Bearded Vulture Chicks Learn From Bald Ibis Pals How To Get Ready For Return To The Wild
A pair of rare fledgling vultures have been set up in a luxury new zoo home with a flock of equally rare bald ibis to teach them to fly as…
Red bellied lemur, whose species is endangered, was born in the Spanish zoo of Bioparc Valencia, June 2023. (Bioparc Valencia/Newsflash)
Adorable Red-Bellied Lemur Born At Spanish Zoo
This adorable footage shows a rare red-bellied lemur clinging to its parents shortly after its birth at a Spanish zoo. The species, whose scientific name is Eulemur rubriventer, is endemic…
Image shows the adorable snow leopard cubs at the Salzburg Zoo, in Austria, undated photo. They were born on April 2, 2023. (Salzburg Zoo/Newsflash)
Adorable Snow Leopard Cubs Have Fun Playing In Grass
These heartwarming images show how two adorable snow leopard cubs explored their surroundings eight weeks after being born at a zoo in Austria. Salzburg Zoo Hellbrunn said in a statement…
Photo shows the dog that swallowed toy ducks by mistake in Shanghai, China, undated. Eleven toy ducks were taken out of his stomach. (Guysnd/AsiaWire)
Vets Remove 11 Rubber Ducks From French Bulldog’s Stomach
A pet owner was stunned when she took her dog to the vet worried it might have swallowed a rubber duck but learned it had ingested 11 of them instead.…
Photo shows an Albino deer photographed for the first time in Chongqing Yintiaoling Reserve, China, undated. It was confirmed that the wild animal is a national second-class protected wild animal hair-crested deer. (AsiaWire)
Rare Albino Deer Spotted In National Nature Reserve
An incredibly rare albino deer has been sighted in a nature reserve in south-western China. The small-sized creature, covered from head to toe in white fur has reportedly been spotted…
Photo shows Bijuli Prasad, India's oldest elephant, undated. He died at the age of 89 in the tea gardens of Assam, India. (CEN)
Heartbreak As Gentle Giant Dies In Sleep Aged 89
An elephant icon believed to be India's oldest domestic Asiatic elephant has died in India aged 89. Revered Bijuli Prasad died suddenly of old age at Behalli tea estate in…
The penguin's feet are slipping on ice in Heilongjiang, China, undated. The video was posted on Douyin the Chinese version of TikTok. (194849753/AsiaWire)
Penguin Struggles To Walk On Ice
This is the hilarious moment a penguin struggles to keep its balance as its feet keep slipping on the icy floor. The unexpected 'slip-up' was filmed by an unnamed visitor…
Photo shows a magpie nest made of anti-nesting spikes in a tree in Antwerp, Belgium, undated. Researchers from two Dutch natural history museums collected nests of a carrion crow and a Eurasian magpie that were largely built with material that should have deterred birds; bird nests made of anti-bird spikes. (Auke-Florian Hiemstra/Newsflash)
Scottish Magpies Use Bird Repellent Pins To Build Nests And Guard From Other Birds
Clever magpies have been found stealing bird-repellent barriers to help build and defend their nests in areas as far apart as Scotland, Holland and Belgium. The newly published Dutch study…
Photo shows a little hedgehog burying his whole head in the watermelon and eating it in Xinjiang, China, undated. The owner left it to continue eating. (1657340925/AsiaWire)
Feasting Hedgehog Found With Its Head Buried Inside Watermelon Growing In Woman’s Field
A hilarious video showing a hungry hedgehog sticking its head inside a watermelon growing in a woman's field and ignoring her presence while enjoying the feast went viral after it…
Image shows freshly prepared food and vegetable for the animals at the Zurich Zoo, Switzerland, undated photo. They get delivered to the tropical Masoala rainforest enclosure three times a week. (Zurich Zoo, Daniel Egger/Newsflash)
Keepers Reveal How They Feed 500 Animals Their Perfect Diet
Zoo keepers in Switzerland have given a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the mind bug-ling menu demands of hundreds of animals in their rainforest enclosure. 11,000 square metre (118,400 square feet) enclosure…