Pall Sigurdsson spent a whole dive and most of his air saving this octopus in Lembeh, Indonesia from what was bound to be a cruel fate — via Youtube
Gli is a cross-eyed adorable cat that has been living in Hagia Sophia for the past 15 years. The Hagia Sophia is more than 2,000 years old and is one of the most extraordinary structures ever built. It has been a temple, church, mosque and museum through its long history.
See the Hagia Sophia through the eyes of Gli, the cat who guides — via Youtube
Taronga Western Plains Zoo has welcomed a female White Rhino calf. The calf was born, behind-the-scenes, in the early hours of 18 August to mother, Mopani, at 16 months gestation. The new baby weighed in at 74kg — via ZooBorns
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On 15 August 2019, a square-lipped rhinoceros calf was born at Royal Burgers’ Zoo. The young bull looks to be in good health — via Youtube
Watch the brilliant colour changes of a sleeping octopus — via Youtube
Deinopis is a throw back to an older, cooler kind of cribellate spider. Lots of spigots… Lots. Of. Spigots — via Youtube
Half-Asleep Chris GPS tracked his cats for 24 hours. After recently letting Ralph and Tom outside for the first ever time, Ralph went missing overnight. Half-Asleep Chris bought a GPS tracking device to find out where he went — via Youtube
The calf, which has been revealed as a boy, arrived to proud parents Margery (7) and Betong (6) on Thursday morning (18 July). Weighing just 5kg at birth, the youngster follows a 13-month-long (391-day) pregnancy — via Youtube
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Lincoln Park Zoo is excited to welcome its latest arrival after 15 months of gestation. On 19 May, Kapuki, an eastern black rhinoceros, gave birth to an healthy male calf at Regenstein African Journey — via YouTube
The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens is excited to share that all six puppies, born 24 April 2019 are healthy and thriving. Today, May 24th, the animal care and veterinary teams performed a routine well-baby exam and learned there are five male puppies and one female puppy in the litter — via Youtube
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo‘s three adorable mountain lion cubs are starting to get settled into their new home and they are exploring all that their temporary den has to offer — via Youtube
The arrival of spring also brings a litter of four critically endangered red wolf pups at Pritzker Family Children’s Zoo at Lincoln Park Zoo. The pups, two male and two female, were born on 13 April — via Youtube
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Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium zookeepers Donovan and Jarek checked on the eight endangered red wolf pups. The wiggly, healthy pups will receive a more thorough hands-on veterinary exam later in the week — via Youtube
Zoo Miami’s newest litter of endangered African painted dogs received their follow-up 8 week exam which included getting weighed, having blood drawn and receiving vaccinations for distemper. This was only the second time that the puppies have been separated from their mother to be examined and they all did very well — via Youtube
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On 22 April 2019, after an over 15 month pregnancy, Akuti, a 7 year old Greater One Horned Indian Rhinoceros, gave birth at approximately 12.30am — via Youtube
- Coleus (Plectranthus scutellarioides)
- Stadium Australia
- Rhode Island Red cockerel
- Blue eyed Shetland pony
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What if, rather than cleaning your house properly, you instead welcomed in some bug-eating lizards? — via Youtube
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The team spotted this Stubby Squid off the coast of California at a depth of 900m. The stubby squid (Rossia pacifica) looks like a cross between an octopus and squid, but is more closely related to cuttlefish. This species spends life on the sea floor, activating a sticky mucus jacket and burrowing into the sediment to camouflage, leaving their eyes poking out to spot prey like shrimp and small fish. Rossia pacifica is found in the Northern Pacific from Japan to Southern California, most commonly seen up to 300m deep, but specimens have been collected at 1000m depth — via Youtube
Two seven-month-old Sri Lankan Leopard cubs at Burgers’ Zoo in the Netherlands show off their climbing skills. The cubs’ antics were captured by a Go-Pro camera mounted at the top of the rope — via Youtube
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Hellabrunn Zoo is thrilled to announce that, Luzi, its female Fishing Cat, gave birth to a kitten on 1 November. The cute offspring is spending more and more time outside the birthing den, giving visitors an opportunity to catch a glimpse of the new arrival as it explores its home — via ZooBorns
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Gathering of ducks, Aloe flower spike and Orange flowering gum (Corymbia ficifolia) originally uploaded by Red Wolf
Crimson red oleander (Nerium oleander) originally uploaded by Red Wolf
Pallas Cats may look like cute and lazy house cats, but don’t let that fool you — via Youtube
Just admit it, goat eyes look a bit unusual! They’re flatter and more elongated than ours and that actually might be a key towards their survival. A study out of the University of California, Berkeley looked at many different animal eyeballs and discovered a fascinating trend — via Youtube
Mum, Kyan certainly has her paws full with six fluff balls chasing and playing with her. These little guys are too cute for words — via Youtube
Verge Science met the very cute and very bizarre result of an almost 60-year-long experiment: they’re foxes that have been specially bred for their dog-like friendliness toward people. They do a little behaviour research of their own, and discover what scientists continue to learn from the world’s most famous experiment in domestication. The fox experiment continues under the supervision of Lyudmila Trut at the Institute of Cytology and Genetics. Her book How to Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog)
, co-authored by Lee Alan Dugatkin, details the history and science behind the experiment — via Youtube
