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Last month, Newhouse Wildlife Rescue (NWR) staff received what seemed like a typical call about an injured opossum. The adult opossum had collided with a vehicle and sadly suffered fatal injuries. But when the folks at NWR arrived at the scene, they quickly realized she wasn’t alone. To their surprise, a litter of living babies surrounded her, and they refused to let go of their beloved mom

“It was mind blowing,” the photographer, Brent Cizek, said. Where she goes, they follow. All 76 of them. A female duck in Minnesota has about six dozen ducklings in her care, a remarkable image that an amateur wildlife photographer captured on a recent trip to Lake Bemidji, about 150 miles northwest of Duluth, Minnesota. “It was mind blowing,” the photographer, Brent Cizek, sa

In a massive and historic conservation success story, eighteen takahē birds have been released into the wilds of a nature reserve on Lake Wakatipu. This is hoped to be followed by seven more in October, and another 10 in the early months of next year as this rediscovered wonder continues its long road to recovery into the third separate breeding population in the wild. The automobile wa

The deep connection that exists between children and animals has been demonstrated in several instances around the globe. An adorable yet brief bond between a young child and a baby deer has recently gone viral. After spending some time playing in the woods, the little kid returned home with his new companion. When Dominic brought the animal back to his mother, Stephanie Brown, she was shocked. A

Unfortunately, opossums are not animals that humans hold in high esteem. Many people see them as pests, as they often crawl into their garbage cans in search of a quick snack. But according to an Opossum Awareness & Advocacy worker, this perception is changing, although we still see cases of violence towards these animals due to misinformation. But according to an Opossum Awareness &

Andrea Zampatti is a wildlife photographer with a good eye for photography. His capture, ‘The Laughing Dormouse’ was able to procure him the position of the winner of the On Land category in the 2017 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards. This picture is sure to put a smile on your face because it depicts a tiny dormouse laughing amidst a bunch of flowers. It is unsure as to whether the creature

Tool use among orangutans was first documented by Carel van Schaik. In 1994, Carel observed orangutans developing tools to help themselves eat, while conducting field work in Gunung Leuser National Park, in the northwest Sumatra. Specifically the orangutans were using sticks to pry open pulpy fruits that have “Plexiglas needles” capable of delivering a painful jab covering them. Using

It is no exaggeration to say that puppies are too adorable to be real. They are the cutest little furry balls that exist on the planet Earth. The Puppy Spring facility in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, regularly posts pics of its adorable little critters napping, and these pictures are so cute that they’re taking over the internet. The daycare center takes care of doggies who are older than 12 weeks

If you thought having three or four little children at home was tough, imagine what this mother goose must be going through with 47 excessively dependent goslings under her care. Can someone fix her a week’s worth of endless massages and mojitos? It won’t fix her stress but it could help her life. As captured by a Canadian photographer, Mike Digout, this mother goose waddles through t

Children tend to do things that always amaze adults. The little boy in our story decided to surprise his parents by bringing along an unusual companion. This boy who is aged four, came home with a baby deer that he had managed to befriend. Stephanie Brown was enjoying her holiday at the Massanutten Resort in Virginia. She was shocked to the core when she opened the door to see her son Dominic with