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….

Quarantined after being rescued, Clover the dog gets a second chance

March 26, 2014

It took rescue volunteers and more than two dozen public workers to get Clover off a cliff at Garret Mountain Park in New Jersey…

Lemur grabs camera, snaps selfie, demands Instagram account

March 26, 2014

When Ellen took her famous at the Oscars selfie surrounded by celebrities, Bekily, a ring tail lemur decided to get his own. Bekily, a…

Giraffe kisses dying zoo worker one last time

March 25, 2014

Mario has worked at the Rotterdam Zoo for nearly 25 years and returned to the zoo for one final visit after getting a brain…

Can critters be too happy?

March 25, 2014

Marc Bekoff, whose latest book is Why Dogs Hump and Bees Get Depressed, has been working on a paper for Current Biology on the…

Downward dog with dogs

March 24, 2014

You may know your warrior pose and even your downward dog, but do you know some of these Doga poses? Some trained yoga teachers…

Knit sweaters for penguins! Wait, too many sweaters! But keep knitting sweaters!

March 19, 2014

The Penguin Foundation in Australia might have too much of a good thing on its hands. The organization, which supports conservation projects on Phillip Island,…

Furjazzling dogs with hair extensions and birthday parties

March 18, 2014

Give your pet pedicures (peticures?), muttinis and hair extensions? Seems like a bit too much but one woman in the UK freely admits to…

Heroic hippos saves gnu from crocodile

March 16, 2014

Did this really happen? The photos look real enough and the video tells a story that seems too unbelievable to be real. A hippo…

Moose need sex, landowners get tax breaks. A Canadian solution

March 12, 2014

Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are separated by the Chignecto Isthmus, a critical land bridge that serves as the only route for terrestrial wildlife…