ANIMAL INDEX

Bears Are Way Better Rock Climbers Than We Expected We already know not to try to climb trees to escape black bears, but apparently climbing a vertical rock wall (you can do that, right?) won't help you either. May 31, 2019 at 02:43PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2WzTWDK

Lyrebird Imitates The Calls Of Over 10 Birds In 50 Seconds In the span of a minute, this lyrebird has mimicked the calls of birds like the Laughing Kookaburra, the Grey Butcher Bird, the Female Whip Bird, the Noisy Miner and the Pale Headed Rosella, just to name a few. May 31, 2019 at 02:05PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2JOgs5S

Man Attacked By Emotional Support Dog On Delta Flight Sues The Airline And Passenger The attack was so severe Marlin Jackson suffered "extensive facial damage" including lacerations to his nose and mouth, according to the suit. May 31, 2019 at 01:05PM via Digg https://nbcnews.to/2WgJW30

The Unlikely Winner Of The World's Toughest Horse Race The first time a horse ran away with me, I suffered pure glory. I was transported by the sheer speed of the experience. The maniacal balance. The blind righteousness of animal acceleration. May 31, 2019 at 11:55AM via Digg http://bit.ly/2Wdqbta

Born To Be Eaten What's at stake in the fight over development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge? A caribou herd and a culture that relies on it. May 31, 2019 at 12:24AM via Digg http://bit.ly/2KfhbMT

Man Takes First-Ever Photo of Living Colombian Weasel After Finding It Standing on His Toilet The Colombian weasel is South America's smallest weasel, and is known only from six specimens. It has never been photographed alive — until 2011, when it showed up at architect Juan M. de Roux's house. May 30, 2019 at 05:56PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2WzjSzs

Just Going To Scratch A Snapping Turtle On The Back, What Could Go Wrong? Touching wildlife is never a good idea, but it's a particularly bad idea when that wildlife has a propensity for biting. May 30, 2019 at 02:32PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2wuNCyK

Incredible Fossil Shows Coordinated Swimming In A School Of Extinct Fish An exquisite fossil of photographic-like quality shows nearly 260 tiny fish swimming together in what appears to be coordinated group action. The 50-million-year-old fossil is evidence that fish have been swimming together in shoals for a very long time. May 30, 2019 at 01:09PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2Xgaspq

Guy Collects Seashell While Diving, Ends Up Discovering A Baby Octopus Inside It's almost incredible how teeny tiny the creature is compared to the seashell it had inhabited. May 30, 2019 at 12:02PM via Digg http://bit.ly/30TWxI2

Lizard Hangs Onto Dear Life Under Confused Cat's Nose Binx's owner spotted the sneaky lizard avoiding capture by clinging to his neck. May 29, 2019 at 07:46PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2VZlEVY

Just A Majestic Albino Wallaby Munching On A Snack In The Sun If you're looking for a moment of simple quiet today, here it is. May 29, 2019 at 07:31PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2JKSJ6E

This Rat On The NYC Subway Is Too Big, Holy Crap The New York City subway is full of delays, oddities and horrors, and this clip from the F Train is a whole new level of nightmare. May 29, 2019 at 06:38PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2WDC8rz

A Reminder To Never Mess With A Wolverine Michigan fans already know this. It was too late for this goat, however. May 29, 2019 at 03:32PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2JN9NZJ

Albino Panda Caught On Camera In China In World First An incredibly rare animal is photographed by a camera trap in the forests of Sichuan province. May 28, 2019 at 09:01PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2wo2YVx

Hunter Is Presented With A Very Clear Sign That His Camo Is Working We hope he drops his weapon, embraces his inner Snow White and breaks into song. May 28, 2019 at 08:20PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2MfTNRV

Anna The Anaconda Got Pregnant All By Herself — By 'Virgin Birth' New England Aquarium's Anna the anaconda gave birth to a litter of baby snakes in January 2019 despite not having any contact with a male snake. May 25, 2019 at 06:34PM via Digg https://wapo.st/2X5zmrP

