A beloved manatee at Florida’s Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium died earlier this year after having too much “high-intensity” sex with his brother, officials revealed this week.
After several groups spent years urging authorities to let him retire and spend his final years with some level of freedom, Charlie, the Pretoria Zoo elephant will finally get to spend his old age in the wilds of Shambala Private Game Reserve.
If there’s one thing in life worth celebrating, it’s pets.
Those with ornithophobia, turn away now because this seagull gulping down a squirrel whole is beyond a Hitchcock level of terrifying.
The world’s oldest dog, Bobi, has celebrated his 31st birthday and secured himself a nice bone by becoming the oldest dog in the world. That’s 217 in doggie years.
The story of our world’s nature never gets old when it is told with such a soothing voice.
As the cold of winter rolls in, we can all empathise with the struggle of peeling away from warm slumber to enter yet another daily slog.
The winners of this year’s World Nature Photography Awards have been announced, with many shots hailing from South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Kenya.
The greater Kruger National Park has been lashed by heavy rains since Friday, with rivers overflowing and roads being cut off by the surging water.
The carcass of an adult female Aardvark (African Ant Bear) washed up on Sunset Beach in Milnerton on Friday.
The Natural History Museum has selected 25 photos that will be voted on by the public to win the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award.
Blue bulls taking flight and penguins without heads make up some of this year’s Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards finalists.
This poignant moment, titled “Ndakasi’s passing”, was captured by Brent Stirton, a Durbanite now working in New York.
Someone captured the moment a woman’s attempt to backpedal to safety on Fish Hoek Beach went awry.
Turkish journalist Huseyin Ozkok was on the receiving end of a proper cat slap in the middle of a live broadcast.
We all know that dolphins are smart and enjoy sex similarly to humans, but this new information paints a far more interesting picture of these water dwellers.
Whether it’s baby animals playing silly buggers or adults being goofballs, the early entries for the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards show the lighter side of nature.
It’s well-known that dogs release tears as an eye-cleaning mechanism, but it is the first time that a study has linked emotion to the release of tears in any non-human animal.
Nature TTL, one of the world’s leading nature photography resources, has announced the winners of its annual photography competition, from 8 000 entries across eight different categories.
Named after the Norse goddess of love and beauty, Freya, a real whopper of walrus, has been making a massive splash across social media.
The aim of the competition is, most heart-warmingly, to raise awareness about animal welfare and the vital role that pets play in people’s lives.
In most of the videos, a 29-year-old farm caretaker and TikTok documentarian can be heard scolding the emu with the classic ring of “Emmanuel, don’t do it!”
Unless you’re trying to get your daily 10 000 steps in, it is always recommended to stay at least 15 metres away from sea lions.
A long-standing relationship between a security guard at the Onomichi City Museum of Art in Hiroshima and two of the area’s strays is pure joy.
Conservation through humour – that’s the focus of the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards, “most probably the world’s funniest photography competition”.
After waiting hours for low tide and the subsequent volley of seals swimming in the lagoon on the remote Antarctic island of Plano, Amos Nachoum captured the winning shot.
Scientists have created a bizarre “Franken-fish” made from human heart cells that can swim for over three months.
While the usual decorations include tinsel, lights, Christmas bubbles, and other ornaments, one Western Cape family had a surprise addition to their tree.
The winning shots from the 2021 Comedy Pet Photo Awards include pure joy and happiness from dogs, cats, horses, and even two baby chicks.
Titan is usually just a happy canine passenger. This time, he found himself behind the wheel.