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Ashes is quite the traveler, more so than any cat I know! He’s been on the road with his owner, Matthew, in his 18-wheeler for years. They were inseparable, until last July when Ashes suddenly vanished! Credit: lollypopfarm It happened at a truck stop in Springfield, Ohio. Matthew took a quick break, but Ashes slipped out and disappeared into thin air. Matthew searched high and low, bu

A species of giant tortoise believed to have gone extinct more than 100 years ago has been spotted in the Galapagos Islands.  Ecuador’s environment minister Marcelo Mata made the announcement that an adult female Fernandina Giant Tortoise had been discovered. Many species of giant tortoises were over-hunted for their meat by European and other colonists who travelled to the Galapagos arc

Patrolling Australian Wildlife Conservancy’s Dakalanta Wildlife Sanctuary as part of an annual fauna survey, one research volunteer was recently confused to find a small, mysterious animal, no bigger than her thumb. Curious, the volunteer called for backup. “[She] yelled out that she had a ‘sleepy mouse’ in her trap,” Australian Wildlife Conservancy senior wildlife ecologist Dr. Alexa

British amateur photographer Nima Sarikhani’s dreamy and serene portrait of a sleepy polar bear on an iceberg has been voted the People’s Choice winner in this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, the 59th edition of the famous photo contest.   ‘Ice Bed’ by Nima Sarikhani (United Kingdom) | Wildlife Photographer of the Year The People’s Choice Award s

A dog in South Africa has struck up an unlikely friendship with an abandoned baby giraffe that was rescued and taken to the local orphanage where he works as a guard dog. Jazz the nine-day-old giraffe arrived at The Rhino Orphanage in Limpopo Province, South Africa, after a farmer discovered him struggling weak and dehydrated in the wild without a mother, and called the centre for help. Resid

One of the worst feelings in the world is having your beloved pet run away. You’ve no idea where they are, what they are up to, whether they’re okay or need help. Rachel Howatt is well familiar with this feeling. Last December, Rachel’s husky Koda got loose and ran away. She searched the woods nearby to her house but to no avail. Then eventually, after a couple of days, Koda came back to

Pall Sigurdsson and his buddies had no clue that they would end up acting as a small marine creature in need of a new home when they set out on a diving adventure in the waters near Indonesia last December. Sigurdsson discovered this while spelunking close to the ocean floor: a little coconut octopus hiding inside a transparent plastic cup.   It was depressing enough to see waste strewn

This is a wonderful and inspiring friendship story…! 💕 So adorable Kitty Cat and deer best of friends, PRECIOUS 💕🐈🦌 That is so adorable! The cat is truly concerned about the baby deer! Can’t believe this friendship it’s amazing how animals are love it ❤️👏 Animals never cease to amaze me! 😍 Fri

Professional photographer and polar guide, Piet van den Bemd, was flying a drone across the dark blue waters of the Antarctic when his camera caught sight of an emerging pattern, rising from the deep. Professional photographer and polar guide, Piet van den Bemd, was flying a drone across the dark blue waters of the Antarctic when his camera caught sight of an emerging pattern, rising from

These are hard times for all of us and we are all in desperate need of some cheering up. Therefore the photographs that we bring to you today serve that very purpose. These images are of a gecko who is elated because of his newfound friend. Kohaku is a gecko living in Japan. In 2017, he went viral after photographs of his happy reaction to getting a toy gecko were shared on the internet. In app