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Critter Love

Edmonton fire department rescues dog floating on ice in frigid North Saskatchewan River

Critter Crimes

Why are dolphins trying to kill baby manatees? Scientists don’t have the answer

Critters vs Humans vs Critters

Alberta Mounties always get their … beaver

Critter Crimes

California man convicted of animal cruelty after capturing hawk and feeding it alcohol

Critter Love

Confused and disoriented raccoon covered in ice found wandering in field

Colorado jogger survives mountain lion attack by strangling the big cat

February 5, 2019

This is quite possibly the world’s most badass jogger — and the luckiest. A man was trail running in the Colorado wilderness Monday when…

Who needs groundhogs to tell us about spring? Meet a desert tortoise

February 5, 2019

Mojave Max has gone to ground for the winter. The real live tortoise who lives at Springs Preserve in Nevada has become the subject…

Ghostly white fisher documented for the first time in science

February 5, 2019

This may well be the first time anyone has ever seen a white fisher. The small carnivore is typically dark brown to black as…

Meatless Monday: Hong Kong customs seize pangolin scales, elephant tusks from container labelled frozen meat

February 4, 2019

Customs officers in Hong Kong seized a record amount of pangolin scales and elephant tusks after receiving a tip that a container labeled frozen…

“Vapor Wake” dogs will be on patrol to protect the Super Bowl

February 3, 2019

They are the secret weapons of the bomb-sniffing world. Specially-trained “Vapor Wake” dogs are no ordinary canine cops. These dogs have been bred with…

It’s so cold in Chicago that zoos are closing but the polar bears are happy

January 31, 2019

Lincoln Park Zoo and Brookfield Zoo in the Chicago have announced they are closing temporarily during the cold snap that has hit the midwest….

Very adorable, but very sick baby fur seal rescued off coast of British Columbia

January 30, 2019

By any measure, Mo is pretty lucky to be alive. The 7-month-old fur seal pup was found earlier this week off Hardwicke Island, between…

Red panda becomes buzz of Belfast as it goes briefly on the lam

January 29, 2019

Daring zoo escape or crime of opportunity? It seems Amber the red panda took some time away from the Belfast Zoo this week and…

Casey Hathaway, boy who was lost for three days in forest, says friendly bear kept him alive

January 29, 2019

A 3-year-old boy who went missing for three days has told authorities that a friendly bear kept him company when he was lost and…

Work on wall begins! Denmark begins erecting wild boar fence along border with Germany

January 29, 2019

Denmark began construction on an almost 70-kilometre fence this week to stave off sick boars wandering over its border from Germany. \Work will begin…