What happens when a leopard seal meets a kayak? Both win

April 22, 2014

A group of kayakers in Antarctica got a pretty cool view recently of a leopard seal. The encounter, captured by GoPro and posted to…

How do parrots distinguish each other?

April 17, 2014

It’s been known that wild parrots use unique contact calls that distinguish each bird individually and allows them to communicate their gender, their mate…

Urban pigeons Earl and Pearl in Vancouver get their own reality show

April 14, 2014

We are addicted to Balcony Pigeons. It’s set up by a colleague of ours here in Vancouver, a journalist by day, pigeon watcher by…

Eurasian lynx arrive at Calgary Zoo

April 12, 2014

Kazan and Anastasia, a pair of Eurasian lynx, are the latest additions to the Calgary Zoo. [slideshow_deploy id=’2737′] Eurasian lynx inhabit Western Europe through…

Saskatoon mourns the loss of police dog – and bad guy tracker – Diego

April 9, 2014

Diego ran down nearly 150 “bad guys” and chased hundreds more tracks in his decorated career in Saskatchewan. That success rate came despite a…

Man saves baby porcupine after cutting open stomach of mother

April 7, 2014

A man looking for valuable mineral deposits inside the stomach of a dead porcupine found a fetus that he massaged back to life. Jared…

Calgary Zoo elephants prepare to leave, but there is swimming to do

April 5, 2014

Calgary Zoo‘s elephants Swarna, Kamala and Maharani are packing up their trunks and moving south at the end of this month. Officials decided to relocate them…

Hummingbird live webcam

April 3, 2014

Eric Pittman first noticed Sweetiebird, a prolific hummingbird in his yard on Vancouver Island years ago. Over six generations, Sweetiebird had six generations of…

Tamara Seibert saves her choking dog as leash caught in elevator door

March 28, 2014

It took less than a minute for Tamara Seibert’s ordinary day to turn terrifying. As the Toronto woman escorted her two dogs into an…

Baby gorilla born after emergency C-section gets cuddled by its mama

March 27, 2014

A new mother gorilla at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park ventured outdoors this morning for the first time with her 13-day-old baby girl….