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The other day, James West was driving near his home in Alaska when something caught his eye. Lingering behind some dumpsters off the road, West spotted a young moose. “It was odd to see a moose there,” West told The Dodo. Looking closer, it became odder still. JAMES WEST At second glance, West noticed that something was in the moose’s mouth. Unsure of what it was, West decided to

On a cold weekend this past December, an elderly turtle named Grandma waited in a dumpster, hoping someone might find her. The special needs reptile, who’s missing both her right legs, knew she probably couldn’t escape on her own. Nevertheless, the resilient senior navigated the garbage, looking for a way out. Soon enough, a Good Samaritan looked in the dumpster and noticed the trash was

Just when you think you’re the craziest cat lady around, someone else goes ahead and one-ups you to the fullest. Russian farmer Alla Lebedeva has turned her homestead into a self-proclaimed ‘Catland,’ and has gone viral with the incredible photographs and videos she takes of her many glorious Siberian cats. Stationed in Prigorodny, just outside Barnaul, Siberia, Lebedeva and her husband S

Bears have an incredible sense of smell, so when they smell food there isn’t a lot you can do to stop them from getting what they want. When a couple from Alligator Point, Florida, looked out of their window, they were greeted with a 400lb black bear on their front porch and immediately alerted authorities. In an attempt to get the hungry beast back to his home in Osceola National Fore

For 10 years, Huxley longed for a better life. He could be seen pressed up against the fence around his enclosure all hours of the day and night at the New Jersey zoo he called home. Huxley’s sadness was so apparent to visitors that he became known as “the depressed ram.” But better days were ahead — he just didn’t know it yet. UNCLE NEIL'S HOME “Before Huxley’s liberat

The other day, nature photographer Doug Gemmell was out with his camera when a picture-perfect opportunity began to unfold in front of him. As Gemmell looked on through his lens, a bald eagle swooped down toward the ground, talons at the ready. Though the eagle was only a juvenile, having yet to develop white feathers on her head, her hunting prowess was still on full display. The eagle�

It’s always a special day at a zoo when a new baby animal is born, especially when they are a part of an endangered species. Each new birth is an important step towards ensuring the species’ future survival. Now, one zoo is celebrating the birth of an adorable eastern bongo, a critically endangered species. Potter Park Zoo, in Lansing, Michigan, recently announced that a female eastern b

Last year, licensed wildlife rehabilitator Carrie Long received a call about a baby raccoon in distress. At just 3 weeks old, he’d been abandoned by his mother and was found clinging to life during a rainstorm. Long, who specializes in rescuing orphaned deer as part her nonprofit, Texas Fawn and Friends, decided to take the raccoon in. She named him Jasper. “We weren’t sure he was was

The other night, Andrew Mcleay was enjoying a quiet evening at home in Australia when things took an unexpected turn. Mcleay needed to grab an item from his car in the garage, but upon opening up the car door, something stopped him in his tracks. There, dangling from the sunshade, were what appeared to be two giant spiders — each measuring about 5 inches wide. The mere sight of such