ANIMAL INDEX

The Cutest Animal on Instagram Is Possibly in Your Trash Can Cuddle up to "verminfluencers," the quintessential millennial pet. March 1, 2019 at 02:08AM via Digg https://ift.tt/2H93ddK

The Winners Of The Underwater Photographer Of The Year 2019 Are Here And They're Stunning From a shark feeding frenzy to a battleship sunken underwater, here are some of the most breathtaking underwater photos of the year. February 28, 2019 at 12:24PM via Digg https://ift.tt/2ECmH94

Manatee Tries To Make A Quick Snack Out Of A Diver's Beard Man, they don't make seaweed like they used to, do they? February 27, 2019 at 08:16PM via Digg https://ift.tt/2GNIlJH

Golden Retriever Puppies Unleash Vicious Love Attack On Unsuspecting Cat A rogue wave of licks and kisses descends upon a stoic feline. February 27, 2019 at 03:23PM via Digg https://ift.tt/2BU17ew

Lioness Chases After Her Prey Only To Get Cut Off By A Clueless Lion Somebody's got to make sure the pride has something to eat — and it sure as heck ain't this puttering lion. February 26, 2019 at 08:44PM via Digg https://ift.tt/2IDE1yw

How A Handful Of Mice Take Over An Island In 2009, the scientists released 15 mice onto an otherwise rodent-free island and tracked their behavior as they explored their new home. February 26, 2019 at 05:30AM via Digg https://ift.tt/2ILB3rY

This Moose Is Absolutely Truckin' It A snowboarder found himself racing a moose down a mountain, and man, those things can *move*. February 25, 2019 at 05:14PM via Digg https://ift.tt/2Sql7KU

Squid Is The New Eco-Friendly Plastic, Study Says Bacteria could be genetically engineered to produce industrial quantities of biodegradable polymers based on squid teeth. February 24, 2019 at 04:51PM via Digg https://ift.tt/2U4lDQE

The Surprising Connections Fueling The CG Bear Boom From the pure-spirited Paddington in "Paddington 2" to the ever huggable (and now Oscar-nominated) Pooh in "Christopher Robin," 2018 saw an impressive range of digital bears. February 23, 2019 at 01:27PM via Digg https://ift.tt/2GGD4Un

Whoever Designed This Outdoor Horse Race Did Not Think Things All The Way Through Apparently, it's not easy for sprinting horses to stop or turn on a dime. Who knew? February 21, 2019 at 06:24PM via Digg https://ift.tt/2U0S3LZ

'Cowboy Pinball' Game At Rodeo Goes Horribly Wrong The objective of the game is to stand in your designated circle and pull a $100 bill off the bull, and it's apparently a common rodeo game. Things didn't go so well this time, with multiple people tossed into the air and injured. February 21, 2019 at 12:59PM via Digg https://ift.tt/2tw4jbv

Oh God, This Snake With A Magpie In Its Grip Is Absolutely Horrifying We don't know whether to fear it or to admire it for its killing efficiency. February 21, 2019 at 12:59PM via Digg https://ift.tt/2GUbwu2

Fisher Spends All Day Fly-Fishing And Then An Eagle Just Swoops Right In To Steal His Catch "While fly fishing on Vancouver Island a group of eagles took interest in the rainbow trout I was catching. After several failed attempts to steal the trout off my fishing line, one eagle was finally successful." February 20, 2019 at 04:26PM via Digg https://ift.tt/2T72HU1

A Whale's Afterlife How long can a whale fall endure before it disappears? February 20, 2019 at 01:40AM via Digg https://ift.tt/2tvGQr3

Treat Yourself With The Rare Sight Of Two Tiny Fish Hitching A Ride Inside A Jellyfish Welcome to the deluxe sea experience, where you get a front-row seat to the wonders of the ocean all the while sitting back and enjoying the cushiness of a jellyfish's tentacles. February 19, 2019 at 08:22PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2NdCy0w

What Might Be The First-Ever Footage Of An All-Black Emperor Penguin This creature's parents have finally come to terms with the fact that, no, the goth thing was not "just a phase." February 18, 2019 at 05:57PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2BHN0bZ

The Guy Who Fought Off A Mountain Lion Finally Told His Side Of The Story "I will never be able to live up to the reputation." February 15, 2019 at 10:28PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2V06nEs

When Groundhogs Aren't Predicting Spring, They're Doing This... Never again, they insist, but before you know it they're back where they started, eating pizza out of a trash can. February 15, 2019 at 08:30PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2GtbzgT

The Celebrity Tortoise Breakup That Rocked The World In 2011, after nearly a century together, Galápagos tortoises Bibi and Poldi called it quits. We still don't know why. February 15, 2019 at 12:05AM via Digg http://bit.ly/2UY5mfX

Ferret's Reaction To Encountering Snow For The First Time Is Pure Gold A fur-tube of unadulterated energy is confronted with a sea of tiny ice crystals. February 14, 2019 at 09:01PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2N5c69a

The Dating Algorithm Fighting For Gorillas' Survival It's the quintessential love story of the modern primate couple. February 14, 2019 at 05:38PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2tm0be4

This Poor Cat Looks Absolutely Traumatized By A Lion Documentary On TV We're not sure whether this look of horror is normal for him or he's truly horrified of the prospects of being feasted on like prey by his feline brethren. February 14, 2019 at 12:55PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2SLJoQ7

Frustrated Koala Tries, But Cannot Quite Hack Going Through A Cat Door It's not every day that you see a koala tapping on your glass door, wanting to come in. February 12, 2019 at 06:42PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2tk19aQ

My Quest to Photograph the Most Elusive Cat in Africa A couple of years ago, photos started emerging of a black leopard in India. It was a cat that had made its territory in the tourist area of Kabini Forest in Karnataka. The leopard was hard to see but some persistent photographers managed to capture images of it that got my pulse racing. February 12, 2019 at 03:22PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2Bzq26T

