Firefighters saving a cat from a tree is an old cliche, something you’d mostly seen in old cartoons — but there is some truth to it: sometimes cats really do get stuck in trees, and ...
One of the world’s rarest big cats has come back from the brink of extinction: thanks to conservation efforts, the Iberian lynx is no longer listed as endangered. For decades, the Iberian lynx, a medium-size ...
We’ve seen a lot of adoption posts for animals in need of homes, but some stand out as truly unique and unconventional. Recently, one shelter wrote that they have a parrot up for adoption — ...
Visitors at Yellowstone National Park were left amazed recently after an unexpected animal sighting: a newborn white bison. White bisons are not only extremely rare, making up just one-in-ten-million births, but are also considered sacred ...
The world lost an icon when Steve Irwin died in 2006, but the Crocodile Hunter star’s legacy lives on through his family, who continue his conservation work at the Australia Zoo. His children, Bindi and ...
In November, the Smithsonian National Zoo’s resident giant pandas returned to China, marking the first time in 50 years there would be no pandas in Washington DC. Many fans wondered if this was truly the ...
It was a heartbreaking sight after a dog was found abandoned and tied up to a tree — but now the dog is in good hands as the owner faces justice. On April 22, a ...
Costa Rica is known for its amazing and exotic wildlife: the country is home to diverse animals including sloths, jaguars, monkeys, toucans and parrots. Recently, Costa Rica made an extraordinary and long-awaited move to protect ...
Orangutans are such incredible, intelligent animals. They are one of the closest relatives to humans in the animal kingdom, and often display some remarkably human-like behavior. Now, researchers say they witnessed a scientific first, as ...
Human garbage can be a serious hazard for animals. We’ve seen many stories of wildlife getting stuck in jars, bottles and cans. That was the case recently when one little fox got trapped in a ...