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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

Mystery Solved! Unusual creature shot dead in Montana is a gray wolf

June 19, 2018

Dog? Coyote? Wolf? Dire wolf? Or some combination hybrid thereof? Turns out, the unusual looking creature shot and killed by a Montana rancher last…

Meatless Monday: Fecal transplants help researchers gain better understanding of the guts of endangered koalas

June 18, 2018

Koalas are picky eaters. They’re very selective about the species and the individual trees where they eat. They eat only eucalypt leaves. The problem…

London foxes turn urban tarps into a giant trampoline

June 17, 2018

These foxes really jump around. Jump up, jump up and get down. And Rachael Prior caught all that jumping on video. Her city council…

Rancher trims toothy squirrel’s overgrown incisors that was curling close to one eye

June 17, 2018

Alberta Rancher Jannet Talbott keeps a close eye on the critters around her and she first noticed a squirrel a while back chomping on…

White-tailed eagle chick hatches in Orkney marking a first in more than 140 years

June 16, 2018

Orkney bird lovers have been waiting since the 19th century for this: a sea eagle chick. Finally, Orkney has landed its first white-tailed eagle…

Fish Friday: Fish species flee warming waters to cross national boundaries, UBC study finds

June 15, 2018

The world’s system for allocating fish stocks is being outpaced by the movement of fish species in response to climate change, according to a…

Real Life Stranger Things: Giant, freaky tadpole is straight up sci-fi

June 15, 2018

Earyn McGee is working on her doctorate at the University of Arizona studying “how lizard communities may be affected by stream drying which could…

Bear bounces along with boy at Nashville Zoo

June 14, 2018

Is the bear jumping for joy, playing copycat or something else entirely? Whatever the answer, the video of a 5-year-old boy jumping on one…

UPDATE: #MPRraccoon rescued from skyscraper, Internet breathes sigh of relief

June 12, 2018

The #MPRraccoon was rescued from the top of a St. Paul skyscraper this morning. He was lured to the top of the 25-storey building…

Watch lazy red fox lounge on London rooftop picnic blanket

June 12, 2018

Did you hear the one about the clever fox clamouring up a fire escape for a siesta on a London roof? This Disney-quality scene…