Baby rhino jumps for joy in best shower ever at Toronto Zoo

January 30, 2018

There might not have been singing. But the Toronto Zoo’s greater one-horned rhino calf certainly splish-splashed as he was taking a bath. The not-so-little…

Lennu, the First Dog of Finland gets re-elected, is more popular than the Finnish president

January 29, 2018

Finnish voters by a wide margin re-elected their president Sauli Niinisto this weekend. That’s good news for Lennu, the First Dog, who will remain…

Chance the dog hangs out with his grandpa and delights Twitter followers

January 25, 2018

This is a story told in Tweets. Meghan Specksgoor went to NYC in December. Her dad aka Gramps babysat her dog Chance. Chance had…

Wednesday Zen Moment: Fiona the hippo celebrates first birthday with cake

January 24, 2018

Happy birthday Fiona! Since she was born a year ago, the most famous baby hippo in America has celebrated her first Christmas and her first…

Unruly critters on flights leads Delta to crack down on service animals

January 23, 2018

Nervous airline passengers who needed comfort from their turkeys, gliding possums, snakes, spiders and others have forced Delta Airlines to crack down on allowing…

Best anti-Trump signs worn by animals at the Women’s March

January 20, 2018

Can we get him on a cover?! #WomensMarchNYC #WomensMarch2018 #WomensMarch pic.twitter.com/nD8AhpY0aa — Marielena Alcaraz (@M_alcarazrios) January 20, 2018 Climate change is real! #WomensMarch #scicomm…

Just a bear going to the drive-thru to eat ice cream for his birthday

January 17, 2018

It’s Berkley the Bear’s first birthday and to celebrate, he’s taking a trip to get ice cream. His favourite flavour? Peanut butter, of course….

What do poor people need? According to Pope Francis, it’s a trip to the circus

January 16, 2018

Animal rights activists say Pope Francis’ way of giving to the poor, by taking them to a day at the circus, is the wrong…

Happy Feet indeed, as adorable penguin chicks make public debut at National Aviary

January 15, 2018

They don’t have names — yet — but get a first real look at these two adorable balls of fluff. The public now gets…

In Switzerland, no more boiling live lobsters and no shipping them in ice

January 12, 2018

Animal welfare advocates have been pushing for decades to get the Swiss government to ban the culinary practice of throwing live lobsters into boiling….