A new subculture has popped up amongst Japan's cute-obsessed: photos of hamster's asses. The Wall Street Journal has a story today about the budding "hamuketsu" scene, which has produced two fast-selling books of photos of hamsters taken from behind.

Judo is an internationally recognized form of martial arts, but until now it has never been an extremely adorable form of martial arts.

Meet Owen and Haatchi, the stars of the most adorable short film you'll see all day. Eight-year-old Owen Hopkins has Schwartz-Jamel syndrome, which causes his muscles to be permanently tense. It's a painful condition, and when Owen grew old enough to be aware of his disability he became afraid to go outside. Then came…

Happy Father's Day, dads.

A four-year-old in New York is being called a hero for dialing 911 when her brother was choking on a piece of chicken. The police sergeant who took the call was especially impressed by how "cool and collected" little Grace Varley was.

Rescuers are trying to help a stranded dolphin return to the ocean after the animal got trapped in a narrow wetlands channel off the California coast. Actually, this is nothing like Free Willy, but when you think of marine mammals and miraculous rescues, what other film springs to mind?

The National University in Singapore recently installed an odd Coca-Cola vending machine: instead of money, this machine takes hugs and gives out free Coke.

A Twitter account purporting to be Ryan Gosling is responsible for hiding 200 Gosling-themed eggs around New York City. Although it's doubtful that this is actually the actor's doing — he's never been that big on Twitter himself — it still feels like a delightful Easter miracle. Besides, if he's saving people from…

This is Panchita, a Galapagos Sea Lion, and this is her story:

National Geographic Digital Nomad Andrew Evans visited a remote Antarctic island populated by fur seals, and made a video of the absurdly cute baby seals he met there. Check out the baby seal trying to be fierce at 0:15. He thinks he's roaring with fury, but the sound he creates is akin to a toddler's naptime snore.…

Remember Beyonce? She is two weeks old and was born weighing only four ounces. This may make her the smallest puppy in the world, ABC News reports. She may also be the world's most hard-luck puppy:

Here's a video of two penguins — Pete and Penny — chilling in first class on a flight from Atlanta to New York, where they were guests at the premiere of Discovery Channel's documentary Frozen Planet. I'm thinking there are two joke possibilities here: something about "flightless birds" and something about how of…

Siku, the Scandinavian Wildlife Park's polar bear cub, has his own LiveJasmin-style webcam. It's only live four hours out of the day, but they've got reruns up the rest of the time, so why not check out early? Unless you are, like, a doctor, there is literally nothing you could possibly be doing right now, in the big…

A Pekingese named Malachy won Best in Show at the 136th Westminster Kennel Club dog show Tuesday night, beating out the breed of dog you have even though it's obvious that that breed is the one that should have won.

He knows just where to take that receipt.

Mixed feelings about the Antwerp Zoo's newborn baby aardvark. On one hand, it is a snuffling baby animal of exotic origin. On the other hand, it resembles the alien offspring of a naked mole rat and a hand-held vacuum cleaner. [Zooborns]

An adorable widdle home invader broke into Annette Swoffer's New Zealand domicile this weekend. It was a "really friendly" baby seal, and it came through the cat door. From Annette's shellshocked interview with the New Zealand Herald: