If you spend much time watching underwater nature documentaries, you might come to know the dolphin as an incredibly intelligent ocean mammal—it’s demeanor, often playful; it’s skin, typically gray. However, one species of dolphin stands out from the norm. Rather than dwelling in the saltwater of the ocean, this dolphin resides in freshwater rivers; rather…
‘Mythical’ Pink Dolphins of the Amazon River Are Real, but Rare; Here’s How You Can Find Them
Thousands of ‘Cold-Stunned’ Sea Turtles Off Coast of Texas Rescued, Warmed in Convention Center
The brutal cold snap that has frozen Texas hasn’t only numbed unprepared people to the bone—thousands of turtles have been caught off guard too. Thousands of sea turtles unused to the plunge in temperatures have been washing up on the beaches of South Padre Island, off the southern coast of Texas. Volunteers have brought some…
Panthers Are Actually Just Black Leopards With Invisible Spots, but Why Are They So Ultra Rare?
When you think of panthers, those black, mysterious—not to mention dangerous—leopards of the wild, your imagination may wander to obscure jungles in India or Africa, where few humans set foot. And your imagination would not be far off, for such animals are among the rarest large cats in the world. “Black panthers are uncommon,” Nicholas Pilfold,…
Garbage Truck Driver Spots Discarded Bag With Abandoned Puppy Inside, Adopts Her as His Own
Trash collectors handle all kinds of discarded containers every day—it’s quite literally their job. But it isn’t every day a garbageman finds a bag with someone in it, particularly someone who ends up becoming a brand-new family member. That’s exactly what happened when Aaron Kinsel, a driver for Rumpke Waste & Recycling, was out on the…
Photographer Catches Lucky Shot of Lion Seemingly With Cheetah’s Whole Head in His Mouth
This incredible photograph of a lion has people doing a double-take online. At first glance, in the picture, the lion appears to have swallowed the entire head of another large African feline, a cheetah. However, upon second glance, you can see that the image is actually an incredible optical illusion—incredible enough to have caused a…
NJ Police Officer Rescues Homeless Wounded Pit Bull Pup and Adopts Him the Same Day
When a New Jersey police officer rescued an injured pit bull puppy, it was love at first sight. Officer Matthew O’Hanlon with the Mount Laurel Police Department was in a business district of Mount Laurel when he and his colleague found an injured puppy wandering around. The 14-week-old dog, which they rescued on Jan. 2,…
Parrot With No Beak Gets Second Chance at Life After Rescuers Craft New Prosthetic Beak
An animal rehabilitation center in Brazil is being hailed for its innovation in helping an injured parrot with a missing beak found in the wild. The bird was admitted to the center, and a handmade prosthetic beak was contracted, allowing the parrot to be able to eat again and fully recover. Experts at Renascer ACN,…
Broken, Injured Elephant ‘Waiting for Death’ Rescued From the Horrors of Logging Industry
Warning: This article includes content some readers may find disturbing Looking aged and beyond her years, Mae Mai, a 30-year-old elephant, still bears the scars of her crippling former life as a logging elephant. Rescued by a nonprofit in Thailand, she is both emblematic of an ongoing crisis and a beacon of hope for others…
Team Rescues Mother Elephant Walking in Pain With Hunter’s Snare Cutting Into Her Leg
A heroic wildlife rescue team has managed to save a mother elephant’s life after she was spotted wandering the plains in Zimbabwe with a hunter’s snare attached to her leg. Catherine Norton, 58, a conservationist living in Zimbabwe, was called to the Musango Island Safari Camp after the owner saw the adult elephant, named Martha,…
Snowy Owl Appears in Manhattan’s Central Park for the First Time in 130 Years in Rare Migration
The internet is buzzing over the extremely rare appearance of a snowy owl landing in Central Park late January, a sight experts say hasn’t happened for over a century. According to CBS, the snowy owl was sighted in the North Meadow baseball field last week, likely migrating south for the winter. The bird, which is…
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