Category: Animal

  • A Lion At A China Zoo Went Viral For Having Bangs. The Zookeepers Denied Giving It A Haircut.

    A Lion At A China Zoo Went Viral For Having Bangs. The Zookeepers Denied Giving It A Haircut.

    It started with a photo—one lion, one mane, and one surprisingly well-defined fringe. Within hours, the image of A Hang, a white lion at Guangzhou Zoo in southern China, had gone viral. To some, the animal looked like it had wandered out of a retro fashion shoot; to others, it appeared to be the latest…

  • Tips for Keeping Dogs Safe During Fireworks Celebrations

    Tips for Keeping Dogs Safe During Fireworks Celebrations

    The first rocket whistles skyward, and the night erupts in color yet somewhere inside, a dog’s world is imploding. Shelters brace for the aftermath: lost-pet intakes surge 30 to 60 percent between July 4 and July 6, making July 5 the single busiest day of the year for animal rescues. Nearly one in five missing…

  • Horror as Cat Fur Vests Sold at Popular Shopping Centre

    Horror as Cat Fur Vests Sold at Popular Shopping Centre

    A routine shopping trip for a children’s winter vest in Melbourne has exposed a disturbing truth that animal welfare advocates say represents just the tip of an iceberg. What began as a concerned shopper’s tip to investigators has unraveled into a scandal that spans multiple retail outlets, reveals systemic regulatory failures, and forces uncomfortable questions…

  • Largest Great White Shark on Record Is Swimming Towards a Tourist Hotspot

    Largest Great White Shark on Record Is Swimming Towards a Tourist Hotspot

    Just off the sun-warmed shores of North Carolina, where families gather to paddleboard, swim, and sunbathe, an unexpected visitor has made headlines. Contender, the largest great white shark ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean, is quietly navigating the same waters that double as a summer playground for millions. At 14 feet long and weighing over…

  • 2 Orcas Trapped in Abandoned Marine Park Months After Closure

    2 Orcas Trapped in Abandoned Marine Park Months After Closure

    A wild orca can cruise some 40 miles of coastline in a single day an aquatic marathon that knits together hunting grounds, family calls, and deep-water dives. But on the French Riviera, Wikie and her calf Keijo trace a weary oval of chlorinated water no longer than a sprinting track, the paint flaking off the…

  • Fish Suffer up to 22 Minutes of Intense Pain When Taken Out of Water

    Every year, approximately one trillion fish are caught from the water worldwide, primarily destined for human consumption. While most people understand this isn’t exactly pleasant for the animals involved, few have considered the specific mechanics of what happens during those final moments. Until now, the experience remained largely unquantified, a gap in our understanding that…

  • World’s Smallest Otter Species Rediscovered In Nepal After 185 Years

    World’s Smallest Otter Species Rediscovered In Nepal After 185 Years

    Forest officers in Nepal thought they were conducting a routine wildlife rescue when they found an injured juvenile animal by a busy river junction last November. Local communities had occasionally mentioned seeing similar creatures, but without scientific confirmation, these remained just stories passed down through generations. What happened next would rewrite conservation history and answer…

  • A Decapitated Python In Florida Everglades Suggests Bobcats Are Resisting Their Invasion

    A Decapitated Python In Florida Everglades Suggests Bobcats Are Resisting Their Invasion

    Wildlife biologist Ian Bartoszek thought he knew exactly what he would find when he followed the radio signal from Loki, a 13-foot Burmese python equipped with tracking technology. December 2022 marked the breeding season in the Florida Everglades, and male “scout” snakes, like Loki, typically led researchers straight to fertile females—the primary targets in an…

  • Heartbreaking Images Show Birds So Full of Plastic They ‘Crack and Crunch’

    Heartbreaking Images Show Birds So Full of Plastic They ‘Crack and Crunch’

    Imagine picking up a seabird and hearing it crunch—not from its bones, but from hundreds of shards of plastic grinding inside its belly. It’s not the sound of nature. It’s the sound of pollution taking root inside a living creature. On a tiny crescent-shaped island in the Pacific, some baby birds are dying with up…

  • Decapitated Dolphin Found On Remote US Island – And NOAA Wants To Know Who’s To Blame

    Decapitated Dolphin Found On Remote US Island – And NOAA Wants To Know Who’s To Blame

    Imagine discovering a precious artifact, only to find it deliberately defiled, its true story obscured by an act of malice. This isn’t a museum heist, however, but a much more visceral mystery playing out on the remote shores of North Carolina. Each year, dozens of dolphins strand along the state’s coast, a somber reminder of…