they might "accidentally" fly into planes. According to the Brooklyn Paper, they "were o ... More >>

Dealing with Canada Geese: Make Lunch, Not Landfills

Bill Allen1/flickrDinner, anyone?​This summer, New York State announced a plan to help control its Canada Goose population by eliminating some 170,000 birds through gassing, hunting, and birth control. In Prospect Park, some 400 geese were rounded up and euthanized, their bodies then tossed in ... More >>

What's Happening This Week: Burlesque Cocktail Hour; Cooking Canada Goose

As you may know, our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! Drunken Dragon Nights Macao Trading Co. Monday, October 25 at 11 p.m. Calamity Chang and her sexy cohorts are back for another evening of burlesque cabaret, featuri ... More >>

FREE FLIPPER

Protest the killing of dolphins in Japan

Park Slope Zombie Geese Returning in Droves to Make Up for Fallen Comrades

​In the epic battle of humans vs. geese, it seems that geese have a win. A little more than a month after the mass gassing of some 400 Prospect Park geese that included the goosicide of folk hero Sticky, the birds are back like part two of a good zombie movie. We imagine they are none too happ ... More >>

'Summer Shorts 4' Does Little for the Season

A one-act program at 59E59 Theaters offers short plays by Deb Margolin, Timothy Mason, Roger Heddin, and Neil LaBute

Outlaw Geese Flout Feds, Are Decidedly Not 'Down'

​Had you lost all hope for New York State's beleaguered, massacred geese? Fear not! The Brooklyn Paper reports today that our avian friends are making a comeback. At least 37 geese have been seen in the lake in Prospect Park since the recent mass euthanasia, and the rebel birds are being aided and ... More >>

Breaking: Snoop Dogg, Humanitarian Environmentalist, Pimps Out a Sea Lion

Via Metro UK/Bob Couey.​When he's not besting Chuck Norris by smoking weed, rapper/actor/father/husband/philanthropist/botanist Snoop Dogg is now besting everyone by pimping out not a "ride," not a goblet, not even a small child, but a sea lion. Yes: A Sea Lion. While other rappers are busy doing ... More >>

Mike Bloomberg Issues Ultimatum: "It's Geese or Human Beings"

via New York Times​You've probably heard that a whole bunch of Canada geese were exterminated earlier this month, since they have an unfortunate tendency, when not minding their own business in Prospect Park, to occasionally fly into planes. Even poor Sticky, the goose shot with an arrow who w ... More >>

New York State Geese Are All Fucked

​You thought it was bad that 400 Canada geese in Prospect Park were killed? Now the state is planning to euthanize 170,000 of them. Run for your lives, geese! According to City Room, who got hold of a report by some government agencies, "The nearly 400 geese gassed to death this month after ... More >>

Special Things for People Without Summer Fridays: Baby Sea Lion (Video!)

​New babies! We love new babies. Especially when they are super-cute baby sea lions born at the New York Aquarium: An as-yet-unnamed female sea lion has been born to mama sea lion Clarice, and is the first sea lion to be born at the Aquarium.

New York Post Declares Geese "Clear and Present Danger," Supports Wiping Them Out

​There's nothing like stoking the fear which sits mostly dormant -- though it's certainly there -- in the bellies of New Yorkers everywhere. Mentioning Giuliani usually gets 'em going, but if you want to cut the crap, mention airplane crashes. Or worse, almost-airplane crashes. That's the stra ... More >>

Studies in Grit: Tough-as-Nails Geese Survive Prospect Park Massacre

​It seems only yesterday that 400 Canada geese were tragically euthanized in Prospect Park. We thought that the park's goose population was done, finito, kaput. But today, just when we had given up hope, good news! As many as four survivors of the mass slaughter have been spotted near the lake ... More >>

Pescetarian Delights of NYC: Ika Sansai

​ While ice cream or a cold beer are more common antidotes to the summer's oppressive humidity, a few forkfuls of chilled squid salad can provide more unlikely succor.

Sunny Times For Fire Island

​The gay ghetto known as Fire Island is starting to recover from a bad 2009, which is good news for the gays who work out all day so they can do drugs all night.

The Hump Is "Sincerely" Sorry for Serving Whale Meat

Sei whale is no longer on the menu at the Hump.​What a difference a federal misdemeanor charge makes: three days after the U.S. Attorney's Office charged the owners of the Santa Monica, Ca., sushi restaurant the Hump and its sister restaurant, Typhoon, with violating the Marine Mammal Protecti ... More >>

The Cove Exposes the Horrific Treatment of Dolphins

But what about the uglies?

ND/NF: Louis Psihoyos Must Save the Dolphins

FEMININE MYSTIQUE

Bringing the girls into the boys’ club

The Fish That Wasn't

A whale of a cultural clash in an early New York legal battle

Arctic Tale

Tonguing the Devil

East Village Japanese offers unusual home-style delicacies

'Happy Feet'

Taking the Plunge

Kirsten Childs's dolphins play dangerous human games. But referee Tina Landau's asleep.

'March of the Penguins'

'Deep Blue'

Slippery When Wet

Sullen Japanese twentysomethings—and pet jellyfish—adrift in neo-Buñuelian fantasy

A Man Dances and Everything is There: Skill, Smarts, Spirit

Zak the California Sea Lion

The Sludge Report