“Salmon cannons” are genius transport tubes to help fish get around

August 12, 2019

Sometimes fish need a leg, or rather, fin up. That’s where Seattle-based Whooshh Innovations comes in to deliver a “fish transport system” to help fish…

Lost and alone, baby opossum rescued by Toronto Animal Services

August 9, 2019

When people spotted the tiny opossum hanging around a Toronto apartment building, they started to worry. That’s when Toronto Animal Services was called in….

Firefighters set up ladders to help raccoon rescue themselves from burning building

August 8, 2019

Firefighters are there to help and in the case of a burning warehouse building in South Bend, Indiana, the victims who needed rescuing were…

Phoenix Fire Departments saves and protects dogs, cats — and people

August 8, 2019

Firefighters care just as much about yours pets as they do about you. In recent days and weeks, the Phoenix Fire Department has rescued…

“Cement raccoon” gets new lease on life as a surrogate mother

August 7, 2019

Remember that poor raccoon rescued from a burial in wet cement earlier this summer in Arizona? Well, the Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center, which helped rehabilitate…

Bitten alive by mosquitos this weekend? Consider it a blood donation, says activist

August 3, 2019

This weekend, if you’re slapping away mosquitos and trying to avoid getting bitten, maybe you should be a bit more zen about it. instead…

Hello up there? Raccoon rescued after head stuck in sewer grate

August 2, 2019

Big or small, the Newton Fire Department saves them all. And that includes a young raccoon spotted in the Massachusetts town Thursday morning trapped in…

Thursday Turtle: Meet Pambos, the romance-seeking turtle wandering in the sea

August 1, 2019

Pambos, a turtle with a satellite tracker, is looking for love up and down the coast of Cyprus. The male loggerhead turtle has been…

Trump versus Obama. Who swatted a bug better?

July 31, 2019

The Internet is abuzz over the fly that landed on President Donald Trump while he was giving a speech. Bugs land on presidents all…

Oklahoma animal shelter goes viral with dogs ready to protect against alien invasions

July 24, 2019

The Oklahoma Animal Welfare Shelter wins the Internet for an imaginative and darn creative post on getting good homes for those very good dogs…