Animals

Juneau, Alaska. Wildlife photographer Nick Jans was out walking his Labrador one day when he saw something that made him stop dead in his tracks. It was a wolf. Out in the wild, Alaskan wolves can be quite savage. In a dogfight, the wolf would be able to rip...

If you've ever gone out hiking in the wilderness, there's a chance - depending on where you live, of course - that you might have come across a rattlesnake. Or at least heard one. The noise of their rattling tails is uniquely distinct. Once you hear it, you know...

Joao Pereira de Souza is a 71 year-old bricklayer from Brazil with a most unusual friend. A Patagonian penguin! That's right. The bird has been paying him annual visits, to his exact spot on the beach and staying with him for a vacation every year now since they first...

Punjab, India. A pair of sensational photographs have emerged which have taken the internet by storm. The snaps show a couple of puppies which have seemingly fallen down a well. But the well appears to double as a SNAKE PIT. Two tiny dogs down there with what appears to...

Reese the Rottweiler is, despite his scary appearance and his breed's fearsome reputation, actually a pretty relaxed dog. In fact, most Rotties are unless you teach them to be scary. They're like any dog, in that respect. Pit Bull Terriers are a case in point. But Reese is more than...

Dogs are pack animals, right? They hang around with other dogs - or humans - and exist as a constituent part of a wider entity. They like it that way. Don't they? Or do they secretly yearn to be in monogamous relationships like humans? With just one pal? This...

Pets can be very communicative, can't they? Their facial expressions, noises and body language. Just the way they act speaks volumes. But what if they could actually speak volumes? In this video, Canadian video maker and musician Andrew Grantham imagines his dog can talk. And the results are freaking hilarious! The Talking...

Last summer, Jeff Longo was walking down the street in his hometown in Florida. It was a hot day (of course!). As he strolled, he noticed something on the sidewalk. It was a tiny little blob. He didn't know what it was. But when he bent down to investigate...

No one likes getting up and out of bed, do they? It's just so warm and nice and cosy in there. And getting up generally means you've got to be somewhere, with all the rushing about and things that that entails. How annoying. Better just to lay back and...

Do you have pets? If so, no doubt you worry about them. It's only natural. They're like kids, aren't they? You just can't help but worry yourself sick sometimes. But it's not always them that might get into trouble. What if you found yourself in an accident or something......

It's a pleasure to get to spend time with any of God's creatures really, isn't it? Even our pet dogs and cats that we take for granted. But when it comes to slightly more unusual animals? If we get up close and personal with them? Well, it's just such...

You love dogs, right? Right. Even if you're more of a cat person than a dog person, you'd never want to see a dog suffer. Only the most inhuman people in the world would. If you do love dogs and puppies especially - please listen to our advice... NEVER...

When Harper the puppy was born, she had a condition which can really badly affect a dog's life and health. She could barely move. And couldn't walk. Instead of taking little Harper to the veterinarian's, the callous owner just disposed of her. Literally. He put her straight into a...

In 2013, Ponso the chimp was one of twenty chimpanzees - all aged between around seven and eleven years old - who were relocated to a very small island off the Ivory Coast in West Africa, effectively abandoned. Why? Well,it was all part of some testing that was carried out by...

There were shocking scenes on an Argentinian beach recently when a baby dolphin washed up on the shore. But instead of helping it back into the water... Everyone on the beach picked it up and passed it around for selfies. Until the little thing died. A spokesperson from the Vida...