An artist's paintings of fish and other animals are so detailed they look...
South Korean artist Young-sung Kim is taking the photo-realism genre of art to new heights by generating art that he says is "more real than reality."Kim uses oil on canvas to create stunning and often...
View ArticleA video of sheep walking down an impossibly steep cliff is going viral...
Conservation biologist Imogene Cancellare posted a video on Twitter of blue sheep walking down a cliff at what looks like an impossibly steep angle.People are convinced it's an optical illusion with...
View ArticleAn adorable video shows a lion crouching down to meet his baby cub for the...
On Friday, Denver 7 posted footage of a lion at the Denver Zoo meeting his baby cub for the first time.The boy cub was born on July 25 and the zoo is currently asking the public to help name him.Visit...
View Article40 hysterical finalists in this year's Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards
The annual Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards recognize hilarious photos of animals.The contest aims to raise awareness about wildlife conservation.Forty finalists in the 2019 competition were...
View ArticleMore than 40,000 years ago, giant kangaroos roamed Australia. Their jaws were...
More than 40,000 years ago, giant kangaroos roamed western Australia.One type of ancient kangaroo weighed 260 pounds (118 kilograms) and had powerful jaws that enabled it to bite through tough...
View ArticleBlue whales have the biggest babies in the world. Here's how other animal...
Newborn blue whales weigh 1360 kg — practically the weight of a small car. Thanks to mom's extremely fatty milk, they put on 90 kg every day.Meanwhile, bat pups may be tiny in comparison, but each one...
View ArticleThe best wildlife photos taken this year reveal a hippo murder, a hungry...
The London Natural History Museum's annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition awards photographers whose work inspires us to consider our place in the natural world and our responsibility to...
View ArticleFor millions of years, eastern Australia was home to 2,200-pound marsupials...
For the better part of the last 25 million years, a group of now-extinct marsupials roamed the wilds of what is now eastern Australia.These marsupials, called palorchestids, weighed upwards of 2,200...
View ArticleMeet the camels, Beluga spy whales, and other animals who serve in militaries...
Animals have been used in battle for centuries — from Hannibal's Alps-crossing elephants to World War I messenger pigeons, they have played a vital role in wars over the centuries. While technology has...
View Article30 award-winning nature photos that will make you fall in love with the world
The Nature Conservancy holds an annual nature photography contest to raise awareness for conservation.The winners were chosen out of 121,774 submissions from 152 countries.Here are the winning photos...
View Article19 adorable Halloween costumes for your cat
Halloween is right around the corner, which means parties, trick-or-treating, and — of course — costumes. But just because you might not be planning on bringing your cat to any Halloween festivities,...
View ArticleChina is angry at Thailand after a panda it lent to a zoo in Chiang Mai...
A Chinese giant panda on loan to Thailand named Chuang Chuang died unexpectedly on Monday. The 19-year-old Panda had seemed healthy and had reportedly passed recent medical exam exams. After finishing...
View Article14 rescuers created a human chain to save 4 dolphins in Florida
On Tuesday, rescuers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission and Clearwater Marine Aquarium created a human chain to transport dolphins from a canal back to Tampa Bay.It worked.The dolphins were...
View Article17 science 'facts' you might've learned in school that aren't true
Science is an ongoing process, which means new discoveries often upend old theories.Contrary to what many people learned in school, Pluto is not a planet (well, sort of), dinosaurs didn't look like the...
View ArticleNorth America has lost nearly 3 billion birds in the last 50 years — another...
Nearly 3 billion birds have disappeared across the US and Canada since 1970.A new study found that there has been a 29% decline in bird populations over the last 48 years.The scientists point to...
View ArticleA Washington woman quit her full-time job and spent 57 days looking for her...
Carole and Verne King's 7-year-old Border collie, Katie, escaped a dog-friendly hotel is Kalispell Montana on July 20, Carole King told the Daily Inter Lake.The Kings believe Katie was spooked by...
View ArticleAn art student trained her pet rat to make paintings with his feet — and it's...
People are delighted by Darius, a rat who can paint with his feet.Amalie Markota Andersen, his owner, told Insider that the pictures of the little rat painting have gone viral multiple times on Twitter...
View ArticleA 'mini tsunami' from Hurricane Dorian drowned 28 wild horses on islands off...
During Hurricane Dorian, 28 wild horses were killed when a storm surge caused a "mini tsunami,"the Charlotte Observer reported.They were part of a herd of 49 horses that live on Cedar Island, which is...
View ArticleStriking National Geographic photos shows the world's disappearing animals...
Joel Sartore is a National Geographicphotographer who documents endangered species through a project called The Photo Ark. Since 2005, Sartore has photographed 9,764 species for the project, creating a...
View Article50 stunning wildlife photos that will make you see animals in a whole new light
Nature photography competitions collect the best photos of animals from around the world.Here is a selection of award-winning photos from five different wildlife photography competitions.Visit...
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