Sammy spotted a tiny lump on the sidewalk and discovered it was a baby hummingbird. The little bird was struggling and too young to fly so he took her home to nurse her back to health. Soon he was trying to figure out a way to encourage the small delicate creature how to fly. Flit…
A baby bobcat fighting for her life found a lifesaver in a shelter cat. The young bobcat’s ordeal began just after Christmas when Atlantic Wildlife Institute received a late-night call after the wildcat was found in a homeowner’s barn in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. The bobcat was barely alive – she “seizuring from being hypoglycemic,…
We admit it. We’re guilty of indulging a little too much in the winter, but who hasn’t? Take this squirrel, for example. This hungry fellow thought he had struck the jackpot when he found a bird feeder, so he just slipped in to have a snack. Only problem is, the chunky squirrel couldn’t slip back…
Elephants really do never forget. In this delightful video, Darrick who works for Elephant Nature Park/Save The Elephant is happily greeted by a herd of elephants that run over to greet him. Darrick has been away from the Kham Lha herd for 14 months. He had been staying in Cambodia for work on the important…
Kazakhstan residents Abylaikhan Kuandyk and Nurzhan Makayev didn’t know what to make of the roe deer they saw standing on the side of a wintery road. The deer was standing completely still with its head down and not budging. The deer’s behavior was very unusual but as they approached it they saw why – ice…
A Bulgarian mountain resort had a mystery. A mystery swimmer was breaking into their recreation centre’s outdoor pool at night, so they checked their security footage to catch him. That’s when they noticed a brown bear trespassing past the “Closed” sign and gate to take a late night dip in the water. They kept seeing…
Vermont Fish & Wildlife came to the rescue of a moose trapped on a railroad trestle bridge in the dead of winter. The moose had somehow fallen between the slats and couldn’t pull herself up. Vermont Fish and Wildlife officers needed a team of people to free her because she weighted around 700 pounds! The…
Baby elephant Pyi Mai recently arrived at Elephant Nature Park Sanctuary in Thailand and loves to explore and make new friends. Watch the cute moment she tries to befriend one of the rescue dogs at the charity in the video below. It looks like she’s going to give up but then she tries again. She…
When Ales and Janja rescued a baby sparrow they didn’t know at the time that she would become a big part of her family. A friend of theirs found the fledgling all alone in a town in Slovenia. Their friend asked for help, so they brought the small and fragile baby home to try and…
A fox stuck by the road side was freed thanks to a kind couple who spotted the wild animal in the distance. In the video posted to YouTube a Russian couple approach a fox thrashing on the side of a gravel road. The poor animal’s leg had gotten entangled in a piece of exposed road…
At long last, there’s a big reason to smile – this year’s Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards have been announced. After whittling down the submissions to 42 photographs competing for top prize, the overall winner of 2021 is a golden silk monkey in an uncomfortable position. Up against 7,000 hilarious entries from all around the world,…
A bull elk that lugged a tire around his neck for two years is finally walking a lot lighter thanks to Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers. Officers are not sure how the tire got around the elk’s neck but he was first spotted in 2019 while a CPW officer was conducting a population survey of…
Carlos had never seen a penguin afraid of the water. But when the wildlife rescuer from ORCA Peru picked up a Humbolt penguin who had washed ashore, he soon discovered that she had been traumatized by her experience. The penguin named Natalia was found at Punta Hermosa Beach in Lima Peru. People had been pushing…
A homeowner in Ghorahi, Nepal had an unwelcome visitor at their door that wouldn’t let him go inside. Settled in their doorway was a King Cobra! In the footage shared by the person, the huge snake has wedged itself in a crack in the doorframe. It must be feeling threatened because it rears up ready…
The fragility of life on Earth has never been more in focus than now. But despite the enormous challenges facing the wild animals that share the planet with us, there are still awe-inspiring moments to witness around the world. The Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards highlight many of these moments in the astounding images…
Is there any animal more curious than a bear? How about a bear cub? They certainly are known for getting up to all sorts of mischief. From playing in people’s backyard swimming pools to snuggling with a bed sheet bears like to explore their surroundings. And that means checking out the odd things humans have…
In its second year, the Ocean Photographer of the Year Awards saw thousands of photographers from all over the world compete. For 2021, Ningaloo Coast-based photographer, Aimee Jan, took top prize for her magical photo of a green turtle surrounded by glass fish taken on the Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia. Jan’s beautiful image was…
A group of kids were playing at a riverbed in South Africa when a tiny baby otter appeared and approached to them. The kids looked for the African clawless otters’s den (and mother) but couldn’t find one. And when the baby otter followed them all the way home they knew he needed help. They reached…
