Rare Critters

Rare orange lobsters saved from becoming dinner at two Red Lobster restaurants

August 11, 2022

It seems lightning — or at least orange lobsters — can strike twice at Red Lobster restaurants. This summer, the restaurant giant saved not…

They’re so fluffy! Rare Pallas’s cat litter born at Cotswold Wildlife Park

August 8, 2022

It took almost five years of getting to know each other, but now a pair of Pallas’s cats have welcomed their first litter of…

Study shows dogs “see” with their super-sniffer noses

July 26, 2022

Everyone knows dogs have the best noses on the block. But now scientists have found those “highly sensitive” sniffing skills might actually help pooches…

Wild monkey in Japan tried to drag toddler out of house, attacked 10, now being hunted

July 22, 2022

Police in Japan are searching for a wild monkey that has attacked 10 people in the space of a fortnight. The attacks began on 8 July…

Monarch butterflies now listed as endangered

July 22, 2022

The iconic orange-and-black monarch butterfly is one step closer to extinction after scientists put the insect on its endangered list. The fast dwindling numbers…

RIP An An: World’s oldest captive male giant panda dies at 35

July 21, 2022

An An was believed to be the oldest giant panda living in captivity when he was humanely euthanized at Hong Kong’s Ocean Park on…

Mystery white whale found dead is not well-known albino humpback Migaloo, officials report

July 18, 2022

A white whale that washed up on a Victorian beach in Australia is not the well-known albino humpback Migaloo, according to the state’s environment…

Oldest, “one-of-a-kind,” Magellanic penguin at San Francisco Zoo dies at age 40

July 10, 2022

At 40-years-old, give or take, Captain EO was the oldest Magellanic penguin at the San Francisco Zoo & Gardens — and as far as…

Happy Caturday: Lynx shakes off water like a wet dog

July 9, 2022

Ever wonder what a wet lynx looks like? Twitter user — and trail cam aficionado — Daniel Alexander just posted an incredible video of…

Detector dogs on the job as summer travel ramps up

July 6, 2022

With international tourism resuming to near pre-pandemic levels, it means detector dogs are back in a big way. Canada Border Services Agency, for one,…