Mike Canterbury and John Livingston – Colorado Parks and Wildlife released on FB A nerve-wracking scene unfolded as Colorado wildlife officials pulled all the stops to rescue two young mountain lions in the path of a deluge of trouble. A worker at the Pine River Irrigation District Dam was about to release a large amount …
By Simon Dell / SWNS A British man who six years ago built an adorable mouse village to cope with depression has added a pub, a book shop, and Hobbit homes so he could capture even more heartwarming photos. Simon Dell began creating the ‘mini shire’ when he spotted a wild mouse in his back …
credit – Kaohsiung Fire Department To be a drug-sniffing dog you have to be impassionate, which is exactly what Roger the golden retriever was not. Though he flunked out of the Kaohsiung City police academy in Taiwan, his career in public service was not over, and has now captured the hearts of his people with …
Heather Hunt (before and after) via SWNS A guilty pup was left covered with sugar puffs after she tore into the cereal box. The hilarious moment was caught on camera by owner Heather Hunt coming home to discover her two-year-old Zuchon Crumpet completely covered from head to toe. “For the love of God! Who left …
The Peruvian jumping stick with its neck brace – credit, Houston Zoo. At the Houston Zoo, an emergency medical procedure saw a tiny resident receive a big degree of attention. At the ‘Bug House,’ the Houston Zoo boasts a number of Peruvian jumping sticks, which appear like stick insects, but are actually grasshoppers. In early …
Fort Worth Zoo / SWNS Human doctors stepped in to perform a rare emergency c-section on a gorilla mom after she went into labor five weeks early. The story is an incredible, breathtaking reminder of the similarities between these magnificent animals and ourselves. At the Fort Worth Zoo in Texas, a mother gorilla named Sekani …
Juvenile gorilla plays with adult â BY Max Block, via SWNS Apes have a sense of humor similar to humans, suggests a new study that showed four species of great apes each playfully teasing each other. The team of cognitive biologists and primatologists found that, similar to joking behavior in humans, ape teasing is provocative, …
By Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren / Woodland Park Zoo (cropped) Alaska Airlines flight attendant Amber May has had some unusual requests in her 10 years of flying, but being asked to help save some flamingo eggs just about topped them all. “A passenger rang the call button and asked if I would help keep some eggs warm,” …
Penguin and Squid –Photo released February 8, 2024 by Birdworld via SWNS A penguin has become a ‘guide-bird’ for a fellow African Penguin with poor eyesight, escorting her around their enclosure to get food and build confidence. The animal helper named ‘Penguin’ has bonded with ‘Squid’ the three-year-old that suffers from cataracts, a debilitating condition …
Mjukuu holds up her baby born at the London Zoo on January 17 – SWNS A critically endangered western lowland gorilla has been born at the London Zoo—and the photos are beyond precious. Mjukuu gave birth for the second time on January 17, following an eight-and-a-half-month pregnancy and a speedy 17-minute labor. Just moments after …