Laura Ellison works as a veterinary nurse at The Rhino Orphanage in South Africa and recently shared a few adorable clips and photos of her and a baby orphaned rhino named Kabelo. “Really, I’m just his pillow,” she writes. “Rhinos are incredibly gentle and these calves are just big babies that seek comfort and security…
Just because a plastic container or bottle thrown into the ocean or discarded at the beach disappears from sight, it doesn’t mean it goes away. In fact, the simple act of littering has dire consequences for wildlife all over the planet. One man visited Midway Island in the North Pacific Ocean and what he captured…
If there’s one very good reason not to litter, Peanut the turtle is it! The red-eared slider was found and rescued in Missouri after she became stuck in a plastic ring of a six-pack holder that someone had carelessly tossed away. She grew up with the “noose” around her shell, which led to the physical deformity…
There’s been an unusual heat wave in Alaska for the past week and both humans and animals are doing their best to stay cool. But Candice Helm and her family decided to go an extra step to help out one distressed moose family wandering through their neighborhood. The mother moose and her twin calves were…
Nearly three years after surviving a brutal poaching attack that left two male rhinos dead, Thandi the female rhino gave birth to a calf at Kariega Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. This is about Thandi, her brave rescuers and “the rhino that should never have been born”. The footage at the beginning…
The U.S. government has launched an investigation of Walter Palmer, the American dentist who hunted and killed Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe. Palmer is currently in hiding after news broke that he was the hunter who killed the beloved lion, after the lion was illegally lured out of a National Park preserve. The lion’s tragic…
If you think octopi are masters of disguise – think again! This diver is filming a swimming Coconut octopus when both get a shocking surprise. Just when the octopus is getting ready to hide next to a rock and camouflage itself from the diver, another fish makes a startling appearance! The surprise predator is a…
A friendly hippo in the waters of an African river was an unlikely lifeguard to a baby zebra trying to cross. In the video below, the hippo watches a herd of zebras crossing over, but one foal struggles in the current and starts drifting downriver. The hippo follows after the foal and helps push it…
She thought it was a puppy dog at the door, but it turned out to be a baby owl! After saying hello to Mr. Owl, the family contacted an emergency bird rescue aid and sanctuary, and they came and rescued their feathered visitor. He’s in good hands now! I’m so glad the baby bird came…
This bird is so funny! A couple are visiting what looks like an aviary and encounter a bird chirping. When they begin interacting with the bird (which is possibly a black-collared starling), the bird starts chirping back. And what it sounds like it’s saying is “Wacko people” to me. What do you think it’s saying?…
A Fennec Fox named Rupert arrived at the International Primate Rescue in Pretoria, South Africa when he was just 4 weeks old. The desert fox was hand-reared there and found companionship with Roxy, the one other Fennec Fox at the IPR. However, there is one other animal at the rescue who is his best friend…
Owls are fascinating creatures. With their beautiful, mysterious eyes and unique feathered patterns and shapes, they are unlike any other animal in the world. No wonder they have long been the subjects of myths and legends. Photographer Brad Wilson was intrigued by the animals and knew he wanted to do a series with the magnificent…
Watching the dozens of baby elephants are being cared for at Nairobi Elephant Orphanage in Kenya touches my heart. The calves are being raised by a dedicated team of conservationists because their family members were sadly poached for their ivory. The babies are surviving because of the efforts of Dame Daphne Sheldrick, who has devoted…
This baby elephant in Chitwan National Park, Nepal is perfectly comfortable saying “hello” to humans, but there’s one animal he hasn’t got up the nerve to be friends with yet. The elephant calf is happily visiting with some tourists, but as soon as he catches sight of a black baby goat coming over to him,…
These divers were having a once-in-a-lifetime experience of seeing great white sharks off Guadalupe Island in Baja California, Mexico when they got a huge surprise! While watching a Great White swim by their shark cage, the divers turn around only to find out the one they were watching was a decoy. Yikes! Share this scary…
Crocodiles are seen as dangerous predators known for their ferocious bites. They’re not seen as animals that form emotional friendships. But one Costa Rican man named Chito formed an unlikely bond with a crocodile. This documentary shares the story of how Chito found a young crocodile injured from a gunshot and spent the next three…
Watching this video, I learned a lot about owls and laughed while doing it! These true facts about owls are not only educational, the narration by Ze Frank that accompanies it is very funny! The truest thing I learned about owls? They are super cute!