What An Extinct Bird Re-Evolving Says About 'Species' Can birds on different branches of the evolutionary tree really be part of the same species? The answer depends on what you mean by "species." May 25, 2019 at 05:10PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2VLO3io

Firefighters Try To Rescue An Absurdly Powerful Anaconda, Get More Than They Bargained For Brazilian firefighters struggled in vain to rescue a beleaguered snake in Sao Paolo. One firefighter wasn't so lucky. May 24, 2019 at 05:16PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2JYC6n4

Man Posts On Craigslist Saying He's Found A Lost Cat, Turns Out It's A Wild Bobcat Kudos to the man for being kind and to other users on Craigslist for pointing out that he had invited the wrong kind of cat into his house. May 24, 2019 at 03:30PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2YKHSgf

Man Tries But Cannot Keep His Sh*t Together While Catching A Snake While the rest of his cohort managed to stay calm and collected, this man reacted exactly the way we would react if we had a snake in our hands. May 23, 2019 at 03:38PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2Hyhroz

Massive Parade Of Ducks Cross The Street To The Shock Of Motorists Commuters in Bangladesh were held up by a seemingly unending conga line of ducks. May 23, 2019 at 01:14PM via Digg http://bit.ly/30Du3lH

This Poor Farmer Has Literally The Shittiest Day Ever At Work Nothing to make you feel more cowed at work than being in the firing line of a cow's projectile poop. May 23, 2019 at 11:50AM via Digg http://bit.ly/2Wklpt6

Man Agilely Captures A Small Crocodile Using Only His Bare Hands We admire him both for his skill and his ability to stare death — alright, maybe in this case, a gnarly injury — in the eyes and not flinch. May 22, 2019 at 08:54PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2VU9ouW

The Instant Color Change Of This Octopus Is Mesmerizing One second it's bright red, and the other second it has totally disappeared against the backdrop of a sandy sea floor. May 22, 2019 at 08:43PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2HLclUB

Man Gets His Pet Parrot Very Jealous By Repeatedly Kissing Toy Bird "There's only room for one human-loving parrot in this house, and it's gonna be me." May 22, 2019 at 07:34PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2JxQof5

Rats Are Taking Over New York City Gentrifying neighborhoods are a key reason behind the vermin outbreak, which extends beyond New York — Philadelphia, Chicago and Los Angeles are also confronting issues. May 22, 2019 at 01:18PM via Digg https://nyti.ms/2JT1pac

Solved: How the ‘Monstrous’ Iguanas of the Bahamas Got So Darn Big Among the most popular tourist attractions in the Exumas are the famous swimming pigs. But for those who prefer to glimpse the native wildlife, iguanas are the real stars. May 21, 2019 at 12:33AM via Digg http://bit.ly/2EotFxT

Please Listen To The Smooth Sounds Of This Snoring Cat This kitty sounds somewhere between a drawn-out fart and a whale calling out for its mate. May 20, 2019 at 12:21AM via Digg http://bit.ly/2QfxkD4

You'll Feel Like You're Having An Alien Encounter When You See These Razor Fish A diver comes across some otherworldly sea creatures. May 18, 2019 at 05:14PM via Digg http://bit.ly/30qpaw5

Here's What Happens When You Plop Pigs On A Subantarctic Island Here's what happens when you plop pigs on a subantarctic island. May 17, 2019 at 09:38PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2WRvAlN

Guy Sticks His Camera Into A Rattlesnake Den And It Is A Big Pile Of Nope "This is a rattlesnake den in central Montana. They were just coming out of the den for the summer. It had been a colder spring here so they have been slow to emerge. The snakes are more defensive than aggressive, they would rather retreat than attack." May 17, 2019 at 06:03PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2QeFMm0

Bird Waddles Over To Break Up An Alpaca Fight These two squabbling spitters didn't even know what hit 'em. May 16, 2019 at 09:16PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2YzxAiS

