Category: animals

Husky Makes Hilarious Faces Pressing Nose Against Window When He Wants In, Cracks Up Owner

This husky has picked up a hilarious habit of pulling goofy faces against his owner’s window. Anna Dunford’s 2-year-old Siberian husky, Baloo, has been keeping his family entertained by pressing his face against windows and pulling a range of hilarious, goofy faces. The 36-year-old from Plymouth says that the funny pictures capture Baloo’s personality perfectly,…


Adorable Black Lab K9 Officer With Amazing Nose Goes Viral After Partner Posts Their Adventures on TikTok

Raider may be an adorable black Lab, but her uncanny hunt instinct made her the perfect K-9 sniffer dog. The cute pup went viral on TikTok after her fun-loving owner, and work partner, Officer Ritchey, of the Atlanta Police Department, started recording their adventures together. Officer Ritchey first met Raider on a small farm, where he…


Michigan Woman Sets Up Homemade ‘Feeder Cam’ to Capture Close-Ups of Birds in Yard

A German native who moved to Michigan was so taken with the local bird life that she installed a camera at the bird feeder in her yard. She soon amassed volumes of incredible photos, showcasing an insider view into the worlds of her feathered friends. Macomb County resident Lisa, 43, goes by “Ostdrossel” on social…


Top Dog: Greek Leader’s Pet Interrupts News Conference

ATHENS, Greece—Peanut has met several visiting European leaders since becoming Greece’s top dog back in April. On Thursday, the golden-haired former stray decided to give himself a louder introduction—briefly interrupting a news conference being held by the prime ministers of Greece and Slovakia. Greek Premier Kyriakos Mistotakis expressed support for the country’s Balkan neighbors’ efforts…


Australian Scientists Unearth 25 Million Year Old Eagle Fossil

Scientists have discovered an ancient eagle fossil in South Australia that lived 25 million years ago. The fossil, one of Australia’s earliest examples of the Accipitridae family (eagles, old world vultures, and hawks), is named Archaehierax sylvestris, the ancient Greek for ‘ancient hawk of the forest.’ The fossil from Lake Pinpa in South Australia was found…


Elephant Mom Brings Her Baby to Visit Man Who Raised Her 10 Years After Being Released

After being rescued and reintroduced to the wild over a decade ago, a once-orphaned elephant has returned to pay a visit to her keeper. Best of all, she brought her own baby to meet him. The elephant, named Sunyei, showed up to visit Sheldrick Wildlife Trust’s head elephant keeper, Benjamin, at their Ithumba site in…


Pet Cats Killed in Chinese City After COVID Infection, Triggering Social Media Anger

BEIJING—Three pet cats that tested positive for coronavirus were put down in the northeastern Chinese city of Harbin, state-backed media reported, leading to a social media backlash at what some viewed as overkill in local efforts to contain the virus. The owner of the cats was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Sept. 21 and the local…


Photographer Captures Fantastical Long-Tailed Indian Paradise Flycatchers in Stunning Photo Set

An Indian nature photographer has captured the breathtaking Indian paradise flycatcher in a series of uncanny close-up shots, showcasing the distinctive-looking bird in all its glory through the lens of an expert. Originally from Cuttack, Odisha, award-winning photographer Gyana Mohanty now works out of Navi in Mumbai. His passion for wildlife photography is dominated by…


Stunning Photos Show Osprey Snatching Red Salmon out of Lake, Lifting Them Airborne

A talented wildlife photographer has captured an incredible series of images of osprey fishing for red kokanee salmon. The shots of keen-eyed raptors and captive crimson-colored fish, jaws gaping, immortalized in stunning detail, went viral. Ken Helal, a physician in his 50s from the inland northwest U.S., took the series over the course of several…


Led by the Nose: Meet the UAE’s COVID-19 Sniffer Dogs

DUBAI—Police in Dubai have built up a special unit of 38 sniffer dogs that can detect COVID-19 from human sweat samples with 92 percent accuracy, the supervisor of the training program told Reuters. Dubai Police trained the cohort, which includes German Shepherds, Labradors, Cocker Spaniels and Border Collies, to recognize the scent of COVID-19 using…