SF News Spate Of Baby Deer 'Kidnappings' Has Bay Area Wildlife Officials Worried The sight of a fawn is often enough to melt the coldest of hearts, and an apparently abandoned baby deer can drive the most fervent omnivore to consider vegetarianism. That appears to be
SF News Video: Baby Otters Frolic At Oakland Zoo For your daily dose of cute, look no further than the Oakland Zoo — which just this morning released new video of the six, six-week-old otter pups now in the zoo's care. Bay City
Arts & Entertainment Terrifying Or Cute Octopus Discovered, Possibly New Species Breaking away from the Bay Area, let's talk about Hawaii, yes? Specifically: A ghostly, possibly new species of octopus was recently discovered near our fiftieth state, found around 2.5 miles deep in
Arts & Entertainment Oakland Zoo Trying To Get Adorable, Rare Blue-Eyed Lemurs To Mate Meet Dern. She's a rare blue-eyed lemur who recently arrived at the Oakland Zoo from Waco, Texas, and she joins Oakland's other blue-eyed lemur resident, Anthony. The zoo is hoping the two are
Arts & Entertainment Hop To It: TaskRabbit Offering Bunny Cuddle Time Today In honor of Easter, TaskRabbit is offering a half hour of bunny time with a real rabbit. One rabbit visit for a maximum of 30 minutes will run you $15. This is a
SF News And Now, A Rescued Tabby Reunites With Owner After Dolores Fire The fine firefighters of San Francisco rescued this scared little fella from a burning apartment building on Tuesday. As SFist reported earlier, SFFD was especially good at making sure all the building's pets
Arts & Entertainment [Video] These Baby Falcon Chicks Are The Cutest Predators You'll See Today It's April, which means it's time for our annual "aww look at these baby falcon chicks" report. And here it is, because today four baby falcons have hatched in their nest/box on
Arts & Entertainment And That Was The Day The SF Zoo's Baby Giraffe Played With A Zebra We thought this video of the SF Zoo's baby giraffe running around was pretty cute, but that was before we saw these photos of her playing with a zebra. On Wednesday, the SF
Arts & Entertainment Very Important Giants Photo: Lincecum & Loe Wearing Each Other's Uniforms Presented without comment. Also presented without comment.
Arts & Entertainment Cute Canine Explosion At Golden Gate Kennel Club Dog Show Canine preciousness abounded at this weekend's annual Golden Gate Kennel Club Dog Show at Cow Palace. The only thing missing was Parker Posey hysterically searching for a bumble bee chew toy. Erik Wilson
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink BREAKING: Cat Cafe Coming To San Francisco [UPDATE: SFist interviews KitTea co-founder Courtney Hatt.] This isn't a joke. You're not dreaming. It's real, and it's mew-tacular. A tea cafe featuring a bevy of therapeutic, adorable cats is set to open
SF News S.F. Zoo's Baby Gorilla Runs This Town, You're Just Living In It This morning at the San Francisco Zoo, Kabibe the baby gorilla made her public debut. As someone who has no regard for material possessions and the politics of normal humans, she is (for
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: Bundled Up Pup The way things ought to be : a chicken in every pot and a dog in every jacket. Photo by Erik Wilson.
Arts & Entertainment Your Dog Definitely Needs This Earthquake Preparedness Suit After every tiny temblor and Loma Prieta anniversary, San Franciscans (and their mothers on more stable ground) like to take a moment to double-check the batteries and space blankets in their earthquake kits.
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Bun Bun, The Kitten Who Barks Like a Dog Surrender now. It's no use. Bun Bun will own you within seconds. This is the epitome of cute overload. This is why god made animals. This is why the internet exists. You are
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Puppies Getting Howling Lessons So. Stupidly. Cute. Watch this compilation of puppies of various breeds first getting the hang of the howling thing, with occasional help from humans. [Laughing Squid]
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: Arf Photo of cute pooch on Market Street, snapped by Troy Holden.
Arts & Entertainment This Is Just A Picture Of S.F. Zoo's Baby Gorilla Posing With A Pumpkin And she is one camera-ready gorilla, folks. (Also, she doesn't have a name yet. Help her out, won't you?)
Arts & Entertainment Uber Delivering On-Demand Kitten Playtime Today From the ride-sharing service that brought you on-demand ice cream and app-available Tamale Lady comes a new, even more sinister temptation: on-demand kitten snuggles. Apparently today is National Cat Day (although any cat
Arts & Entertainment Of Course: Bay Area Now A Hotbed Of Pet Gyms In discretionary spending news, there's apparently a new trend afoot: sending your overweight "children" (which in San Francisco means cats and dogs) to pet gyms and enrolling them in diet and exercise programs.
Arts & Entertainment It's A Small San Francisco After All, In Photos Ah, tilt shift: the magical photography technique that renders houses and monuments tiny and toylike while speaking to our desire for a renewed sense of childlike wonder in a big, scary world. Also,
Arts & Entertainment Lil Bub Interview: Hysterical Fans, Osteopetrosis, Talk Shows, And More For the type of person who requires an infusion of cute Internet cats to get through the workday (a.k.a. most people), Lil Bub needs no introduction. The mega-adorable "permakitten" from Bloomington,
Arts & Entertainment And Now, A Photo For National Dog Day This weekend saw the return of "Dog Days" at AT&T Park, and it was a win all around. The Giants triumphed, hundreds of hounds showed up, and these two adorable pugs
SF News Windsurfers Rescue Puppy Stranded In The Bay A pair of windsurfers and a boat commuter (!) banded together Monday evening to rescue a dog found paddling frantically in the middle of the Bay. The pup, a labrador mix or mastiff, was
Arts & Entertainment The World Is Awful, So Here's A Fat Cat Squeezing Through A Small Doggie Door The Facebook murder pic and Oakland shootings, just to name two stories, have proven to be too much today. Harrowing, depressing, common. So with that, here's a video of a perfectly fat cat
