Three men in Ohio were shocked when the saw a deer flying around in the air. The hunters immediately noticed the deer’s antlers had become tangled in a rope swing. The deer was desperately trying to free himself but every time the deer tried to run away, the rope would pull the deer off the…
Secret World Wildlife Rescue is used to getting calls about wild animals in distress but “It is not every day we get a phone call about an otter that turns out to be something very different.” Matt, with the wildlife rescue in Frome, England, responded to a call from a Good Samaritan about two animals…
Toby is known as the “wombat guy.” The Australian got the nickname because of his work saving the lives of wombats in his hometown of Hawkesbury where he chases and treats sick wombats suffering from deadly mange. “Mange is a parasite that lives beneath a wombat’s skin, and slowly eats them alive,” Toby says on…
Recently, Travis Ward has taken up kayaking on Lake Pleasant in Arizona. He loves getting out in nature and recently he had a close encounter that he will remember. He was on shore when two donkeys approached him. Hundreds of wild donkeys roam free in the regional park but one of them came up to…
Australian Mick Moloney was out walking his three Akitas at their favorite spot by the Murray River when one of his dogs got into serious trouble. “Morning walk with the pack, got close to the river and Hatchi was missing, next minute he comes up gargling, getting drowned by this monster,” Mick captioned in the…
Arianna had just stopped at a parking lot when she heard an unusual noise coming from the car she pulled up next to. It was a bird crying out in distress. Arianna began looking around and that’s when she spotted the pileated woodpecker. The poor bird was jammed in the car’s bumper. His entire body…
Carl is one friendly neighbor as Autumn Cochella learned when the crane showed up at her doorstep one day. Cochella and her neighbors live by the water at Lake Wales, Florida and regularly leave out seed for the birds in the area. But Carl proved to be different from other cranes that visited the community….
Two deer swimming far away from shore were rescued in the nick of time. The deer were on their last legs when Alaskan State Troopers spotted the animals four miles from shore in Southeast Alaska’s Clarence Strait. In a YouTube video shared by Alaskan State Troopers, the deer are seen swimming in the waters. The…
A photograph of a golden horseshoe crab has been awarded top prize at the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2023 Awards. Taken by wildlife photographer and marine biologist Laurent Ballesta the image depicts the tri-spine horseshoe crab feeding on a seabed near Pangatalan Island in the Philippines, as it is followed by three golden trevallies…
Every year, the Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards set out to share photographs that not only tickle the funny bone but also highlight the wonders of the natural world. This year’s final shortlist includes a wonderful compilation of images including some dancing horses, a kangaroo playing air guitar, a lounging monkey and bickering greenfinches. The finalists…
A family in New Zealand came home to find an unexpected visitor on their front doorstep. There, curled up on their door mat was a tiny fur seal having a nap. “It’s not every day you come home to find a seal curled up on your front porch, but during ‘seal silly season’ you never…
A family in Guadalajara, Mexico was out on a nature excursion to watch the deer during rutting season when they saw one male deer in trouble. The deer had fallen into a deep well and was trapped up to its neck in water. The deer couldn’t get out due to the steep embankment and was…
An animal lover came to the rescue of two orphaned babies – a raccoon and a skunk – after she spotted the unlikely pair together in Eureka, Missouri. The animals were wandering near a busy parking lot, so she knew she had to do something to help them. Missouri Wildlife Rescue Center (MWRC) shared the…
A 15-year-old lion abandoned in a cage at a private zoo now can roam freely outside for the first time in his life. Ruben was left at a private zoo in Armenia after it closed. But the wonderful rescuers at Animal Defenders International arranged to transport Ruben to a South African sanctuary. The lion had…
Stunning images of polar bears, humpback whales, turtles, sharks and other marine life are vividly captured in the winning photographs in this year’s Ocean Photographer of the Year. 25-year-old marine biologist and amateur photographer Jialing Cai has been named Ocean Photographer of the Year 2023 for her stunning image of a paper nautilus drifting on…
An owl dangling from a string got a helping hand by police. Two Massachusetts police officers on midnight shift were called to assist the unlucky owl. Officers Knapp and Collins with Wellesley Police Department arrived to find the owl hanging by a tree, its wing caught in the string. Wellesley Police Department wrote, “As an…
A wild horse that got stuck between rocks is alive thanks to some Good Samaritans. The wild horses that live on the grasslands of Aktau, Kazakhstan, are free to roam the veldt but this particular horse somehow managed to get trapped in a terrible place. The poor horse was lying on his back with his…
