Detroit Boy Finds a Puppy on His Walk Home From School — Then the Vet Makes a Shocking Discovery
He and his family were so shocked! When a boy named Levi spotted a small animal lying alone beside the road on his walk home from school in May, he…
Photographer Captures Incredible Moment Goslings Take a 25-Foot Leap From Their Nest
“Don’t worry, this is perfectly normal.“ Every spring, young Canada geese at the Julia Butler Hansen Refuge for the Columbian White-Tailed Deer face an unforgettable first challenge. Soon after hatching,…
Surprise! Wax seems key in turning honeybee larvae into queens
For generations, the familiar explanation for how honeybees create a queen has been simple: feed a young larva royal jelly and she develops into royalty. New research suggests the process…
Animals have been eating nature’s original bioplastic for millions of years
A tiny marine worm has helped overturn a long-standing assumption about how natural plastics move through ecosystems. The worm, Olavius algarvensis, grows to only around two centimeters long and has…
‘First recorded’ sighting of a Scottish wildcat swimming
A Scottish wildcat released as part of a major conservation programme has been filmed swimming through a river — the first time the behaviour has been recorded in the wild…
Chris Evans Talks Movies And Family While On A Date With Two Adorable Dogs
Chris Evans arrived for his latest Dodo Dream Date expecting an adorable afternoon — and quickly discovered he would be sharing it with not one rescue dog, but two. Waiting…
Snail slime does many jobs thanks to calcium
Snail slime might look like one simple, sticky substance, but new research shows it is far more sophisticated than it appears. Scientists studying grove snails have discovered that the animals…
Cornish sardines back on menu for penguins
A group of penguins at a wildlife park in Cornwall are enjoying a more local menu after a chance conversation led to a new supply of freshly caught sardines. Paradise…
‘I feel guilty’ – the farmer whose lamb had Scotland’s first case of bluetongue
A farmer who moved her family hundreds of miles to begin a new life in south-west Scotland found herself at the center of an unexpected animal health scare just months…
Duck Becomes Emotional Support Animal That Unexpectedly Heals a Golden Retriever
When Tori and Justin Cannarelli agreed to take in a duckling named Louie, they thought the arrangement would be temporary. Louie had hatched at an elementary school on Long Island,…