Adorable rhino calf makes a debut at San Diego Zoo

May 3, 2014

A nine-week-old rhinoceros made its debut – with its mother close by – at a California zoo this week. The greater one-horned rhino trotted…

Nice rack: record-breaking bighorn sheep horns found in Alberta

April 30, 2014

Alberta looks poised to top its own record in the bighorn sheep racket. Provincial Fish and Wildlife officers stumbled on a huge set of horns…

Leopard seal feeds National Geographic photog penguins

April 28, 2014

National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen received an unexpected gift of a penguin from a predator. In the video below, Nicklen explains what happened when…

What’s a Zonkey? You guessed it..a cross between a donkey and zebra

April 25, 2014

And one was born in Mexico earlier this week. Khumba is the end result of shenanigans between his mother Raya (a zebra) and his…

Elk herd takes picturesque swim through Rocky Mountain paradise

April 25, 2014

Here’s an amazing critter sighting from Canmore, Alta. this week. A herd of elk swimming down the Bow River in the middle of the…

Up close and personal with a giraffe

April 19, 2014

Ever wanted to look at the underside of a giraffe? GoPro recently showed us exactly that when the popular camera company posted Giraffe Kick to…

How do parrots distinguish each other?

April 17, 2014

It’s been known that wild parrots use unique contact calls that distinguish each bird individually and allows them to communicate their gender, their mate…

Puerto Rican coqui frog’s mating call affected by climate change

April 11, 2014

It’s no mystery that temperature affects nearly all biological processes. That includes acoustic signals emitting out and reception. It’s a particular hazard for critters…

What can you learn from ‘bou poo?

April 1, 2014

Universities across Canada are right now studying caribou pellets for different reasons. There are lots of different ways to learn about an animal. One…

Don’t underestimate goats. They aren’t stupid

April 1, 2014

The presumption is goats are dumb. But a new paper published in Frontiers in Zoology , it turns out goats are actually pretty smart. …