Leopard Stalks Its Prey, Completely Oblivious That It Is Being Hunted Too Wild leopards keep their distance from one another unless they're looking for a fight. February 11, 2019 at 11:35PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2WXmPHt

This Fluffy Guy Has A Very Important Question To Ask You ... will you be his Valentine? February 11, 2019 at 07:24PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2GlfNXI

Bulldog Uses All Of Its Might To Play With A Ball In Deep Snow His tenacity overshadows his tiny legs and loaf of a body. February 11, 2019 at 04:10PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2I3NrTH

Have We Gotten Animal Cognition Totally Wrong? Scientists are starting to completely rethink animal cognition. What can they tell us about how other creatures experience the world? February 11, 2019 at 03:59PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2E3Rdbz

Belfast Zoo Chimpanzees Use A Tree Branch As A Ladder To Escape Sadly, the chimpanzees bid for freedom ended shortly afterwards, when zoo employees scooped them up and returned them to their enclosure. February 11, 2019 at 01:58PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2GisGSF

Three Species That Have Been Warring For Centuries Finally Broker A Truce If this antagonistic triad can reach a peace settlement, there is hope for our world yet. February 9, 2019 at 10:28PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2WT0avJ

The Runner Who Choked A Mountain Lion To Death Used Basically Every Survival Instinct He Had New accounts of what happened offer the first new details about the encounter that quickly became a viral, international story. February 8, 2019 at 09:43PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2TGcFss

This Capybara Is Almost As Jaded To The World As We Are Sometimes life just be that way, man. February 8, 2019 at 08:50PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2MY1oRH

Please Respect This Frog's Personal Space We love this amphibian like our own child. February 8, 2019 at 05:30PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2SnRCyj

Woman Learns The Hard Way That Swans Are Dicks Rico the pet swan doesn't want to be your friend. He doesn't want to make amends. He wants to wreak havoc and bite you into oblivion. February 8, 2019 at 04:29PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2UKPNZ2

Mongoose Does A Pretty Unconvincing Job Playing Dead Lucky for the mongoose, the hornbill he's playing dead for doesn't seem to care much one way or the other. February 6, 2019 at 07:59PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2taPfzQ

Family Goes On Vacation For A Few Days, Returns To Find A Leopard Living In Their House A family in southern India left their farm to attend a wedding and were surprised to discover that a leopard had snuck into their home through a small gap along the roof. Forest officials eventually removed the animal using a trap set on the front door, safely transporting it back to the wild. February 6, 2019 at 07:11PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2DcZnN5

Police Officers Band Together To Save A Small Kitten Stuck In A Tree Is this a scene from "Leave It To Beaver?" February 6, 2019 at 06:06PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2RFIOic

A Stampede Of Baby Goats Rush Inside To Drink Milk Oh, the small wagging tails! February 6, 2019 at 05:03PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2DbBaqC

This Squirrel Inside Of A Tree Getting Chainsawed Is Very Lucky To Be Alive A worker was given one hell of a surprise while cutting down a tree for a local beekeeper who wanted to retrieve a beehive inside. February 6, 2019 at 05:03PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2Sv6L0c

Baby Goat Tries To Shake 20 Mongooses Who Insist On Following Him Everywhere Popularity is a curse. February 6, 2019 at 02:57PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2ScS6Hn

The Great Dolphin Dilemma For years, animal rights advocates have waged war against the US Navy for its use of dolphins in warfare and research. Is a resolution possible? February 5, 2019 at 01:51PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2TxBffg

Invading Seals Are Using Popular Beach for Sexcation There were many consequences to the government — but perhaps one of the more unexpected outcomes was that a battalion of Elephant seals overtook a California beach. Now, they are using their new property for sex. February 5, 2019 at 10:33AM via Digg http://bit.ly/2S9DGYQ

This Blind Seal Is Thriving Even Though It's A Mystery How She Finds Food Despite having serious cataracts, this husky spotted seal is as healthy as any other marine animal. February 4, 2019 at 07:40PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2UIn6Mt

Angry Elephant Goes Charging After A Safari Vehicle While this is terrifying to watch, a local forest official insists that this is "only a mock charge. The elephant never intended to harm the visitors, which it could have done easily if it wanted... safaris are safe." February 4, 2019 at 06:37PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2RC0POs

Elephant Charges Down Tourists, Flips Their Van If you're going to get this close to elephants in the wild, keep your engine running so you can drive away before an angry elephant runs you down. In other words, don't do what these tourists in Botswana did. February 4, 2019 at 04:49PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2GaSkbD

People Of The Whale Photojournalist Kiliii Yuyan documents the Iñupiaq and their successful conservation practices using indigenous knowledge. February 4, 2019 at 04:05PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2MMC1Cp

Tourist Tries To Trick A Monkey Into Giving Him His Sunscreen Back *David Attenborough voice* The human wiggles a small banana in front of a small primate in hopes that he can retrieve his stolen sunblock, but are the odds in his favor? February 4, 2019 at 02:29PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2BkDHys

Hundreds Of Birds, Perched A Highway Edge, Take Flight And It Looked Like A Choreographed Stunt A highway in Austin, Texas, was swarmed by a group of birds who ascended into flight, causing an almost cinematic scene, against the backdrop of sunset, reminiscent of doomsday February 3, 2019 at 09:00PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2S4UU9u

Day Of The Dolphin: How Vintage Florida Kitsch Masked A Grim Reality "It was so much fun sitting in that stadium and watching the dolphins come out of the water. We didn't know then the cost of what we were seeing." February 1, 2019 at 05:10PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2G4Rf5s