A family out fishing in Provincetown, Massachusetts witnessed an extremely rare spectacle when three humpback whales simultaneously leaped out of the water in front of them. Robert Addie was out tuna fishing with his three daughters for his birthday. While out, they mentioned that they hoped to get a glimpse of one whale, so they…
“Finally a ‘wait for it’ that’s worth it.” That’s what one viewer declared after watching a hilarious video of an iguana swimming in a pool. Vivian Diaz and her daughter were having fun at a Florida water park when they noticed the iguana in the water. She began filming the lizard as it paddled its…
Despite their size and bulk, bears are expert climbers but it’s different when you are a bear cub. To learn how to climb you need your mom to help teach you how to do it. A driver in Los Angeles County, California, witnessed a climbing lesson in action when they spotted a mama bear training…
The most common animal referred to as a thief is a raccoon because its black “mask” makes it look like a burglar. But they also really do like to steal food if given a chance. These two raccoons are trying to break out of the enclosure and open the door, but even though they jump…
The elephants at the Elephant Nature Park in Thailand are free to roam about on the large rescue sanctuary. But at the end of the day, they return to their shelters for “dinner and a night of rest.” Except for baby elephant Sa Ngae (Jai Dee). He’s got his own agenda. The caregivers at the…
A bear in California just was caught on camera running over to a backyard swing set to have some fun! In the cute video, the bear can be seen dashing excitedly over to the swing set and climbing onto the saucer swing and sitting down. The bear then sways back and forth and rolls around…
A diver filming animals underwater in Cannes, France had the tables turned on him by an octopus. The diver explains that he dropped one camera close to a rock where he had seen an octopus. The cephalopod grabbed onto it. When the diver went to get his other camera he discovered the octopus filming him….
Elora befriended a tiny octopus when she was out diving in Belize when he swam up to her she extended her hand and he approached her. She began to visit Egbert, as she named him, every day and the two became friends. During one visit she helped him move a log. On other days she…
Vernalisa Rougeux and her fiancé Jacob Tautry were running an errand the other day but when they returned home 15 minutes later they found an unwelcome house guest inside. There, on their couch was a vulture! Rougeaux admits she panicked thinking the vulture eats dead things and something terrible had happened to her dog. But…
A brave man who heard cries for help coming from the reeds in a marsh plunged into the water determined to save the animal. The man is filmed by others assisting him in the rescue. As he wades out into the water, the rescuer is forced to swim in the frigid waters to rescue the…
A young wild stallion would have had a short, lonely life if he had not befriended a woman who gave him a family. CJ was observing the wild horses in her area when she noticed the horse being chased off by his father and banished from the herd. With no other horses in the area,…
Things could have gone very badly for this poor duckling and for a while it sure looked that way to the people on a safari. But thanks to some plucky courage and luck the little bird proved them wrong! Benji Solms, guide at Serondella Game Lodge in Kruger National Park in South Africa, shared a…
A chimpanzee formerly used in research reacts in awe when she sees the open sky for the first time. Vanilla, a 28-year-old chimp rescued by Save the Chimps, was apprehensive about stepping outside at first. But she gets some warm encouragement from Dwight, the alpha male in the family at the sanctuary at Fort Pierce,…
A troop of baboons got taken by surprise when a pride of lions crossed a bridge they were sunbathing on. Soon, the baboons found themselves stuck under the bridge surrounded by lions. Mike Botes, a guide at MalaMala Game Reserve, captured the moment on video and shared what happened with LatestSightings.com. He described that he…
A wild horse sank into the mud and was left behind by her herd. She likely would have died there if not for a group of friends traveling on a remote trail who happened to spot the filly and realized she was in deep trouble. The horse was struggling to get out of muddy 5-foot…
The Hittle family has a recent outing to the Louisville Zoo to look at the animals. But they weren’t expecting one of the animals to be so interested in looking at them. Amber is an orangutan at the Zoo. She is known for her “playful personality” and when she spotted Dakota Hittle holding his 3-month-old…
A fisherman in Hawaii had a terrifying experience recently when a large tiger shark rammed and bit his kayak. Scott Haraguchi was out fishing in shallow waters less than a mile off the coast of O’ahu, Hawaii when he had the scary encounter. He had just captured a big fish and, proud of his catch,…
An elderly bear who spent over 20 years in a circus is loving her life in a bear sanctuary after she was abandoned by her owner. From an early age, Chada was exploited in a circus and spent most of her life on wheels, touring in many countries. The trainer of the circus then sold…
