Roxane Delaire was driving near her home in Gatineau, Quebec, when she saw an unusual sight on the sidewalk. A skunk was wandering dangerously close to the road but the poor creature could not see where she was going because her head was trapped in an aluminum can. Delaire ran over to the animal in…
Passengers on a boat tour in the Bahamas screamed in fright after witnessing a dog jump onto a hammerhead shark. The 12-foot hammerhead shark was swimming close to shore when the tourists spotted the dog running along a dock on shore and then leapt right into the water as the shark swam by. Several tense…
Two adult porcupines fought back a determined leopard trying to grab hold of their two babies in a dramatic video filmed in South Africa’s Kruger National Park. The parents employed a well-coordinated defence strategy to shield their young as the leopard attacks. The porcupines are making distress calls while the leopard crouches low to the…
Jessica Kia recently got herself a unique bird feeder that is giving her joy every day. The in-house bird feeder lets her bird watch from the comfort of her home. She’s been so thrilled by her feathered visitors coming by that she set up a camera on her couch so that she can film them…
A fisherman in Florida had an unexpected passenger that ended up sleeping on his kayak for hours after he saved him from drowning. Steve with Key West Kayak Fishing was about to spend his day fishing when he spotted a little raccoon swimming across the channel. Given the waters had sharks swimming around and the…
A curious bear turned out to be one big camera hog after showing up in hundreds of “selfies” on a wildlife camera in Colorado. “Of the 580 photos captured,” by the camera “about 400 were bear selfies,” Boulder’s Open Space and Mountain Parks team tweeted on Jan. 23. They wrote that the bear seems to…
A couple driving to a medical appointment made an unusual roadside stop to rescue a moose. Angie Hillmer and Kirk Barharn were driving near Princeton, British Columbia, this week when they saw the large animal stuck in a fence. The moose was lying on her side, her legs tangled up in the wire. She appears…
A young horse caught the attention of a wild elk on a property in Montana recently. The elk noticed the eight-month-old colt playing with a ball and wondered what he was up to and came over to check it out. The two were soon playing together. Tamara Miller, the horse’s mom, filmed the adorable exchange,…
Recently, Timothy Ellis’s security camera caught a masked visitor in the backyard of his Washington state home. But it wasn’t of the bandit variety but a raccoon who treated him to a cute little moment that he was happy to catch on film. In the video, the animal pauses in his nightly foraging and has…
A Connecticut family recently discovered why their dog has been scared to go outside their home – they found a black bear hibernating under their deck! Tyler Dashukewich shared a TikTok video of the large black bear sleepily dozing under the deck in a pile of leaves. “My brother and his girlfriend were taking the…
When a barred owl sat in the middle of the road in Branford, Connecticut and refused to budge. For residents in the area, it was cause for concern as they had watched the owl grow up in the area over the past several years and had grown attached to the bird’s welfare. Laura Burban, director…
The beautiful flowers at Snohomish Lavender Farm invite many admirers, but the admirers that enchant owner Allison Lamb are the frogs. Her farm in Snohomish, Washington grows lavender and dahlias and it’s the dahlias that the frogs particularly like. They like the flowers so much that Allison has found them resting inside the petals. During…
No amount of CPR or duct tape could revive poor Rudolph, says Dave Lester. The other morning, he woke to discover his “Rudolph laying on the ground unresponsive” outside his Lake Tahoe home. His poor inflatable reindeer lay deflated on the ground, a sad contrast to Lester’s other intact inflatable decorations. Who could do such…
A wild bear took on a giant inflatable reindeer only to find the experience exasperating. Donna Hargett had noticed a mama bear and her cub around her Monrovia, California neighborhood before. But on this occasion she ended up laughing at what she captured on camera. The very determined bear cub was attacking the inflatable holiday…
A rescued cat decided to pay it forward and rescued a chipmunk she thought was in trouble. In an adorable TikTok video shared by @theunbrokensmile, a tiny chipmunk is seen curled up in front of a fireplace. Nearby is Indi the cat, stretching and checking in on the little rodent. “My cat brought a chipmunk…
Red foxes nuzzling in the snow. A beautiful snow leopard high up in the Indian Himalayas. A wolf crosses a bed of eel-grass to hunt by the sea. These are just a few of the incredible images vying for this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award. Every year, the Natural History Museum…
A laugh is always appreciated after a long day or any day for that matter. That’s why the winning photos from the annual Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards are always such a welcome treat. After months of judging and whittling down to 40 finalists from 5000 entries the 2022 winners have finally been announced! Drum roll,…
