Pangolins are the most heavily trafficked mammals in the world.

The search giant’s homepage is currently an interactive game where users aid a cute pangolin’s quest for love.īut while the game is all about celebrating romance, real pangolins are on the brink of extinction. The store he founded, the Pop Shop, is now online (and is offering a 10 percent discount today if you use the code HAPPYBIRTHDAY).Google’s choice of Doodle for Valentine’s Day is harboring a chilling message. The Keith Haring website includes a family-friendly portion with coloring games and educational content for kids.Īccording to Wikipedia, the artist established the Keith Haring Foundation in 1989 to raise funds for AIDS organizations. One of the first words my older son ever read was 'Exit' - thanks to a Sesame Street clip featuring animated drawings by Haring. Yet they could be understood and enjoyed by kids as well.

Haring's drawings were simple, but they often carried deeper meanings. Haring went on to exhibit his paintings in museums, and his designs still live on in clothing and housewares.

Part of what made New York City such an exciting place to live in the 1980s for young art students like me was the chance encounters with graffiti by Haring, who plastered over subway posters with his own white-on-black 'radiant babies' and other cartoon-like drawings. Google is celebrating the artist's memory with a Doodle drawn in Haring's distinctive style. May 4 is the birthday of the late artist Keith Haring, who died in 1990 at the age of 31 of AIDS-related complications.

Today's doodle meaning