Aslan became a different lion when he lost two of his vital canine teeth. Kevin Richardson (aka the ‘Lion Whisperer’) explains that the white lion’s whole personality changed because of his dental problems. He become aloof and agitated and a challenge to work with. He was also isolating himself from his pride. This video tells…
Two rare and endangered sea mammals being caged by a fisherman in Kokoya Island, North Maluku in Indonesia were eventually released into the wild after a group of divers shared video and pictures on social media. The divers were shocked to find two dugongs (otherwise known as “sea cows”) fenced in by nets and one…
They’re smaller than a thumbnail and yet these tiny spiders have some of the most biggest, most colorful features in the arachnid world! These spiders are known as peacock spiders and live along the beaches near Perth in Western Australia. As you’ll see in the video, they have beautiful, colorful backs that pop up when…
When a baby walrus was spotted alone by fishermen, the Alaskan SeaLife Center was called in to help. The young calf (estimated to be 4 to 6 weeks old) was brought to their rehabilitation center and right away met with the caretakers there. Walrus are incredibly social animals. The calves typically spend about two years…
Historic flash flooding in several southern states, including Mississippi, has driven many people from their homes. The record rainfall is also making life difficult for the non-humans. Many wild animals desperately sought higher ground, and ended up clinging to branches or finding patches of land that had not yet been flooded. Seeing the animals struggling…
The saying goes “an elephant never forgets” and that’s certainly the case with Kham Lah, a young elephant rescued last spring and brought to the Elephant Nature Park sanctuary in Thailand. Since arriving, she’s formed a special bond with Darrik, one of the workers at the park who interacted with her and her group. “From…
A swan is the latest animal victim of a human taking their need for a selfie to stupid extremes. A Bulgarian tourist visiting Lake Ohrid in Macedonia was photographed yanking the swan out of the water for a picture, the Macedonian International News Agency reported. A bystander took photos of the woman grabbing the bird…
When the security lights in his backyard came on in the middle of the night, this homeowner went to investigate and discovered two adorable fox kits playing with his dog’s tennis ball! Share this cute video with your friends! It seems dog toys are popular with wild foxes. This dog witnessed his toy being snatched…
Looking at these photos of adorable baby opossums it’s hard to believe that many people consider the gentle creatures pests. In fact, opossums are actually the opposite, in that they feed on animals that are most definitely pests around our house and garden. Take a look at the cute pictures below and learn more about…
Raising children has some tough challenges for parents and that’s something these bald eagles know first hand after snow blanketed their nest. The two eagles demonstrated unparalleled devotion to their young after their nest in Codorus State Park, Pennsylvania was covered by several inches of snow. As the snow covered more and more of their…
Wildlife photographer Megan Lorenz set up a camera on the lawn outside of her house and captured a curious pair of burrowing owls. Although owls are typically nocturnal, burrowing owls tend to be more active during the day than other species. They live in grasslands, deserts, and Megan’s lawn. These two seem to have clued…
We all depend on the kindness of strangers at some point in our lives. This thirsty koala certainly did when he was wandering along a road in South Australia searching for water after escaping a bushfire. A group of friends were out biking in the Adelaide region when the spotted the tired and overheated koala….
Meet Hugo, a 200-pound grizzly bear who lives at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center near Anchorage. She was saved by two men riding snow machines back in 2000 after they found her with hundreds of porcupine quills embedded in her paws. She was severely dehydrated and malnourished and was unable to walk or eat when…
Pancho and Temuco are two lion brothers that were rescued from a cruel life as circus performers in Bolivia. The joy they feel of being freed from a small cage that used to be their home is evident in this video as they nuzzle and play with one another. Animal Defenders International was the rescue…
A man is holding a tiny dormouse in his hand and the cute little guy is in such a deep sleep he’s snoring! In winter, dormice hibernate in nests beneath fallen leaves on the ground. This particular dormouse was hibernating in a nesting box conservationists had provided. The cutie was quickly taken out and checked…
Porsche Indrisie was filming by the water in Yallingup, Western Australia when she saw a crab in a tidal pool. She wasn’t expecting anything special to happen, but as she got closer, nature had a surprise in store for her and the crab! Porsche wrote: “The best part about this video is that there was…
Meet the Ili Pika, one of the rarest and most endangered animals in the world. These photos are the first ones taken of the elusive mountain-dwelling creature in 20 years. The adorable Ili Pika was first discovered by Li Weidong in 1983 in the Tianshian mountains in northwestern China. The conservationist is also responsible for…
Something amazing happens in this video! A curious dolphin emerges from the sea and gives the dog riding in the boat a kiss on the nose! The playful dolphin swims off and seems overjoyed at having met a new friend. At the end of the video clip from the IMAX classic movie “Dolphins”, you can…
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