This endangered baby elephant is doing well after being born last week as it learns to navigate its surroundings under its mother Matla's watchful eye. The touching images show the baby elephant, still a little unsteady on its legs, getting used to its surroundings. It can be seen interacting with…
This stunning footage shows how an African elephant that had been pregnant for a whopping 653 days finally gave birth at a zoo in Spain. Bioparc Valencia resident Matla gave birth naturally in the early hours of 9th November. Her calf is the first African elephant to be born in…
A nurse accused of murdering five newborn babies and trying to kill eight more looked up lethal doses of potassium and insulin on the internet, said prosecutors in Argentina. Police found the deadly hunt in her computer search history after arresting suspect Brenda Aguero, who worked as a neo-natal nurse…
In a series of cute videos, two newborn jaguar cubs frolic and play after nuzzling up to each other while suckling from their mother. Proud jaguar mum Mbarete can be seen giving her two adorable cubs a few wide-tongued licks after they were born in El Impenetrable National Park in…
This is the moment when a tiny newborn sloth snuggles into its mum's fur at a zoo in Germany. The after-dark footage was filmed in Leipzig Zoo, Saxony and shows the as-yet unnamed cub for the very first time. The tot can be seen clinging tightly to its mum, Elfriede,…
Newborn baby elephant takes his first wobbly steps under the watchful eye of his mum shortly after being born. The astonishing video - recorded at the Blijdorp Rotterdam Zoo in the Netherlands - shows the mum in labour as other tuskers gather around to help her. As the calf emerges,…
These images show twin giant panda cubs in their first public appearance to the delight of their adoring fans. The cubs first appeared before visitors at Chongqing Zoo, Chongqing, southwest China, on Saturday, 1st October. Picture shows the two giant panda twins at Chongqing Zoo in China, undated. The giant…
Tiny antelope newborn comes face to face with its amazed fans in its first public appearance. The dik-dik calf - looking just like Disney's Bambi - wobbles uncertainly on its hooves as it walks around the enclosure with its mother. Other animals at Bioparc Valencia in Spain turn their heads…
A proud spotted hyena mum has shown off her adorable newborn cub for the first time at her zoo enclosure. The solo dark-coloured cub is just over a week old in footage released by Zurich Zoo, in Switzerland, as it bonds with its five-year-old mother Tesi. https://youtu.be/C3cj3SwLp2s Zoo Zurich, Nicole…
An amazed recycler couldn't believe his eyes when he searched a dumped box for old metal and found a newborn baby inside. The street salvager had found the closed cardboard box in the Vila Formosa neighbourhood of Ipatinga, Minas Gerais state, south-eastern Brazil on the afternoon of Wednesday, 14th September.…