
Canary Plays Dead At Vet’s
Scared canary plays dead at a vet's to avoid being eaten. The play-dead stunt is reportedly instinctive and is believed to stem from the fact that the attack instinct of…
Scared canary plays dead at a vet's to avoid being eaten. The play-dead stunt is reportedly instinctive and is believed to stem from the fact that the attack instinct of…
The world's oldest zoo has declared its cute colony of meerkats its visitors' favourite animals. Footage released by Austria's Schoenbrunn Zoo in Vienna to celebrate their status shows the adorable…
A marine wildlife expert pushed his luck when he decided to pick up one of the deadliest ever sea creatures - known as blue death - with his bare hands.…
A diminutive 225 million year old reptile unearthed in Brazil gave rise to the biggest creatures that ever flew, according to new research. The lizard-like species measured just 15 inches…
The world's fastest shark, which can strike at nearly 50mph, has been spotted prowling the Spanish coast close to Barcelona. The extremely rare, eight-foot-long shortfin mako shark is one of…
These snaps show how an unlucky toucan was gobbled up by a caiman when it went to drink water from a river. Tour guide and photographer Edir Alves captured the…
Maggie the runaway sheep - whose smelly 55-lb woolly coat kept forest wolves away – has been found dead after eight years of living in the wild. Alone and unshorn,…
This adorable baby porcupine has been born at a Swiss zoo where he has been exploring his surroundings with caring family members. Wakili the cute porcupine was born at Zoo…
A record-breaking litter of rare Sandbar sharks had to be rescued by aquarium keepers to stop them being snapped up by other predators. In the wild, the environmentally threatened shark…
Prehistoric giant sloths had a chainmail-like armour made of a bone mesh embedded in their skin to stop predators sinking their teeth and claws into them, according to new research.…