Wild bear cubs that were caught on camera frolicking in a backyard pool in Southern California are going viral for their irresistible cuteness. A female brown bear has found the perfect playground for her two cubs since 33-year-old real estate agent and wildlife lover Ashley Howie installed two ponds and a tub in her backyard….

A bald eagle chick has welcomed an “adoptive brother” into her nest after the little chick’s nest fell, injuring the bird and separating him from his parents. On May 22, the Raptor Center at the University of Minnesota reached out to eagle expert Lori Naumann, to say they’d found a 3-week-old bald eagle in a…

A Shire horse who gave birth to a stillborn foal is healing from heartbreak by fostering two orphaned foals as her own. Sammy, a 12-year-old Shire horse, became a foster mom to two thoroughbred foals after each lost its mother shortly after being born. Jess Westwood, the owner of Molland Ridge Stud and Rehabilitation in…

A 28-year-old chimpanzee who spent her entire life in a cage has seen the open sky for the first time at her new 3-acre (1.2-hectare) sanctuary home in Florida. Vanilla was born in captivity and spent her first two years of life in a 5-foot- (1.5-meter-) square suspended cage at New York’s former biomedical research…

He heard the mother bald eagle’s cry before she was even seen. Staked out at a nest in Santa Clara County, tripod prepped, camera ready to shoot, Doug Gillard took his best guess where she might appear. He pointed his camera straight up and blindly fired away at 80 frames per second. It was a…

A diver has created an unlikely bond with a wild fish and the pair “meet” every summer at the same spot. Rex Colubra, 40, made friends with the freshwater smallmouth bass while on a dive in September 2021. The bizarre encounter ended with the pair becoming friends and Mr. Colubra even named the fish Elvis….

A horse that was abandoned by the side of the road after collapsing while pulling a cart has been adopted and has found a life worth living with a young horse rider. The pair have now made waves at their first horse show together. Seven-year-old standard-bred horse, Woody, was found by Garda Andrew Kiely of the…

A rescued dog has found an adorable way to thank her rescuer. Since being rescued from a mine site in West Virginia, she waits patiently on the driveway for him to come home from work and has done so every single day for two years. Tim Fitzwater, a state mine inspector for West Virginia, who…

The resilience of the iconic Australian birds—purple-crowned fairywrens—who were found alive and well four months after extreme flooding despite all their nests being washed away is noteworthy, according to researchers. The Western Australian floodings at the start of the year brought heavy rain and swelled the nearby Fitzroy River to nearly 15.81 meters (52 feet)…

Horses and swimming pools don’t always make the best bedfellows. So, when Cindy Buckel from Pasco County, Florida, discovered her horse Moe way out of his depth in their pool, she and her husband enlisted the help of their local fire rescue. They had been busy with yard work on Tuesday, June 20, and they…