Rare albino porcupine hanging out at Trolley Museum in Maine

July 19, 2019

It’s so fluffy! Well, maybe it’s going to be more spiky than soft, but it’s certainly cute. And folks at the Seashore Trolley Museum…

Rare Bird Alert: The first Piping Plover chick to hatch in Chicago since 1955

July 18, 2019

Rose and Monty are Chicago’s most famous new parents. At least in the bird world. You see, the pair of Piping Plovers hatched a…

Albino badger caught on camera is proving very popular online

July 16, 2019

The unusual animal was actually first captured on video two years ago. But an albino badger gobbling up some grain in Oxford filmed by…

Turns out the chickadee dee dee understands what other critters are say say saying

July 14, 2019

Humans and chickadees have something in common: they both understand how other creatures communicate. Researchers at the University of Alberta studied the vocalizations of…

Man pleads guilty to breaking into California zoo to steal rare lemur

July 10, 2019

A Newport Beach man pleaded to a federal criminal charge for breaking into the Santa Ana Zoo after hours and stealing North America’s oldest-living…

Ancient crocodiles were plant-eaters according to study of their teeth

July 5, 2019

Ancient crocodiles, the distant cousins of modern crocodiles, were vegetarians according to a study done by scientists who studied their teeth. Based on careful…

Tick from southern U.S. that makes you allergic to red meat found in Ontario, Canada

July 4, 2019

The Lone Star tick is usually found in the southeastern parts of the U.S., but for the first time, the tick, named after a…

Arctic fox tracked walking over 3,500 km from Norway to Canada

July 2, 2019

The quick fox turns out to be really true as researchers tracked a female fox walk more than 3,500 kilometres. Using satellite tracking, researchers…

Happy Canada Day! The world’s largest beaver dam is so big, you can see it from space

July 1, 2019

The longest beaver dam is appropriately enough located in Canada. To celebrate out favourite country and the world’s second favourite country, we thought you…

Here’s your chance to nerd out to Madagascar’s frogs

June 29, 2019

Madagascar really is the frog capital of the world. “It has more than 350 frog species, giving it possibly the highest frog diversity per…