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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

For the past few months, Rory Foley has been hard at work restoring an old manor home in New Zealand. It’s required long days of laboring, most of which he’s done on his own. But through it all, Foley hasn’t exactly been alone. RORY FOLEY About three months ago, Foley first noticed a feathered local who already called his property home. It was a tiny owl who, Foley came to reali

As a result of recent wildfires in Bolivia, animals living in the affected bushland have been on the move. Among them was a mother sloth and her little baby — forced to flee to the relative safety of a nearby town. Sadly though, along the way, the sloth mom became separated from the one who matters most to her. But they wouldn’t be apart forever. MARCO GREMINGER Earlier this mon

Unlikely friendships are the best kinds of friendships. A sailor and a shark. A cat and a bunch of tiny goats. A mouse and a mini Babybel. An apple and a worm. But today we’re looking at a friendship that has blossomed between a racoon and a fawn. Ah, racoons – the wonderfully chaotic trash pandas that steal not only your garbage, but also your heart. Their tiny faces, fluffy bodies, and

A couple of months ago, a group of scientists discovered an ancient shark in the North Atlantic ocean. While they knew that this shark had definitely reached senior age, they didn’t realize until recently that the animal is estimated to be a whopping 512 years old. At 512 years, that would make this ancient shark the oldest living vertebrate in the world. Even though over half a millen

The other evening, Timothy Ellis was working on his computer at home in Washington state when he noticed something on one of his security cameras outside. Sure enough, the camera had picked up the movement of a masked figure sneaking through Ellis’ yard — but it was hardly frightening. In fact, it was quite the opposite. YOUTUBE/TIMOTHY ELLIS The visitor, of course, was a raccoo

This is Nibi — a young, orphaned beaver who was rescued earlier this year by volunteers from Newhouse Wildlife Rescue in Massachusetts. Under their dedicated care, Nibi has had the chance to learn what it means to be a beaver. And she’s putting those instincts to some pretty sassy use. Nibi, now about 5 months old, spent most of her life as the rescue center’s one

A field team of scientists recently discovered something incredible and downright adorable — there are rare cats living on Mount Everest. SHUTTERSTOCK.COM/ELLIOTTE RUSTY HAROLD The Pallas's cats, also known as manuls, somehow managed to remain undetected until 2019. There are at least two of them living somewhere along Mount Everest’s Southern Flank. The discovery is extremely valu