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Who said a 280-pound bear can’t have personality? Well, one furry friend currently making the rounds online certainly does. The bear lives in the Olympic Game Farm in Washington, where hundreds of animals live in large areas. Exactly how he ended up at the farm is unclear — he may have been rescued from a zoo and could not be sent back into the wild. But at least, here he is free to live as

This adorable love story is truly colorful. 19-year-old Maura T. Hennelly shared the love story of her parrots on Twitter and the internet fell head over heels for the two drastically different lovebirds. In mid-2017 Maura noticed that Kiwi, the bright, colorful boy lovebird, was getting sad and lonely, so she got him a girlfriend, but the relationship wasn’t successful. Some time passed an

National Geographic photographs are always something that leaves us speechless – their captivating daily pictures give us the opportunity to see the world from new angles, encourage to learn more about our surroundings, and even inspire other artists. JN Crazy is Shanghai-based artist and illustrator who recreates his favorite National Geographic photographs in the best way he knows how – h

Valkyrie is an adorable two-month-old Maine Coon kitten who just became the latest Internet star. Why? Well, she has a very ‘human’ face. Tatiana Rastorgueva, the current owner of the baby Maine Coon shared a video and a few images of Valkyrie on her Instagram and people fell in love with the unusual kitten. It’s not really clear what makes her face so ‘human-like’ – it might b

The debate surrounding trophy hunting continues to rage, with an increasing number of people around the world opposed to the killing of majestic animals for sport. As if the subject needed any injection of controversy, American hunter Tess Thompson Talley has gone viral after posing next to a black giraffe she shot and killed while on a hunting trip in South Africa. Naturally, the image ha

As a birth photographer, each chance I get to document a home birth is special, but this family holds a special place in my heart. I’ve had the honor of capturing the births of two of Brooke’s three children. In each case, she had a very special family member there to help her through the experience. I remember with the first, the birth of her son Boyd, she had a sweet corgi by the name of

We often think of ourselves, humans, as being distinct from the animal kingdom, but the two worlds aren’t as different as they seem. Humans share most of their DNA with other animals, and these similarities show in the most striking ways. We often think of animals as much more short-sighted and in-the-moment than we are, but some animals have incredible memories. Certain individuals can rem

Nature can be oh so beautiful, and yet oh so dangerous. This is something most of us know well. As a result, working with wildlife brings with it benefits and pitfalls, often in equal measures. That includes those people who work as wildlife photographers, whose job it is, of course, to capture our planet’s most magnificent animals. One such photographer, Dolph Volker, works as a volunteer