I love birdwatching. And it seems like that love is shared with an increasing amount of people. Birdwatching has actually become the the fastest growing hobby in the United States. In 2011 there were just over 45 thousand birdwatchers in the country. That number is absolutely dwarfed by the 2020 statistics, which reveal that there were 15.23 million birders making themselves known. A staggering increase. It's understandable that the pastime would see a resurgence. During the darkest days of the…

The birding community is a special one. In my experience, they take care of the land where they're seeking a glimpse of the next rare bird. They smile at their fellow binocular-ed passersby, share good spots (but not all of them), and pick up trash as they go on their way. The hobby is (mostly) a respectable one, involving an appreciation for living things. It's allowed me to be more present, soaking up the quiet beauty of most surroundings. It's tough to be a birder in New York City. The same…

Listen. Animal memes don't have to be cutesy. It's true that people love pics of adorable critters, or even basic baby-talk captions. But there are those of us who tire of this trope, and require more cultured offerings. Instead, we're looking for animal memes that fall into a variety of categories: funny, relatable, cursed, and surreal. We also look for animal memes that feature creatures beyond the usual realm of cats and dogs. This isn't because we don't like them. It's because cat and dog m…

Listen. We love cats (and dog s, fine). But the meme market is completely oversaturated with content about domesticated felines and canines. To be honest, we're starting to get sick of memes about raccoons and possums, too. On the internet, having too much of a good thing can get really, really real. So we're here to mix things up a bit with a big batch of memes about animals that are a little more elusive in the meme department. And mostly a bit less domesticated. There's a little bit of every…

“ Nature is so cool and amazing” I say to myself as I sip my cold brew coffee and shut my laptop just as David Attenborough is beginning to explain how rapid industrialization led by the human species has done irreparable damage to the Amazon rainforest. I have a bad habit of turning Attenborough off when it starts to get depressing. I'm not proud of it, but what else am I supposed to do? I live in a city where watching two rats and a pigeon fight over a slice of pizza on a rare patch of grass…

Dinosaurs were probably the most badass creatures to ever walk the planet. As one dino-geek so eloquently put it on Twitter, “I don't even understand people bored by dinosaurs. They were giant bird lizards that got murdered by space, what's your fucken problem.” If that damn Chicxulub impactor hadn't annihilated all the dinosaurs, who knows what the earth would look like today. Maybe dinosaurs would still rule the world. Would there be memes? Would dinosaurs be making memes about themselves? I…

There isn't too much to say about bird memes. You're either super into birdposting or you're not. So instead of forcing you to fight through a cringey and convoluted anecdote about a pigeon I once knew, we're sprinkling some fun facts about our feathered friends throughout this batch of dank and dumb bird memes .

Memes for people who are bored of people

Take it easy.

Channel your wild side

We see you.

You deserve this.

Animals freakin' rule

She really, really loves birds.

There's more to 'em than cats and dogs.