Take a Look at These Adorable Cats with Beautiful Fur Patterns

Take a Look at These Adorable Cats with Beautiful Fur Patterns

                                                       The batcat

                                                         The belly heart cat

                                                     The Inception cat

                                                 The Victorian mustache cat

                                                          The heart chin cat

                                          The cat with some other cat's tail

                                                      The surprised cat

                                                      The glamour cat

                                                     The baby goatee cat

                                                         The raccoon cat

                                           The salt-and-pepper cat

             The cat of love

                                             The nose heart cat

                                          The unfortunate historical figure cat

                                                          The top hat cat

                                                       The Ron Swanson cat

                                                          The calico heart cat

                                                     The masked fox cats

                                                  The Sean Connery cat

                                                            The love cat

                                                The Day of the Dead cat

                                                     The Ned Flanders cat

                                                       The ninja cat

                                                         The leopard cat

                                                          The Nazi cat

                                                       The Ned Flanders cat

                                                          The tiger cat
 

                                                    The silhouette cat

                                                      The Rorschach cat

                                                        The bat signal cat

                                                         The spiral cat

                                                    The Charlie Catlin cat

                                                    The post-modern cat

                                                           The tuxedo cat

                                                          The warrior cat

                                                  The mustache cat

                                                       The wizard cat

                                                        The mop cat

                                                      The carrier cat

                                                      The Care Bear cat

                                                    The black-eared cat

                                                     The heart-nosed cat

                                                  The Charlie Chaplin cat

                                                            The cotton cat

                                                   The Vladmir Lenin Cat

                                                       The pin-up girl cat

                                                    The Adrien Brody cat

                                                       The gothic chic cat

                                                             The pirate cat

                                                  The heart-shaped face cat

                                                     The two-faced cat

The Miracle of Animal Life: Incredible Footage Inside A Dog’s Womb

You have never seen footage quite like this, and it’s stunning. A puppy in the womb. She’s got a long way to go and yet she’s already strangely, delicately beautiful. Look at those little toes.

The Legacy of 9/11 Dogs 15 Years Later

On first glance, this picture, from 2012, is one of unbearable sweetness, a true Awww moment. Two Golden Retrievers are standing together, one with a gray muzzle, the other a puppy, both wearing vests signifying that they are working dogs.

The older dog is Bretagne, one of the heroes of Ground Zero. Nearly 15 years after the event, she was still making headlines. In August 2015, media carried the story of a happy occasion—her 16th birthday, in which she and her handler Denise Corliss, members of Texas Task Force 1, were feted in New York City.

In June 2016, sadder headlines told of her death, just shy of the great old age of 17.

The puppy in the picture is also Bretagne, named in honor of the 9/11 sniffing celebrity. She is one small part of the legacy of Bretagne and all the other dogs who helped through those dark days, whether they were searching the ruins or easing unimaginable grief.

Young Bretagne, trained to detect blood sugar fluctuations in a diabetic patient, is a graduate of a training school—the Penn Vet Working Dog Center. It is the brainchild of Dr. Cynthia M. Otto, a veterinarian who worked at Ground Zero.

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The Giant Panda Is No Longer An Endangered Species

The Giant Panda, the symbol of conservation, has been declared as no longer endangered by a group of experts on Sunday. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) now classifies the iconic animal as vulnerable on the Red List of Threatened Species after half a century of efforts to save it from extinction.

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Stunning Images from the 2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year Contest

The 2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year contest is underway.

National Geographic invites photographers from around the world to enter the 2016 Nature Photographer of the Year contest. The grand-prize winner will receive a 10-day trip for two to the Galápagos with National Geographic Expeditions and two 15-minute image portfolio reviews with National Geographic photo editors.

Eligible contestants can visit natgeo.com/photocontest to submit photographs in one or all of four categories: Landscape, Environmental Issues, Action and Animal Portraits. Each entry to the contest will be submitted through National Geographic's photo community, Your Shot, where members can comment on photos and share their favorites. The entry fee is $15 (USD) per photo, and there is no limit to the number of submissions per entrant. Entries must be in digital format and submitted electronically. The contest ends Saturday, Nov. 4, at 12 p.m. EDT (U.S.).

Here's a look at some of the submissions so far.

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