According to Agence France-Presse, a charity has successfully transferred 13 animals to a new home in Jordan via Turkey from a neglected Syrian zoo. A lioness who was among the rescued animals gave birth to a healthy cub just hours ...
Read More »Panda baby at Japan zoo gets a checkup
Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo said Friday the panda, born June 12, was ruled a female by examining experts, according to Phys.org. It’s difficult to determine the gender of a panda newborn. The zoo had also been careful not to separate the ...
Read More »Sea lion drags girl into water off dock in Canada – video
A local resident captured dramatic video on Saturday showing a sea lion grabbing a young girl by the dress and dragging her into the water off a dock at Steveston in Richmond, British Columbia, Joinfo.com reports with reference to CBC ...
Read More »Guy Hides Camera In Bucket Of Water To See Who Comes To Drink, And Result Doesn’t Disappoint
We see different creatures, from bees, to chickens, to a donkey and a rabbit. The video was uploaded by John Wells from The Field Lab, a Southwest Texas alternative energy and sustainable living field laboratory, according to Bored Panda. “I ...
Read More »Tiny, adorable baby otter rescued by hero Arizonans
The 4-week-old animal was dehydrated and covered with fleas when three heroes from Salt River Project noticed the otter struggling to escape the drying canal, according to Mashable. “He was calling for his momma, we assumed,” Craig Boggs, one of ...
Read More »First wild bison calves born at Banff National Park
For the first time in over 140 years tiny bison calves will be grazing on the rocky slopes of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. This little calf was born on Saturday in the Panther Valley area followed by two other ...
Read More »United Airlines investigates giant rabbit death
The 90cm-long bunny, called Simon, was found dead in the cargo hold when the flight arrived at Chicago’s O’Hare airport from London Heathrow, according to the BBC. Reports in UK media say the continental giant rabbit was being delivered to ...
Read More »Orca gives birth to last baby at SeaWorld
SeaWorld said the orca — the last in a generation of whales bred in confinement — was born Wednesday afternoon. The company did not immediately name the calf because the park’s veterinarians had not yet determined whether it was male ...
Read More »Taiwan officially bans eating cat and dog meat
The bill also prohibits those using a car or motorbike from pulling their pets alongside them on a lead as they travel, according to the BBC. Anyone caught breaching the order faces a large fine or up to two years ...
Read More »Meet Moshow, The Man Who Went Viral For Rapping About His Cat
According to Complex, the entire internet rejoiced in unison when this video of a guy rapping while giving his cat a bath went viral to the tune of 1.8 million views; a second cat-bathing freestyle clip is sitting at damn near five million views. ...
Read More »Meet the mind-blowing parrot that can talk like Matthew McConaughey
Einstein the African grey parrot turned 30 years old this week (some African greys live to be 80!). To celebrate his big day, Zoo Knoxville showed off his incredible skills and gave him some tasty treats. Check him out. His spaceship, ghost, ...
Read More »Polar bears spotted in Scotland as animals flee melting Arctic ice cap
For scientists with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) have discovered a polar bear living on an island in the Outer Hebrides, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Telegraph. The images and video footage were captured by a dog walker on North ...
Read More »Manatees are no longer an endangered species
Manatees have been taken off the U.S. Interior Department’s list of endangered species, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Metro. The species has now been officially reclassified as threatened. The move has been condemned by conservationists who say it weakens protections ...
Read More »Australian Scientists Hope to Find Extinct Tasmanian Tigers
Recent “plausible sightings” have challenged the accepted wisdom that Thylacinus cynocephalus has gone extinct — and have inspired researchers at Australia’s James Cook University to commence a quest to find it themselves, Joinfo.com reports with reference to NPR. Let’s clarify ...
Read More »New population of rare tigers found in eastern Thailand
Camera traps discovered a small population of rare tigers with at least six cubs in the eastern Thailand jungle, Joinfo.com reports with reference to the BBC. Poaching and the loss of habitat has reduced the global population of the sub-species ...
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