The birth of seven adorable little vermillion flycatcher chicks classified as vulnerable by the IUCN has delighted conservationists on the Galapagos Islands. The cute chicks hatched due a combined effort to remove invasive species from their habitat by the Charles Darwin Foundation and The Galapagos National Park Directorate (GNPD), backed…
This is the adorable moment two elephant calves try out their tusker skills to confront a tourist safari at a South African game reserve. Delighted holidaymakers at the Kapama Private Game Reserve in Limpopo Province watched from their jeeps as the pair confronted them in the bush. The first one…
Sam the bear takes his first dip in his own swimming hole at a Swiss sanctuary after he was saved from a life of misery in a grim zoo. Sam was transferred from a grim North Macedonian zoo in May and has spent months trying to acclimatise to his new…
A zoo bear rescued from a life of misery was caught napping when he decided to sleep through his first day of freedom. Sam had been saved from harsh conditions in a North Macedonian zoo to start a new life at a bear sanctuary on the Swiss Alps. But he…
The self-proclaimed world's oldest zoo has fed a 150-year-old fir tree that served as the Christmas tree at the Schoenbrunn Palace Christmas Market to its delighted African elephants for them to munch on. Schoenbrunn Zoo gave the large Christmas tree to its elephants in the Austrian capital Vienna yesterday (11th…
This spectacular footage captured by a drone shows a rare phenomenon in which the air temperature plunges while the sea remains warm, thus making it appear as if the water is boiling. The footage was captured in the town of Korsakov, which is located at the southern end of Russia's…
Snaps of a sloth riding a city bus in an urban region of Brazil have delighted netizens. The sloth was rescued by bus driver Ronaldo Santana and conductor Marcio Albuquerque in the north-eastern Brazilian municipality of Paulista in the Recife Metropolitan Area. It was spotted by the duo walking close…
A Japanese mum worried about her baby as the coronavirus pandemic widens was delighted when an ultrasound appeared to show the baby showing a 'V' for victory sign from the womb. Local media reported that the mother was a big fan of Japanese comedian Ken Shimura, and when she learned…