Emperor penguins grow up during the winter in the Antarctic. But even though the conditions are extremely harsh each chick needs to learn how to make friends if they are going to survive. In this clip from the BBC’s Snow Chick: A Penguin’s Tale, a young penguin is nudged by his mother to leave her…
Is it a strut? A rumba? A “limbo rock” move? People don’t know, but they are entranced by woodcocks dancing across the road. It’s as if they are moving to the beat of music only they can hear. So what is the rocking about? It isn’t known exactly why they do this. Some researchers think…
Two Canadian men out ice fishing caught a different kind of animal when they spotted it injured on the frozen Winnipeg River. Jayden Belanger and Shayne Mozdzen were out ice fishing in Kenora, Ontario when they spotted a deer on the ice. “[W]e came across a deer that had fallen off a cliff and couldn’t…
Unusually warm Autumn weather in the northern town of Prince George, British Columbia tempted a rufous hummingbird to stick around longer than normal. But when temperatures started to really drop and the hummingbird didn’t fly south one couple got worried. Clive Keen, an editor with B.C. Birding magazine first noticed the bird when his wife…
They call her “The Carrot.” The fish has been swimming in the Bluewater Lakes in Champagne, France for about 15 years and during that time has evaded most anglers. But Andy Hacket, from the U.K., recently reeled her in for a few priceless photos before releasing her back into the water. The goldfish, or more…
A reporter in Nairobi, Kenya was reporting on the heartbreaking plight of baby orphaned elephants when one decided to lighten the mood. The curious elephant named Kindani used her trunk to check out what the reporter was up to while he was reporting live on air. And try as he might, the reporter couldn’t keep…
A chimpanzee had an emotional reunion with her baby after she gave birth via C-section. Mahale, a chimpanzee at Sedgwick County Zoo, had not seen her infant for two days after giving birth because baby Kucheza had to stay at the hospital due to low oxygen levels. But nearly 48 hours after birth, mom and…
Pongo the puppy was found covered in burns by a couple. She had gotten caught up in a fire and as a result was orphaned and all alone. Her rescuers brought her to Dog Care Clinic EV, a rescue in Sri Lanka that cares for sick and injured dogs throughout the country. With millions of…
Stephanie with Wild West Wildlife Rehabilitation will tell you that her view of badgers was they are “meaner than snot.” But that was before she met Billie. Billie, an orphaned badger, “turned out to be very special.” Billie was brought in to the wildlife centre by a couple who found the baby badger running across…
A group of fishermen in New Zealand got a big shock when a huge mako shark leaped out of the water and landed right on the front of the boat. Ryan Churches, the owner of Churchys Charters NZ, shared video of the stunning moment. If you have trouble viewing the video above try the version…
Andrea Humphreys is an experienced scuba diver and after 12 years of diving and 675 dives around the world she just had the “experience of a lifetime.” While diving in the waters near Campbell River, British Columbia she got hugged by a giant Pacific octopus and captured the incredible moment on video. She was swimming…
A deer in Alabama got himself stuck in a tight spot – a storm drain. Firefighters from the Troy Fire Department received a call to let them know a deer was stuck in a sewer. The poor deer was peering out but had no way to get out. “This deer found himself in a tight…
Is there anything better than jumping into a pile of autumn leaves? Little children love to do it. Dogs love to do it. And for these foxes, it’s a treat they look forward to every year. Whitby Wildlife Sanctuary in the United Kingdom shared a series of adorable pictures showing their rescued foxes enjoying a…
There is so much to still learn about the spectacular animals and plants that we share Earth with. That’s why the winning photographs of The Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards 2022 are such a treat – they provide us views into the natural world that have never been seen before. Every year, The Wildlife…
A monkey who was shown kindness by a man in Sri Lanka attended his funeral to mourn his passing. Recently, 56-year-old Peetambaram Rajan passed away in the Batticaloa region of Sri Lanka. Mourners recorded a video of the gray langur sitting by Rajan’s open casket and gently placing her hand on his chest. The monkey…
The world’s oceans are filled with incredible mystery and adventure as every one of the images from the Ocean Photographer of the Year competition will attest. The 2022 winners were recently announced and an image of a surfer battling the “heaviest wave in the world” was unanimously judged the winner. The Ocean Photographer of the…
Nibi the baby beaver got a special treat of some sticks while at Newhouse Wildlife Rescue and immediately got busy doing what beavers are best known for. She started to build a dam in the doorway of the rehab room. The animal rescue in Chelmsford, MA, shared the adorable video of the busy beaver, which…
One child’s loss is a young owl’s gain. Eric Lind spotted an unusual sight in an Illinois neighborhood – an owl flying around with a children’s hobby horse toy! “The young neighborhood owl has stolen this stick horse and is flying around the neighborhood with it,” Eric Lind wrote on Facebook. He alerted his neighbors,…
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