The Quest To Make A Bot That Can Smell As Well As A Dog The dogs still make Andreas Mershin angry. "I mean, I love dogs," says the Greek-Russian scientist, in his office at MIT. "But the dogs are slapping me in the face." May 16, 2019 at 06:35PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2JF3CpI

This Encounter Between An Amish Horse Buggy And A Goose Is Wild Welcome to Amish country, where the geese are jerks and the people go after them with whips. May 16, 2019 at 03:15PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2LKpwKM

The dark truth behind wildlife tourism Captive wild animal encounters are hugely popular, thanks partly to social media. But our investigation shows many creatures lead dismal lives. May 15, 2019 at 05:12PM via Digg https://on.natgeo.com/2HsuSFe

Guy Helps Sloth Across The Road, Sloth Waves Goodbye To Him ​People helping sloths cross the road is not a new genre of video. You've probably seen the "I Believe I Can Fly" clip from many years ago. But this one adds a delightful new wrinkle. May 15, 2019 at 03:26PM via Digg http://bit.ly/30lHFlt

The Unluckiest Pigeon In The World Gets Beamed By A Line Drive The crowd at this youth baseball game watched in horror as an unlucky bird accidentally got int the way of a line drive and met its maker. May 15, 2019 at 02:30PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2Q8338X

Dog Works Up The Courage To Take A Running Hop Up Onto The Couch If this loveably nervous beagle can do the thing hard thing, so can you. May 15, 2019 at 01:32PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2YwX5Bz

The Utter Devastation A Bear Can Wreak On Your Car Colorado Parks and Wildlife said that this mean brown bear broke into the car overnight and was discovered by the owner still inside the car the next morning. May 14, 2019 at 03:28PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2Ea5zqv

Scuba Diver Takes A Moment Under Water To Hang Out And Pet A Seal Multiple comments tell us that seals are referred to as "sea dogs" in some Germanic (Dutch, German) and it totally makes sense. May 12, 2019 at 09:25PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2LEraOd

A Piglet Race From The Piglets' Point Of View They really know how to get the most out of a GoPro in New South Wales, Australia, don't they? May 12, 2019 at 09:01PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2VUfWcf

Polar Bear Is On Cloud 9 Getting To Roll Around In A Pile Of Ice Nora the Polar Bear was recovering from surgery at the Utah’s Hogle Zoo and got to unwind on some relaxing cubes. May 12, 2019 at 03:00PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2LE1Pnw

This Two-Headed Albino Turtle Spotted Is A Statistical Miracle Watch this little guy (guys?) calmly trot around its enclosure. May 12, 2019 at 01:00PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2E30Ruw

Gorillas Deftly Maneuver A Heavy Downpour Several gorillas at the Riverbanks Zoo and Garden in Columbia, South Carolina tried to make a break for it. May 11, 2019 at 05:40PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2VVMsdP

The Man Risking His Life To Expose The Destruction Of The Tiger Karl Ammann has undertaken dozens of dangerous investigations to expose wildlife traffickers. This is his riskiest yet. May 11, 2019 at 03:03PM via Digg https://wapo.st/2HcDctC

The Birth Of These Baby Eagle Rays Will Make Your Mother's Day Spectacular Marine biologists help this eagle ray give birth at SeaWorld's Discovery Cove. May 10, 2019 at 07:33PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2Yih9HR

Quick-Thinking Man Defends Himself From A Cattle Attack This man shows incredible courage and wits scaring back this herd of beef boys. May 10, 2019 at 05:27PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2Jh0WPE

Adult Alpacas Gather Round To Spot A Baby Taking Its First Steps Everybody's here to welcome this wobbly little one to the world. May 10, 2019 at 02:40PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2vMQhDF

Homeowner Shocked To Discover Family Of Opossums Living Inside Grill A woman noticed her dog was sniffing the grill, and when she went to investigate, this is what she found. May 9, 2019 at 09:29PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2JepUPJ

Snapping Turtle Decides To Give A Woman On A Pool Float A Rude Awakening She wanted to catch some rays in the Bahamas but this crotchety reptile had other plans. May 9, 2019 at 03:41PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2WxOpdG