This California Gray whale sure likes the attention she’s receiving from a whale watcher. In this adorable clip, a whale is up close next to a boat of whale watchers and getting her nose rubbed and receiving kisses. https://youtube.com/shorts/dAanNjXvbyQ?feature=share The passengers are all “oohs and “ahhs” as the whale expresses what can only be described…
A school principal got a huge shock recently when he went to check on the school’s locked dumpster and found it occupied. James Marsh is the principal at Zela Elementary in West Virginia. On Monday morning he went out to the dumpster to unlock it – he locks up the dumpster every night to keep…
A curious sight greeted a naturalist recently. Perched high in a tree, a family of Great Horned owls was nesting in a laundry basket. The green plastic basket was filled with twigs and branches and peeking out from it were two owlets and a mom and dad owl. But how did a laundry basket get…
Recently, Josemar Milli made a surprising discovery when he noticed his rescued parrot, Louro, spending time over at a hollowed out fencepost on the edge of his farm in Brazil. Louro’s behavior was strange for the bird as she always slept at home but for three nights she was sleeping elsewhere. Milli went to investigate…
David Oppenheimer was enjoying a pleasant moment outside his home when he got an unexpected visitor that gave him a real fright. David was lounging on a chair and scrolling through his phone on a nice sunny day in his Asheville, North Carolina, yard when he received an alert from his home camera system that…
A large wolf dog named Dakota has not only changed his attitude he’s changed the canine dynamic in his neighborhood. Recently, Kim with Arctic Fox Daily Wildlife Rescue got a call from the New York Department of Environmental Conservation saying they were about to confiscate a group of wolf dogs from a hoarding situation and…
A homeowner in British Columbia recently learned that a bear that wakes up from hibernation can be very thirsty. That, and he is a sweet tooth! Sharon Rosel woke up around 3 a.m. on April 13th after her dog began barking at the window. When she investigated she spotted a large black bear breaking into…
A male bald eagle that is a permanent resident at a bird sanctuary in Missouri has become a foster dad and couldn’t be happier. Murphy has injuries that prevent him from being released back into the wild. But that hasn’t dampened his parenting instincts. Last month, a caretaker at World Bird Sanctuary (WBS) noticed Murphy…
Recently, a college in South Carolina spotted an animal peeping at their students on campus. It wasn’t some creep. Although, at first glance, it does look a bit freaky. Rather, it was a baby animal in need of some help. The feathered-visitor was an owlet that had fallen out of its nest and wandered over…
A family came to the rescue of a pelican after spotting it choking on a fish. The distressed bird was in the water at a dock in Englewood, Florida with the fish stuck on its beak. In the video shared to YouTube, a young girl can be heard crying out, “He’s choking. Save him!” That’s…
A feral boar was in a panic after getting stuck in a water pit. She tried to climb out but kept sliding back in. Thankfully, Good Samaritans called Animal Warrior Conservation Society to help the drowning animal. The boar behaved aggressively towards the rescuers so they opted not to go into the water to help…
A lion got himself in a tight spot after getting stranded on a rock in the middle of a river. While attempting to swim across the “crocodile” river in Kruger National Park in South Africa the lion climbed onto the rock only to be surrounded by hippos. One of the hippos swims up and attacks…
The community of Heart’s Delight in Newfoundland, Canada couldn’t turn away from the cries from help after a pod of dolphins became trapped in sea ice. On March 10, 2023 residents saw over 20 dolphins stuck along the shoreline being “beaten up” by sea ice and rocks. The dolphins were crying out for help and…
An eye-catching photo of a pink river dolphin breaching the surface of the Amazon river has earned top prize. Kat Zhou has been named Underwater Photographer of the Year 2023 for her incredible photo of the endangered animal. The American photographer’s image came out on top of over 6000 pictures entered by photographers from 72…
An elephant comes for a drink of water, unaware there is a lioness resting on the other side. In this unusual animal encounter filmed at Kruger National Park, a young elephant approaches a well, eager for a drink. The lioness is woken from her nap and sees the elephant as he approaches but it’s too…
Roei is a diving instructor and has seen sea turtles hundreds of times. But he’s never had an encounter quite like this one. Recently, Roei was giving a free-diving session with his students when they spotted the turtle eating a jellyfish. She was very cautious at first and pushed the jellyfish away from them. Roei…
Nature is filled with incredible moments of drama, but it’s not often that it is captured on camera. 53-year-old safari guide Emmanuel Sauti recently captured one such moment when he spotted a crocodile fighting an elephant. Sauti described the moment he saw the elephant trying to swing a crocodile that bit his tail while crossing…
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