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YOUR WEEKLY ESCAPE

In today’s Escape: New nighttime underwater photos show how young fish are getting innovative to avoid becoming a predator’s dinner, why you might be eating endangered shark meat, and the best wildlife photo of the year is haunting.

But first: Behind the scenes of the world's largest cat show...

A cat owner from Mithra Cattery gives her Persian cat a massage after a long day at the CFA International Cat Show & Expo in Cleveland, Ohio, on Oct. 11, 2025.

DINA LITOVSKY, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

While dog shows have garnered more of the limelight, the Cat Fancier Association has quietly put on its own show for felines since 1906. Fast forward to today, and hundreds of cats—from purebreds to rescues—now come out to Cleveland to compete and get judged on everything from pedigree to personality.

SEE THE FIERCE COMPETITION

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A ray-finned fish of the Carangidae family is seen with a tube anemone larva.

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