Paddleboarder Sees Clump Of Feathers In Water And Realizes It’s Breathing
“he was unable to fly” 💔 It was a bright, warm day in Southwest Florida last month when a paddleboarder made an alarming discovery. From a distance, she noticed what…
Woman Hears Howling In Bathroom Walls And What Rescuers Find Leaves Everyone Stunned
They were covered in dust 🥺 Last week, the team at the Kirkland Foundation received a chilling call from a worried homeowner in distress. “She reported hearing howling coming from…
Dog Flags Down Patrol Car And Leads Deputy To Missing Grandmother
The other night, dispatchers from Florida’s Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office received a call from a man whose wife had gone missing. The 86-year-old woman had gone for a walk with…
‘Unusual’ Fox Too Friendly For The Wild Demands Belly Rubs From His Caretakers
From the outside, Boots looks just like any other fox — sleek copper fur, warm brown eyes, and a tail that swishes with every bound. But beneath that picture-perfect exterior,…
Tiny Baby Hidden In Leaf Pile Is Actually A Critically Endangered Animal
Do you see him? A few years ago, while conducting fieldwork along the shores of the U.S. Virgin Islands, marine biologist Dr. Larry Wood spotted a tiny movement in the…
Octopus arms are adaptable but some are favored for particular jobs
The cephalopods don’t use every limb in the same manner, something they share with primates An octopus can technically use any of its eight arms for any purpose, but new…
This ‘ghost shark’ has teeth on its forehead
Some male ghost sharks have a truly haunting way of showing affection — they use teeth that grow out of their foreheads. These strange creatures, known as spotted ratfish, use…
What the longest woolly rhino horn tells us about the beasts’ biology
The discovery of the longest woolly rhinoceros horn ever recorded is shedding new light on the biology and behavior of these Ice Age giants. Unearthed from Siberia’s frozen permafrost, the…
King of the Jungle Gets a CT Scan: Kiburi’s Royal Check-Up at London Zoo
Kiburi, a 21-year-old silverback gorilla and the leader of London Zoo’s western lowland gorilla troop, received a reassuring health update this week after undergoing a comprehensive medical examination. The 177-kilogram…
From gentle giants to ghostly hunters, sharks face an unseen peril
The habitat of thirty species of sharks, rays, and chimaeras, also called ghost sharks, overlap with areas where proposed deep-sea mining may occur, according to new research published in Current…