The rhinoceros is a beautiful, majestic animal, but it is also one of the most vulnerable. Due to a number of threats, including habitat loss and illegal poaching, every species of rhino is now vulnerable or endangered. Now, one Kansas zoo is celebrating the long-awaited birth of a beautiful Indian rhino, inspiring new hope for […]

Indi is an orphaned baby kangaroo. She was rescued and now lives in The Kangaroo Sanctuary of Alice Springs in Central Australia. And since she’s an orphan, this baby hasn’t really felt love. So she gets her fill with cuddles. Lots and lots of cuddles! The handlers are tasked to help take care of the kangaroos. Which […]

Meet Yulelogs — an energetic grey seal who will never say no to a snack. Yulelogs spent his early years in a marine park in the north of England, before being released back into the wild. But after so much time in captivity, he had become used to humans doling out the treats. “Three months […]

There’s something mesmerizing about eyes. Staring into someone’s eyes is a deeply intimate experience, and can inspire a wide range of emotions. They’re an endless source of fascination, and an Armenian photographer, Suren Manvelyan, has managed to make eyes even more enthralling. Manvelyan has produced a series of extreme close-ups of different animals eyes and […]

This 6-month-old joey named Phantom stayed by his mother’s side during life-saving surgery. Mother koala Lizzy was hit by a car on Warrego Highway in Australia, suffering facial trauma and a collapsed lung. The two koalas are now recovering at Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital, which was founded by Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin and his wife Terri. This […]

A man from Ndwedwe, 60km north of the coastal city of Durban in the KwaZulu-Natal province, recently came across this two-headed egg-eater in his garden and quickly scooped it into a jar to avoid anyone harming it. He then contacted local snake rescuer, Nick Evans, to remove the rare reptile. In all the years Evans has worked […]

Two leopards had to be rescued after they rolled into a 50ft well during a fierce fight over territory. The male big cats had been seen scrapping near sugarcane fields in Bhatkalwadi, Maharashtra, India, on Friday morning. The frightened felines were heard growling by locals who called the Wildlife SOS team But during the tussle, […]

Today we bring to you the story of a rescue kangaroo named Rufus who simply adores resting on the couch watching television and cuddling his human dad. This lazy kangaroo was rescued when he was just an eight-month-old joey. Rufus’s adoptive mom, Kym Haywood, runs the Patch Kangaroo Sanctuary in Boston. Even though Rufus is […]

Dinnertime can be a dirty business in the wilds of Africa when you’re a famished leopard. In this incredible set of images, one of the majestic predators is more than happy to end up caked in mud for the sake of a meal… which in this case takes the form of a fish. The big […]