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The BBC will be airing a cool new underwater documentary on Thursday called Dolphins: Spy in the Pod, where carefully disguised cameras were used to film the daily lives of everyone’s favorite marine mammals. But the most interesting detail seems to have been leaked on Sunday: during the documentary, some of the dolphins reportedly used a pufferfish to get stoned. “Even the brightest huma

Never was Will Burrard-Lucas so happy a black cat has crossed his path. His cameras’ path, to be more exact. Will has been a full-time wildlife photographer since 2010 and in 2013 he even founded Camtraptions Ltd to turn his inventions for the craft into products for other professionals. And all of his hard work has perfectly reflected in one of his most recent shoots. In Laikipia, Kenya, o

It’s been more than a century since even a single baby tortoise was sighted on the Galapagos island of Pinzón. The recent birth of these little shelled babies are a step in the right direction to help pull these beautiful, but critically endangered animals back from the edge of extinction, after years of human activity nearly laying the population to waste. “I’m amazed that the tortoi

Cetaceans like dolphins and whales will no longer be kept in Canadian aquariums after the government passed a bill that prohibits their captivity. The bill, S-203, was first proposed in 2015, and it was finally passed after three years of intense legislative battles. With the bill in effect, Canada has taken another step towards becoming more environmentally responsible. The most uplifting th

The beautiful bobcat is mainly found in North America, although it’s habitat is thought to stretch to the far south of Mexico. It’s been around for 1.8 million years and adapts well to any surroundings, being an expert hunter wherever it chooses as home. At the same time it’s a wild animal and rarely has any interaction with humans. So the video you’re about to see is pretty speci

Meet Lotus: a gigantic Maine Coon cat who’s the size of a child! Maine Coon cats are the largest breed of domestic cats—they typically keep growing until they’re about four years old. Male Maine Coon cats usually weigh around 15 to 25 pounds and are about 40 inches long. Female cats also typically grow to be about 40 inches long, and they can weigh anywhere from 10 to 15 pounds. Lotu

People might argue to the contrary, but I think at this stage one has to accept that all animals have feelings. Some more than others, sure, but long gone are the days where we could look at the animals we share this world with and simply label them beasts. Animals are capable love and grief, of fear and happiness, and every so often images or videos will capture moments where they truly show h

Meet Yeti, Odlin, Sampson, and Apolo: four of the rarest big cats in the world! These adorable brothers are ligers—lion-tiger hybrids. Ligers are extremely rare. There are only about 1,000 of them in the world, and most of these animals live in captivity. Yeti, Odlin, Sampson, and Apolo are even rarer than other ligers. They’re believed to be the first white ligers ever born! The brot

The Irish Wolfhounds got their name not for their appearance. They got it for their purpose—wolf hunting with dogs. Some people think that all we have of the earliest times of this old breed are more myth and legend than fact. It is mentioned, as cú (variously translated as hound, Irish hound, war dog, wolf dog, etc.) in Irish laws, which predate Christianity, and in Irish literature going