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All-ages art archive often used by artists as a "family-safe" gallery. Works must adhere to a PG-13 rating. Passing a review process grants companion status, offering greater visibility of artwork. Also home to the Yerf Historical Archive (see history of Yerf). Merged with JaxPad in 2008.

Homegrown community hosting artwork, stories and music by furry fans, as well as some popular forums.

Photo and video archive of fursuits, dating from their first appearance in the 1990s to the present day.

Auction site dedicated to furry fandom. Occasionally threatens to close, but has remained open since late 2000.

Social isometric roleplaying environment where the furres roam free. Has a not-entirely-undeserved reputation as a teen hangout. Launched in 1996, and claims to be the longest-running MMO.

Describing itself as an "adult BBS community for furry lifestylers", Furry to Furry has a large amount of all-ages content . . . mixed with sexual roleplaying and frank discussion of mature topics. With over a million posts, plus a chat room, there's plenty to see — but tread carefully.

Artwork-based community website in the style of deviantART; also hosts stories, music, personal journals and forums. The combination of mostly-unrestricted content, relatively good uptime, and oodles of popular artists have made FA the most popular furry website as of 2009.

Founded in November 2002 as a discussion area for the Furtopia community. Actively moderated to a strict set of rules, with separate areas for roleplaying and adult content. Restarted in February 2008 after an instance of hacking.

Website containing information on fursuit construction, maintenance and performance distilled from the fursuit.org mailing list.

LiveJournal community for fursuit construction and discussion. Makes extensive use of LJ's memories and tagging system to index information.

Photo and video archive of fursuits, dating from their first appearance in the 1990s to the present day.

Image-centric image board with tag-based drill-down. Contains mostly adult works.

Self-described provider of "unusually good information", Flayrah was founded in 2001 and revamped in 2010 after years of stagnation. At its best, a source of original reporting, debate and reviews; at its worst, a dumping ground for promotion and convention newsletters.

UK-specific information for fursuit builders and purchasers, plus a small photo gallery.

Lists webcomics by update frequency and genre, with a focus on furry strips.

Popularly-chosen awards for anthropomorphic works in various categories, presented at furry conventions.

Self-described provider of "unusually good information", Flayrah was founded in 2001 and revamped in 2010 after years of stagnation. At its best, a source of original reporting, debate and reviews; at its worst, a dumping ground for promotion and convention newsletters.

Furry and Digimon/Pokemon/video game characters. Registration required for access to adult work.

PurpleKecleon's oekaki board. Typically features various Pokémon, Neopets, and the host's own "flower kitties".

Set your position anywhere in the world and find nearby furs. Listings can be outdated; there is no automatic update mechansim.

Artwork-based community website in the style of deviantART; also hosts stories, music, personal journals and forums. The combination of mostly-unrestricted content, relatively good uptime, and oodles of popular artists have made FA the most popular furry website as of 2009.

Community art and story website, with a historic focus on adult writing. Succeeded Yiffstar during Christmas 2009.

Once furry fandom's most active art archive, the VCL is still one of the largest, with over 300,000 pieces plus several thousand stories. However, the site lacks features that have drawn users elsewhere, while maintaining a barrier to entry through its application policy. Adult work may be segregated into subdirectories, but this doesn't help when viewing new work; if this is a concern, use the sieve and bookmark the result.

Transformation-based fiction where a flu virus from Mars has become endemic and changed some of its victims into animals or inanimate objects.