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These abandoned puppies looked unlike any dog they had ever seen. Then they ran a DNA test
3+ hour, 37+ min ago (518+ words) In early April, two puppies were found abandoned in Prospect, Connecticut. Despite being only four months old, the dogs were massive, with long snouts and a "certain look in their eye." Local animal control was baffled, but when Zilla Cannamela…...
PHOTOS: 277 dogs set new world record for world's largest dog pool party
2+ hour, 10+ min ago (434+ words) Last weekend, 277 dogs made history. On May 9, Chewy invited 277 dogs to take a dip, all in hopes of setting a new Guinness World Record: The largest dog pool party. They were successful, and hounds had a blast in a handful…...
College students invent interactive 'enrichment wall' for zoo elephants that plays music only they can hear
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (654+ words) Life is pretty easy for the four African elephants who reside at Zoo Atlanta." If Kelly, Msholo, Tara, and Titan lived in the wild, they would be foraging for food and remaining alert to keep their calves safe from predators....
Tennessee celebrates birth of its 50th clouded leopard cub, one of the world's 'most elusive' cats
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (633+ words) As the director of animal health at the Nashville Zoo," Dr. Heather Schwartz has been handraising clouded leopards for 16 years." "I'm here with our 50th clouded leopard cub," Schwartz told ABC World News Tonight anchor David Muir. "We were very excited…...
Two baby sloths, 'Taylor Swift' and 'Travis Kelce,' bond at rescue after being orphaned in the wild
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (652+ words) On November 18th, locals in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica saw a rare sight: A baby two-fingered sloth clinging to the back of an older three-fingered sloth." Unfortunately, there was no mother nearby, and the two-fingered sloth was far too young to…...
Sea turtle with tumor 'bigger than her head' makes miraculous recovery: 'The scariest tumor I've seen"
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (644+ words) In August 2025, a charter fisherman found a loggerhead sea turtle wrapped in commercial fishing lines and tethered to a crab trap." But once she was freed, the 170-pound turtle " soon named Molly " was still a long way from recovery. So…...
National park volunteers stand guard between humans and tigers, preventing wildlife conflict
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (1486+ words) BARDIYA, Nepal " Ram Raj Dhakal, 22, jolts awake to an alert on his phone. A wild elephant has strayed into a village near Thakurdwara, on the fringes of Bardiya National Park. At 11 p. m. in Nepal's southern jungles of Bardiya, the air is…...
Vet constructs custom contraption to save tortoise run over by a car
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (548+ words) Wildlife veterinarian Nielsen Donato is no stranger to sharing recovery stories with his Instagram audience of over 20, 000 followers, but one recent case has reminded viewers of the doctor's brilliance. In late April, Donato had a new client referred to him:…...
Beachgoer finds sea turtle stranded, so covered in barnacles she couldn't move. See her amazing 9-month recovery
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (544+ words) Back in January 2025, a good Samaritan walking along Lennox Head Beach in New South Wales, Australia, called in a sighting of a stranded sea turtle. Marine biologists at Australian Seabird & Turtle Rescue quickly made their way to the scene, where…...
500 turtles were found in a dying lake. Australian research students came together to save them
1+ week, 2+ day ago (577+ words) The Imperial Lakes Nature Park of the Australian Outback is not known for its turtles." But in January, a group of students from La Trobe University " a research university in Melbourne " discovered a staggering number of freshwater turtles living in…...