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Global girl group KATSEYE performed their song Animal as a live musical guest on Saturday Night Live, drawing a large audience online. The performance has sparked heavy discussion among fans, with many praising the group's staging and vocals, while clips of the set continue to circulate widely across social media.

A physician known online as Doctor Mike has released a commentary video reacting to the most absurd medical scenes in The Simpsons, correcting the show's medical inaccuracies while highlighting its satire of healthcare. The video has drawn over 1.2 million likes, with viewers enjoying the mix of professional medical insight and nostalgia for the long-running animated comedy's hospital gags.

Newgrounds, the long-running independent creative platform, is drawing fresh attention as a community hub for games, music, and art. Commenters are revisiting the site's role in nurturing independent animation and browser games, and its enduring appeal as a space where creators publish work directly to an audience without traditional gatekeepers.

An animated TV series inspired by the long-running MMORPG RuneScape is in the works from Lyrical Animation and developer Jagex. The project marks a push to expand the two-decade-old fantasy franchise beyond gaming into screen entertainment, and news of the adaptation is drawing attention from the game's large and long-standing fanbase in the UK and Australia.

Yasmin and Leysan are touring a reptile house in a new children's educational feature, sharing animal facts about snakes, lizards and other reptiles for young viewers. The kids' wildlife content has drawn strong engagement, with audiences responding well to the pair's friendly, fact-filled walkthrough of the exhibit.

Jagex has officially revealed RuneScape 4, the next major installment of its long-running MMORPG franchise. The announcement lands alongside news of an animated RuneScape series being developed by Lyrical Animation, with popular streamer Charlie 'MoistCr1TiKaL' White attached and Jagex involved. Fans are discussing what the new game means for the franchise and the community.

Black Clover is trending as fans look up when new episodes of season 2 arrive. The Radio Times has published a release schedule confirming that new episodes air weekly on Crunchyroll, with the article detailing exact dates and times for viewers in the UK and beyond. Interest is high across regions, including searches in Brazil, as audiences track each new instalment of the anime's return.

Jagex is working with Lyrical Animation to produce an animated series inspired by RuneScape, the long-running fantasy MMORPG. The project brings the game's world to animation for the first time, and fans of the two-decade-old franchise are discussing what an adaptation could look like and how faithfully it will follow the game's lore.

A fiber art piece auctioned for charity drew competing bids, and one losing bidder congratulated the winner while celebrating that the Animal Fix Clinic in Pinole, California will receive the higher amount. The clinic, which provides spay and neuter services, benefits from the auction proceeds to support its work with animals.

The long-shelved Looney Tunes film Coyote vs. Acme has been released on video-on-demand, letting audiences finally see the movie Warner Bros. had previously pulled from its release schedule. The hybrid live-action and animation comedy, starring the Coyote as he sues the Acme Corporation, had become a symbol of studio write-offs and fan campaigns demanding its release, and discussion online is centered on its surprise availability.

African savannah elephants venture into the pitch-black chambers of Kitum Cave on Mount Elgon, using their tusks to scrape volcanic rock rich in sodium, calcium and magnesium. Generations of herds have hollowed out these deep mineral chambers, passing the unusual mining behaviour down through the generations.

Jagex has announced RuneScape 4, a full sequel MMO built in Unreal Engine, at its RuneFest 2026 keynote. The fourth RuneScape began as an expansion to the survival game Dragonwilds. Also revealed: RuneScape Reignited, described as a 'Classic moment' for the franchise, an animated series with content creator MoistCr1TiKaL attached, and new Old School RuneScape content including the long-awaited city of Menaphos.

A Bengali-language cartoon comedy about an eggplant playing a doctor treating vegetables is drawing a large audience online, racking up close to five million likes. The animated sketch, framed as humorous 'vegetable medical treatment', is being widely shared as light family entertainment and is trending under live and viral tags.

The Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards have announced their 2026 finalists, with The Guardian publishing a selection of the shortlisted images. Standout entries include a caiman wearing a wig, a leopard doing a handstand, a strutting white-tailed eagle, and a polar bear appearing to chat with a gull.

A 60 FPS physics simulation showing a pendulum blade striking different types of glass has attracted strong engagement, with viewers drawn to the satisfying slow-motion destruction and the question of whether every type of glass can be shattered. The clip's clean animation and stress-test framing have made it a trending topic in the satisfying-physics genre.

Children's animation brand BabyBus has put out a new Sheriff Labrador episode, 'The Treehouse Hotel', combining fun science themes with lessons on good manners for young viewers. The preschool cartoon is drawing a large audience online, with families sharing the short as entertainment that mixes simple science concepts with character-based etiquette lessons for kids.

A new Morphle episode titled 'Mila turns into a robot' is drawing big attention among children's cartoon viewers worldwide. In the episode, Mila transforms into a robot, a storyline that fits the show's signature magic-and-morphing premise and has quickly become one of the most-watched kids' videos in the animation category.

A Hindi animated comedy titled 'Doctor Baingan' (Doctor Eggplant), in which a cartoon doctor treats vegetables in amusing ways, is drawing huge audiences as short-form entertainment. The clips, promoted under the Cartoon Entertainment brand, have racked up millions of likes, with viewers sharing the vegetable-themed gags as light family fare.

The Black Clover anime is back with a new television series after five years, and lead voice actors Gakuto Kajihara and Nobuhiko Okamoto spoke about the recording sessions, saying they had to push past their limits in the studio. The interview was published by Mantan Web as excitement builds among Japanese fans for the franchise's return to TV.

SolarBalls Español has released 'La Historia de Crisálida - Parte 1', the first part of a new story arc in its animated series about space. The episode has drawn strong audience engagement, with over 220,000 likes as Spanish-speaking fans react to the new storyline and await the next installment.

Austin Peay State University's next Science on Tap event, scheduled for October 6th, will focus on backyard ecosystems. The public science talk invites attendees to learn about the plants, animals and processes at work in ordinary yards, continuing the university's series of informal discussions that bring research on local biology to the Clarksville community.

A Minecraft creation built around an 'Elemental Ninja Tower Battle' is drawing major attention, with players pitting ninja characters wielding elemental powers against each other in tower-based combat. The concept blends popular ninja anime tropes with Minecraft building and PvP gameplay, and it has picked up well over a million likes as fans of both gaming and ninja-themed entertainment share and discuss it.

Video journalist Cleo Abram takes viewers inside the Sun in a new episode of her show "HUGE If True." Using animation, she traces a flight to the Suns core, speaking with NASA heliophysicists and astronomy professors about how solar probes survive extreme heat and radiation.

A DIY craft project featuring a paper makeover of Rumi from Huntrix, the fictional group from KPop Demon Hunters, is attracting large audiences. The work includes nail art, a golden dumpling charm, butter squishy makeup and ASMR elements, and has drawn strong engagement from fans of the animated film and satisfying craft content.

Solarballs has released part six of its 2026 size comparison series, this time ranking the largest known stars in the universe. The video draws heavy engagement, with fans of the animated space education channel discussing the staggering scale of the biggest stars compared to the Sun.

A new Motu Patlu episode shows the popular Indian cartoon characters taking up golf, only for a squirrel to ruin Motu's game. The slapstick mishap has drawn a large audience online, with viewers enjoying the show's mix of sport and comedy. Motu Patlu remains one of India's most-watched children's animated series, and fresh episodes consistently find big audiences.