A rare type of sea turtle is on the road to recover at the GeorgiaSea TurtleCenter in Jekyll Island, Georgia. But this reptile is the offspring of a surprising parent duo ... The IUCN categorizes them as critically endangered ... Image ... ....
About 2,200 years ago, a Roman Republic ship sank off the coast of modern-day Croatia, with wood and amphorae (ancient storage containers) of wine on board ... The ship’s critical waterproofing layer was their treasure ... ....
It turns out that giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) newborns are actually quite small, weighing just around 7.1 ounces ... The zoo has just welcomed three of their own decent-sized chocolate bars, the offspring of mother Bonita and father Manu ... Image ... .
Mountain lions (Puma concolor, cougars, pumas, among its many other names) are carnivorous, sharp-toothed and clawed big cats. They can be dangerous to livestock, pets, and the occasional human—but their cubs sure are adorable ... ....
In the latest episode of old museum collections revealing new discoveries, two researchers in Australia have solved a paleontological mystery with an Ice Age fossil first discovered over 100 years ago ... An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology ... Image ... .
Birds in Hawaii are stealing from each other, and this bird-on-bird crime even extends to members of the same species. It’s an example of kleptoparasitism, or when an animal steals things from another ... The Hawai‘i amakihi. Image. JessieKnowlton/UCR ... ....
What’s big, rare, and smells like literal death? If you guessed a corpse, you’re not wrong. The pungent flower in question is a tropical plant called titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum), a species of corpse flower ... One person has a more inspired take ... .
When it’s time to cook a lobster, the crustaceans are infamously boiled alive. While one can safely assume that such an end would be excruciating for a human, crustaceans’ capacity for feeling pain is a bit vague ... And it’s not pretty ... ....
Installing wheels on a tortoise might seem like a cruel joke—but a veterinary practice in the Philippines recently did so to help out an Aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea) with troubled hind legs ... “We measured the height ... ....
When animals end up in a wildlife center, it’s usually not for happy reasons. But sometimes tough situations have a silver lining, and that’s exactly what’s happened at Raven RidgeWildlifeCenter in Washington Boro, Pennsylvania...Image ... It worked ... ....
Spring has finally arrived in the northern hemisphere, sweeping winter away with flowers, outdoor activities, and cute babies ... In the case of opossum mothers, that instinct is comically low ... Opossum babies weigh just 0.13 to 0.16 grams at birth ... Image ... .