3+ week, 6+ day ago   (243+ words) Rodents may not be for everyone, but the Sacramento Zoo hopes to make a case for why its latest arrivals earned their affectionate nickname of "HeroRATS." The African giant pouched rats, considered one of the world's longest rodents, have an…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (399+ words) The Gann Fire in Calaveras County came within five miles of the Performing Animal Welfare Society sanctuary, but fire crews prevented the flames from reaching the facility, keeping its exotic animals safe. The Gann Fire in Calaveras County threatened the…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (198+ words) A diver's dramatic encounter with a shark was captured on video as he was spearfishing in Fiji. Gibbs, a New Zealand-based ocean enthusiast and content creator, said the shark latched onto his calf and began "death rolling." "Feeling incredibly lucky…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (802+ words) On the facade of a sushi restaurant in a chic Buenos Aires neighborhood, two goldfish in a glass display case would go largely unnoticed apart from the occasional child who would tap against the glass. Video above: Beagle breeding facility…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (636+ words) A fossil that was sitting in a collection drawer for decades has been found to belong to the first dinosaur remains ever discovered in Antarctica. The vertebra or backbone was found in 1985 by a British Antarctic Survey (BAS) expedition, but…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago   (786+ words) More than 132 feet below sea level, a diver was removing abandoned fishing nets from a shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea when he had an encounter that would be the stuff of many people’s nightmares. Somewhere between the white beaches of…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (421+ words) With his shock of golden hair and trim 1,500-pound build, Donald Trump has been drawing crowds from across Bangladesh since he arrived at the national zoo last week. The rare albino buffalo became a sensation when a farmer noticed that…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (120+ words) An albino buffalo, nicknamed "Donald Trump," was slated for sacrifice in Bangladesh, but was spared due to the animal's perceived resemblance to U.S. President Donald Trump. The buffalo was scheduled to be sacrificed for the Muslim holiday, Eid al-Adha, but Bangladeshi…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (683+ words) Indian magnate Anant Ambani, son of billionaire Mukesh Ambani, has offered to take in at his wildlife sanctuary in India, 80 “cocaine hippos” currently living in Colombia, where the government is planning to cull them. Related video above: Colombians divided over…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (295+ words) Punch the baby orphan macaque is outgrowing the orangutan plushie that comforted him through early rejection from his mother and other monkeys. Images of Punch dragging around the toy bigger than him drew attention to the residents of a zoo…...