Any parent knows it is a terrifying moment when you realise that you’ve left your child behind. A poor mother elephant in the Kruger had to watch on as her calf bravely fended off a parade of lions.
A beloved manatee at Florida’s Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium died earlier this year after having too much “high-intensity” sex with his brother, officials revealed this week.
After several groups spent years urging authorities to let him retire and spend his final years with some level of freedom, Charlie, the Pretoria Zoo elephant will finally get to spend his old age in the wilds of Shambala Private Game Reserve.
If there’s one thing in life worth celebrating, it’s pets.
This weekend, a giant great white shark was among the pro surfers in the water, innocently stalking the dangling feet of some okes who were none the wiser.
To be fair, the skeletal remains of this creature that Bobbi-Lee Oates spotted on the beach in Keppel Sands, Queensland, Australia, does look a lot like a mermaid.
Will Smith is creeping back into the hearts and minds of those who thought he was cancelled after that Oscars slap incident – and he’s doing it with the help of a baby rhino in Botswana.
Drone footage captured a shiver of at least 50 sharks swimming near a Long Island beach in New York after the area has seen an increase in shark attacks recently.
One would not be remiss if they didn’t immediately think ‘Ka-Ching!’ when imagining a hunk of smelly whale vomit.
Those with ornithophobia, turn away now because this seagull gulping down a squirrel whole is beyond a Hitchcock level of terrifying.
28-Year-old Vanilla was born in a now-closed facility that conducted experiments on animals, with no grass or space to move around freely in nature.
“I wouldn’t put your hands in there,” a person off-camera said before his pal was dragged into the water while rinsing his hands.
This pilot may have had blood splattered all over his face, but he wasn’t the least bit ruffled as he navigated his plane back to safety.
Orcas may look like giant sea pandas, but they’re really more like swimming sociopaths.
If ‘My Octopus Teacher’ moved you, then news of this company releasing the first proposal of its kind – to farm and slaughter millions of octopuses with rather cruel methods – will be upsetting.
It’s Pete against PETA in the latest internet drama.
Coming within inches of him, videographer and shark cage diver Mark Graham captured the terrifying moment a great white shark launched at the tour boat.
Photos from the scene show the crocodiles in the bloody enclosure, with one photo even showing Nam’s shoe in a croc’s mouth.
They are likely all psychopaths or Scorpios, but either way, they are cruel geniuses that are concerned with their own survival, no matter what.
Scores of local residents in Hermanus began harvesting the meat from a whale carcass as soon as the large animal washed up on the rocks.
The Mother City has ranked second out of 482 cities in the number of observations recorded and fourth in the number of species recorded in the City Nature Challenge.
Police have confirmed that the dog was not facing any charges and only received a warning before being released into the custody of a friend.
Scott Haraguchi was peacefully pulling in his line in calm waters just three kilometres off Hawaii’s O’ahu island when a large tiger shark lunged for him.
At least the sharks are out and about, though, considering how hard and fast those killing-machine Orcas have been going for them.
Photographer Agi Orfanos managed to capture the scene on camera, showing a tourist getting the fright of his life when a baboon began helping himself to the contents of his car.
The story of our world’s nature never gets old when it is told with such a soothing voice.
Some people are really brave for getting out of bed in the morning and making their beds. Others are considered brave for booping the snoot of wild sharks in deep waters and evading the snap of their jaws.
Killer whales are clearly the psychopaths of the big blue.
As the cold of winter rolls in, we can all empathise with the struggle of peeling away from warm slumber to enter yet another daily slog.
A creepy cute fish washed up on Melkbosstrand recently, while a massive great white shark did not wash up in Durban.