Whales have great timing. Zoologist says they’re hard to find, whale appears in background

August 20, 2015

Zoologist Mark Carwardine was on a boat facing the cameras with his back to the ocean and telling viewers of BBC One’s Big Blue…

Bear lounging in backyard swimming pool enjoys a good soak

August 19, 2015

You’re enjoying the last days of summer, aren’t you? Soaking up the rays, firing up the bbq and those lucky enough, enjoying the swimming…

Six tiger poachers killed in Bangladesh after shootout with police

August 11, 2015

Make no mistake about it: poaching is a brutally violent commercial venture that pays off for a very few with huge profits. Most others…

Composting dog poop to help the earth, one man and his dog shows you how

August 8, 2015

Kamloops environmental researcher James Gordon composts everything he can from food scraps to lawn clippings and now even his dog Lenny’s poop. Every dog…

Summer of the Shark in South Carolina as 800 pound tiger shark reeled in

August 7, 2015

In South Carolina, they’ve been calling this year the “Summer of the Shark.” And according to the Post Courier, the oldest and largest news source in…

Jia Jia, oldest living panda in captivity, celebrates her 37th birthday (That’s 110 years old in panda years!)

August 4, 2015

If you’re a critter and celebrating a birthday, the bestest present ever, it would seem, is ice cake. To celebrate Jia Jia’s birthday, the…

Cute chick alert! Humboldt penguin hatches at Calgary Zoo

July 30, 2015

Like any first time parents, Reina and Javier, are getting used to their new jobs as mum and dad. The pair of Humboldt penguins…

Devastating loss: The world mourns the death of another northern white rhino

July 30, 2015

And then there were four. Nabiré, one of the last five northern white rhinos left in the world, has died. She was born at…

Sheep with human face of old grumpy man saved from chopping block

July 28, 2015

In a south western Russian village a few months ago, a little lamb was born. And this lamb freaked people out and opened up…

Sick cow airlifted off Swiss mountain

July 28, 2015

Swiss dairy farmers are pretty fond of their cows, as you can see in this video. The short video a few years ago shot…