3+ hour, 50+ min ago  (415+ words) Three rescued bears found in a dingy backyard have successfully undergone their first-ever natural hibernation period in a sanctuary. UK-based International Animal Rescue (IAR) took part in the rescue of three Syrian brown bears, Aram, Nairi and their young daughter…...

2+ hour, 45+ min ago  (547+ words) Red-and-green Macaws. (Balazs Tisza via SWNS) Ancient parrot DNA has revealed "sophisticated" long-distance animal trade networks existed hundreds of years ago. Analysis of the genetic material shows colorful Amazonian parrots were transported alive across the Andes to coastal Peru centuries…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (640+ words) One of the five fox cubs found in the engine of and electric car. (The Fox Project via SWNS) By Ottilie Von Henning This is the adorable moment five fox cubs were reunited with their mother after being discovered in…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (535+ words) Artist's reconstruction of Sonselasuchus cedrus in its environment in what is now Petrified Forest National Park, 215 million years ago. (Artwork by Gabriel Ugueto via SWNS) A "peculiar" ancient relative of the crocodile started life on four legs before it began…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (783+ words) An animal lover has created the ultimate countryside therapy escape, walking with pigs. Four times a day Rosie Stubbs, 33, takes adults and kids on two-mile trots around the stunning woodlands of Bilsthorpe, in Nottinghamshire, alongside four of her eight miniature…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago  (1018+ words) The remains of a "weird" creature with a twisted jaw and sideways-facing teeth have been discovered in the Amazon jungle. Scientists say the plant-eater Tanyka was a "living fossil" when it stalked the Earth around 275 million years ago, from a…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago  (26+ words) Watch bears bask in sun after waking up from restful hibernation'Iosco County News Herald Minnie the European brown bear awake at Whipsnade Zoo. (ZSL via SWNS)...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago  (930+ words) Chimps" love for crystals could help explain our ancestors" fascination with the shiny stones. The forerunners of modern humans collected crystals for which they had no apparent use, say scientists. Now they hope a new chimp study will finally unlock…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago  (448+ words) Jackdaw chicks learn about predators by listening to adults, reveals new research. Scientists played recordings of predator calls to chicks in their nests " and paired the sounds with either adult jackdaw "alarm" calls or "contact" calls that indicate no danger....

1+ week, 2+ hour ago  (688+ words) The cushion was thought to be a goose in distress. (Rae Gellel via SWNS) Wildlife rescuers rushed to a lake to save an "injured goose" that turned out to be a cushion. Volunteers from the Greenwich Wildlife Network received a…...