Photographer from New York Jamie Beck has created a series of stunning animated pictures together with Kevin Burg. Full story

The highest price paid for a dog so far has risen to $1.5 million (or, actually, 10 million yuan). The dog deemed worthy of this sum is a Red Tibetan Mastiff, almost a year old, named Hong Dong, which means Big Splash in Chinese. Full story

Super Bowl is an enjoyable show in itself, but, studded with new TV adverts that are well above par, it has these other additional features to remember it by. Full story

Photographer Dan Borris’s infatuation with yoga has already stood him in good stead when he released a hit calendar of yoga-doing dogs. Now he is further capitalizing on his cute idea preparing a 2011 calendar with puppies and kittens in poses that resemble most famous of yoga asanas. Full story

A pinto stallion born last week at the Tiz A Miniature Horse Farm in Barnstead, New Hampshire, may well turn out to be the world’s smallest foal. Full story

An unexpected friendship was hatched at Pennywell farm in Devon. The farm personnel were amazed to see how close became a week-old chick called Bonnie and a 36-year-old tortoise Samantha after they had shared a heat lamp. Full story