A South African vineyard employs a flock of 900 ducks to keep its grounds in...
In order to keep its vines free of pests, the Vergenoegd Wine Estate in South Africa employs a group of very special groundskeepers: 900 ducks.Story by Tony Manfred and editing by Ben NighFollow...
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Scientists have figured out why hundreds of thousands of antelope died last year
Late last year, news trickled in about the horrific mass dying of the saiga antelopes of central Kazakhstan, of which it has been estimated that over 200,000 of the animals dropped dead over a matter...
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Scientists have finally named the mysterious killer of 211,000 rare antelope
A rare antelope called the saiga may be roaming its last days in the wild.Native to the grassy steppes of Kazakhstan and nearby regions, populations of the critically endangered species have suffered...
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Here's some of the world's most adorable military mascots
Militaries all over the world have animal mascots. Some have eagles, some have tigers and lots of military regiments have goats.Militaries take their mascots very seriously. For instance, the British...
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8 Snapchat accounts for watching adorable animals
Sometimes it's a rainy Sunday or even a perfectly sunny Saturday and all you want to do is sit on the couch and have 24/7 animal content in your face.Snapchat is perfect for those small doses of...
View ArticleEveryone is terrified of sharks, but this is actually the deadliest creature...
A summer season of shark attacks has left many beaches around the world empty, but the likelihood that the average person will die from a shark attack is relatively low. In fact, sharks don't even...
View ArticleForget teacup puppies – mini pet pigs are here
Little Teacup Pigs claims to breed the smallest pigs in the world that are the size of French bulldogs when fully grown. And they can be yours for $1,300 - $2,500. Produced by Jenner DealFollow BI...
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This fox has the lowest genetic diversity of any other wild animal — and it...
Just two months ago, the US Fish and Wildlife Service made an historic announcement: three island fox (Urocyon littoralis) subspecies living off the coast of California have recovered and may no longer...
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President Obama should crown this beast as America's national mammal
Step aside, bald eagle.The US House of Representatives and the Senate just passed a bill that would honor the country's largest land mammal, the American bison, as our national mammal (joining the bird...
View ArticleHow to know if your dog hates hugs
We all love our dogs, but when it comes to showing them affection, hugs aren’t always the right way to go. We spoke to canine behavioral researcher Julie Hecht to break down three common signs of...
View ArticleThis incredible dog has a super important job at a Michigan airport
Piper is a Wildlife Control Canine at Cherry Capital Airport in Michigan, meaning that he keeps the runways clear of birds and other wildlife. He's also a total bada––.Story and editing by Jeremy...
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These animals are helping to reveal the biological origins of rhythm
There are moments when we witness an animal do something so far outside its presumed repertoire of behavior — something so uncannily human — that we can never look at that animal, or ourselves, the...
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26 photos that give an inside look at one of the biggest criminal enterprises...
The illegal wildlife trade is one of the largest criminal enterprises on the planet.In fact, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime ranks wildlife trafficking alongside the drug trade, arms...
View ArticleHumans are defying the law of evolution
Humans have been evolving at an accelerating rate, defying the law of evolution and manipulating the evolution process of other species.Produced by Delano Samuels Follow BI Video: On TwitterJoin the...
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This man decided to take a break from being a human and turned himself into a...
When life gets unbearably stressful, most of us opt for a vacation that relieves us of the worries of day-to-day life.Thomas Thwaites, a UK-based designer, decided to take that a step further and take...
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Scientists have identified only 0.001% of all species on Earth
The largest scientific study of its kind estimates that Earth could play host to more than 1 trillion different species, which means we've probably only identified a vanishingly small proportion of...
View ArticleThe Fat Jewish's dog is a famous model and author with a huge Instagram...
Toast the dog is a King Charles puppy mill rescue who boasts 353,000 followers on Instagram.Known as @ToastMeetsWorld, the toothless dog, whose tongue hangs out of her mouth at all times, has captured...
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Our DNA is 99.9% the same as the person sitting next to us — and we're...
Our bodies have 3 billion genetic building blocks, or base pairs, that make us who we are.And of those 3 billion base pairs, only a tiny amount are unique to us, making us about 99.9% genetically...
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This hulking beast just joined the bald eagle as a national animal
The oak tree, the rose, and the bald eagle have some new company as official symbols of the US.On May 9th, President Barack Obama signed into law a bill that honors the country's largest land mammal,...
View ArticleThere are only three of these rhinos left in the world — but scientists have...
The northern white rhino population is going extinct before our eyes. In the last one and a half years, three have died, leaving only three left on the entire planet. Stem cell technology looks to...
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