happy mutants A new edition of Daniel Pinkwater's happy mutant kids' classic, "Lizard Music" Cory Doctorow

snakes Snake, 62, lays eggs without having been around a male for more than a decade David Pescovitz

animals Outdoor pet cats kill more animals than wild cats do in the same size area David Pescovitz

crime Florida man convicted of smuggling lizards from Philippines in electronics Xeni Jardin

crime Massachusetts man smuggled salamanders and turtles into U.S., authorities say Xeni Jardin

music Music that inspired 1980s Japanese environmental music composer Yukata Hirose David Pescovitz

music Listen to this compelling mash-up of 50 songs from 1979 David Pescovitz

Science Human embryos have lizard hand muscles that disappear before birth David Pescovitz

Science Sleeping fish may help us understand why we snooze David Pescovitz

conservation Komodo Island is closing because people are stealing the dragons David Pescovitz

fake news The 'most powerful man in politics,' demonized in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

snakes Firefighters rescue more than 100 snakes from home David Pescovitz

happy mutants Evermore: a LARP themepark, elaborately themed and filled with costumed actors Jeremy Putnam

fossils A new species of Archaeopteryx Jason Weisberger

Japan LA has a cool exhibit about making robots at the new Japan House Mark Frauenfelder

animals Double clitorises, spiked penises, and other reptilian reproductive parts David Pescovitz

Gadgets Boing Boing Gift Guide 2017 Gift Guide

happy mutants Listen up: you really owe it to yourself to read 15 Vlad Taltos novels, seriously Cory Doctorow

cancelled events Guggenheim submits to pressure from animal rights activists over graphic animal art Robert Spallone

art Dinosaur art mostly bullshit Rob Beschizza