Celebrity Critters

Dining Room for Dogs, feeding strays in Colombia

November 18, 2014

In Spanish, it’s being called Comedor para perros callejeros, dining room for dogs and it’s one woman’s attempt to humanize the plight of stray…

Baby meerkats turn tables on wildlife photographer in the most adorable way

November 12, 2014

Photographer Will Burrard-Lucas got more help than he bargained for when he went to document a young family of meerkats in the Makgadikgadi region of…

Lights, camera, polar bears in action!

November 11, 2014

Have you always wanted to see a polar bear in the wild? Well, now you can from the comfort of your couch as the…

Controversy over old lion kill stalks “hardcore huntress” Melissa Bachman

November 7, 2014

A-year-old tweet by comedian Ricky Gervais is getting a second life on social media after an animal welfare group has declared his slam of…

Nosey the elephant gets Twitter and celebrity help from Olivia Munn in bid for freedom

November 6, 2014

Nosey the elephant helps her owner Hugo “Tommy” Liebel make a living by performing as a travelling elephant, letting curious paying customers climb on…

Michelle Obama calls animated penguins into action to boost the troops

November 6, 2014

First Lady Michelle Obama responded to the call to duty. So has a cast of animated penguins from the blockbuster movie Madagascar. They team up…

Clingy pandas resist taking their medicine, try cuteness instead

November 4, 2014

This video should come with a warning: you’re going to want your own panda after seeing this. The two young pandas nibble each other,…

Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year takes stunning pic of stinger in the sun

November 3, 2014

Young Spanish photographer Carlos Perez Naval has taken a better picture at the age of 10 than I will ever take. This is a…

Alarm bells raised over welfare of UK circus cats

November 1, 2014

Animal rights activists in the UK are ramping up the campaign to ban the use of wild animals in travelling circuses. On Halloween, the Born…

Happy Halloween! Giant tarantula hovers over building

October 31, 2014

A giant spider is dangling from the city centre building in Norwich, Great Britain. The six metre wide (20 ft) model spider has been…