Rufus the rescued kangaroo came to Pumpkins Patch Kangaroo Sanctuary when he was around 8 months old. The young joey quickly discovered the comforts of their sofa. Now, every evening around 6pm he’s knocking at the door to be let inside so he can relax on the couch and get some cuddles with dad. Kym…
Two grizzly bears followed a hiking group down a trail in Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada, for 20 minutes much to the surprise of the people. Their hiking guide, Phoebe Nicholson, kept her cool and directed the group to “keep walking nice and slow” as the bears – a mama and cub – walked…
A man was walking on a beach in South Africa when he noticed two red-billed Oyster Catchers tangled together. He went over to look and found they were entwined by discarded fishing line. He fortunately had a pocket knife and could pull the two birds apart. But one bird was very badly tangled. The Good…
Dawn spent the first 20 years of her life trapped in a tiny cage on a bile farm in Vietnam. The Asian black bear had never felt the sun on her face or the grass under her feet or had a friend. Dawn was rescued in February 2023 along with several other moon bears used…
When Kim with Arctic Fox Daily Wildlife Rescue rescued Doji, she didn’t know if the wolf dog would get along with her other rescued wolf dogs or her family. Doji’s dad was a full wild wolf. But that wasn’t a predictor for Doji’s behavior. Still, Kim placed Doji in a separate enclosure her first night…
Every summer, a tiny little animal busily sets to work in Utah’s national parks creating “haystacks” out of wildflowers. Recently, Cedar Breaks National Monument shared an adorable photo of an American Pika with a bunch of wildflowers in its mouth. In an Instagram post, Cedar Breaks National Monument writes, “Did you know the American Pika…
A photograph of a peregrine falcon protects her young by tackling an unlucky brown pelican that ventured too close to its nest has taken the grand prize at the Bird Photography of the Year 2023. The top prize winning photograph taken by photographer Jack Zhi, from the USA, came out victorious among the more than…
A hungry leopard spotted a troop of baboons and thought he might grab one as an easy meal. But he soon would regret his decision. Visitors to Kruger National Park in South Africa witnessed the incredible sighting near a popular picnicking spot in the park. Among them were honeymooners Merve Mersinligil and Viktor Szontagh. They…
A macaque jumps on a deer’s back, rodeo style. A snow leopard leaps after a Pallas’s cat. A team check on a tiger cub evacuated from Ukraine. And a tragic elephant struck by a train. These are just a few of the Highly Commended photographs featured at this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition….
A lucky homeowner got to see two bear cubs having fun playing with the family’s footwear after taking a dip in the pool. In the cute video, a mama and her two cubs stopped by for a swim for the first time. It was a hot summer day in July and the bears were looking…
When it comes to wanting to appease youngsters and letting children play it seems there isn’t as much difference between humans and wolves as once thought. Yellowstone National Park biologists recently documented adult wolves doing something unusual. The adult wolves carried back “toys” for their pups to play with. Yellowstone National Park shared a video…
A trail camera set up in Connelly Springs, North Carolina captured a raccoon and deer having a late night snack next to each other but only one of them is aware of the other. The raccoon doesn’t seem in the mood for sharing and spooks the deer but his plan backfires. The deer is so…
Elvis Black and his friend Brian Crosby were preparing for the Phantom Bass tournament on the Waccamaw River in Conway, South Carolina when they found a beached porpoise and came to his rescue. The porpoise was stuck in the mud along the riverbank and not moving so the friends took their boat over to see…
When it comes to enjoying a lazy afternoon this bear has it figured out by climbing into a hammock. Amy D. White of YouTube’s @Fairviewcrittercams shared this video of a bear on one of the trail cameras she set up around her home in the mountains of Western North Carolina. Amy’s cameras regularly capture bears…
An Australian ocean explorer out in a transparent kayak caught on camera an extremely rare sighting of a humpback whale “tail sailing.” Tail sailing is a unique action of when a humpback whale sticks its tail out of the water for a prolonged amount of time. Brodie Moss shared the video of the whale on…
Brian Jones had just poured his morning coffee and was getting ready for his day when his wife told him to take a look out the window. When he did he was greeted with an unusual start. There was a bear snacking on their bird feeder…standing on his hind legs and looking like a human…
A couple out boating got some unexpected visitors when some tiny warblers flew onto their boat. TikTokker @dolphindronedom wrote, “Here’s the story of a tiny friend we made 50 miles out in the middle of the ocean.” In the video, the small yellow birds are seen landing on their boat. One even landed on the…
Some men out bicycling spotted an exhausted koala drowning in a river and stopped to help. They immediately sprung into action to try and bring the koala back to shore. Thinking on their feet, one of them brought a branch out into the water for the koala to hang onto. The koala hung on for…
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