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To me, stones are not simple materials or canvases for painting pictures on. Among all those numerous stones on a river bank, one stone, looking like an animal, catches my eye. When I find a stone, I feel that stone has found me too. Stones have their own intentions, and I consider my encounters with them as cues they give me it’s OK to go ahead and paint what I see on them. So the stones I d

We usually stay away from two-faced people, but there’s nothing more adorable than a kitty with two-toned fur. Recently, professional animal photographer Jean-Michel Labat shot Narnia, an adorable British Shorthair cat in its home in France, and the pictures are making headlines all over the internet. Labat has purrfectly captured the unique looks of the feline which probably occurred early i

The news has been chock-full of stories reporting extremely strange animal occurrences over the last year, some of which have been actually quite frightening. Hundreds of young sea turtles had to be rescued because they went into comas due to uncharacteristically cold water, 10,000 endangered frogs were found dead in Bolivia, and iguanas were dropping from the sky in Florida. The vast majori

Most people will never get to look a gyrfalcon in the eye, but one of these majestic birds of prey has given you this opportunity by staring into a camera eye. According to CBC, the rare white gyrfalcon in the video has been visiting the camera tower in Manitoba, probably for the dizzying view. No wonder the falcon seems to be gawking at what he’s seeing! The Cornel Lab of Ornithology d

When you think of ‘endangered species,’ what do you think of? Maybe a tiger or a polar bear? But, what about a saiga or a white-bellied pangolin? Sadly, there are now 41,415 on the ‘red list,’ and approximately 16,306 of them are endangered and threatened with extinction. British photographer Tim Flach was on a mission to capture as many photos of these endangered species as possible. T

arlier this month, we wrote about the most awesome “I woke up to this” moments that have ever happened, and this story that happened to Tim Newton from Alaska definitely belongs there. “Tim was awakened by noises on [his] deck last week – and looked outside. In astonishment, he grabbed his camera.. and can you believe it? Mama Lynx and her SEVEN kits!!” – he later wrote on his faceb

When thinking about adorable little furballs we might imagine a kitty, a fox, or even a panda. There is, however, a breed of cows whose babies are as adorable and as heart-melting as the charming creatures mentioned above. Introducing Highland cattle. This Scottish breed stands out from the rest for its long wavy hair. The unusual double coat consists of an oily outer layer - the longest of any

Animals are braver than humans — this story is a classic example! Nan Hauser has been researching and diving with whales for 28 years but had never experienced an encounter like the one she had on a trip to the Cook Islands in the South Pacific, writes The Dodo. Nan was on a research and filming trip. She had a camera team was there to shoot her dive with a group of humpback whales. And t

THIS is the moment a lucky diver miraculously escaped death after nearly being swallowed by a 40-tonne whale. Rainer Schimpf, 47, was filming the annual sardine run when a 15m Bryde’s whale attacked a ball of fish below him. Luckily the giant mammal swerved at the last moment to avoid sucking him into its gaping mouth – but it still gave him a shock as it breached just yards away. He