Gannets are incredible birds that dive bomb into the water to hunt fish. After torpedoing into the water at speeds up to 60 miles per hour (100km), the birds catch their prey close to the surface of the water. They often rely on dolphins to drive schools of herring or sardines to the surface. A…
When Dahlia noticed a butterfly with a broken wing she knew she had to help him. The monarch butterfly’s wing wasn’t developing properly. Without access to a spare wing, she came up with an ingenious solution – she used a feather! Although the butterfly couldn’t fly well at first, he eventually adapted to his “bionic”…
A series of stunning wildlife photographs from the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition are being highlighted by the Natural History Museum. From cheetahs battling to stay above water in a flash flood to an image of a biting mosquito that was years in the making, the photos will delight you. The images have all…
A sleeping dog got quite a shock when he woke up from his nap to see a big furry shape staring down at him from the other side of a glass door. A curious young bear had gotten into the backyard of this dog’s home and wandered over to the door to investigate. The bear…
Is that a monkey riding a giraffe’s back? Can snakes laugh? Do kangaroos practice karate? And do puffer fish “pucker up” for the camera? These questions are about to be answered by the finalists in the 2021 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards. “Whittling down the list of photographs was harder than ever this year,” said competition…
Wardoo used to be a sweet, loving and gentle baby wombat. But that changed once he hit puberty. He soon became a rambunctious “teenager” turning his rescuers’ home upside down. Nippy, destructive. Naughty. Where once he enjoyed being cuddled, now he was more likely to give you a nibble. “He’s the boss” says Bronte and…
A moose facing “certain death” got a helping hand from prospectors Maurice Valliere and Pat Greba who were alerted to the wild animal’s muddy predicament by a friend. The two men were told that a moose was stuck in the mud out in the woods near the northeastern Ontario town of Timmons in Canada where…
Chaba the baby elephant is delighted with her first time in the bathtub at Elephant Nature Park. The tiny Asian elephant and her mother, Bunma, were recently freed from their chains and brought to the elephant sanctuary in Thailand. Chaba is pretty curious about the bathtub and dips her trunk in and then tries to…
A black bear took a break from foraging for food to snuggle with a bed sheet hanging in a family’s backyard. In a cute video clip shared on Reddit, the bear is seen holding the sheet between his front paws. The bear brings the sheet to his face and presses his cheeks to it, much…
There’s more than one way to get down a river bed and it doesn’t have to be graceful. Just ask this young elephant. Save The Elephants shared a funny video of a herd of elephants at Samburu National Reserve in Kenya navigating down the Ewaso Nyiro river bank. In the video, an older elephant leans…
It’s not a photo manipulation or a trick of the eye. A Bean goose really is flying upside down in the photo taken by Vincent Cornelissen that has gone viral around the world. In the Dutch photographer’s picture, the goose’s body is turned completely upside down but its neck is twisted 180 degrees so its…
Seeing black bears at the garbage dump isn’t an unusual sight for people in Northern Canada. Seeing one relaxing on a mattress is. But that’s exactly what Keira Mamakwa saw when she went to visit the landfill near the northern town in Kingfisher Lake, Ontario recently. As she entered the dump, she spotted the bear…
A family in Soc Trang, Vietnam had a close call with a King Cobra when the snake caught sight of their toddler and sped towards it. A grandfather, father and son were in their front yard when grandpa spotted the 2-meter (6.5 feet) snake. He immediately alerted his son to grab the boy and the…
A Canadian lumberjack has taught the crows he rescued how to enjoy a true lumberjack activity – logrolling! Darren Hudson is a logrolling champion who lives in Barrington, Nova Scotia. He puts his skills on display at his theme park, the Wild Axe Lumberjack AXEperience, where he’s taught many people how to logroll. He figured…
A rare white raven is struggling to survive after it was found starving to death and suffering from an infection on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. The ailing bird couldn’t fly and had sores covering its feet. Thankfully, it was rescued and taken to North Island Wildlife Recovery Centre located in Errington, a town…
A young brown bear got himself into quite a “hair-raising” situation when he got stuck up a utility pole in Wilcox, Arizona. Luckily for the bear, a worker with a utility company spotted the bear in trouble and notified their supervisor for help. Lineman Warner Newbauer and Apprentice Lineman Gallego of Sulphur Springs Valley Electric…
For years, feral horses have shared the land in and around the range lands where Candice and Jordan Camille live in British Columbia. Candice writes that it’s Jordan’s job as a Range Rider to “keep an eye on the herds, the grasslands and the boundary fences.” Recently, he spotted a group of feral horses around…
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