• Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - 11:51am By System Administrator
    Photographer Paul Nicklen was hesitant about getting in the water with leopard seals in Antarctica as they are fearsome predators, but instead of being threatened by him, the seal adopted him: "I slipped into the water, terrified of what might...
  • Monday, November 16, 2009 - 2:25pm By System Administrator
    LOOK-OUT: The view from the top of the Burj Dubai. FLASH MOB: Janet Jackson gets a fan tribute at L.A.'s The Grove. PYRAMIDS AT GIZA: From the local Pizza Hut. MO ROCCA: International capital cities vs Venice Beach pull-ups. For recent Guides to...
  • Monday, November 16, 2009 - 6:17am By System Administrator
    One of the most massive and rare stingrays, the smalleye stingray, has been filmed for the first time off the coast of Mozambique. Watch, AFTER THE JUMP...
  • Friday, November 13, 2009 - 11:39am By System Administrator
    They're now apparently being protected by Batman: "The mean-looking Ady Gil is the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's newest weapon in their ongoing battle against Japanese whalers. The trimaran - previously known as Earthrace - recently set the...
  • Wednesday, November 11, 2009 - 9:33am By System Administrator
    A shark performed an unusual birth in front of visitors at an aquarium in Auckland, New Zealand. Four baby sharks emerged from a bite wound made by another shark  — an aggressive C-section, if you will. Watch, AFTER THE JUMP...
  • Sunday, November 8, 2009 - 7:01pm By System Administrator
    It was like Kruger National Park for a short while at the National Zoo in Washington D.C. on Sunday afternoon when a wild deer from Rock Creek Park leapt over the zoo enclosure into the lion exhibit. Watch, AFTER THE JUMP... While zoo visitors...
  • Thursday, November 5, 2009 - 10:25am By System Administrator
    Here's some footage from Leipzig, Germany of the bears I featured in the news round-up yesterday which are suddenly losing all of their fur, via The Awl. Says the reporter: "Zookeepers know that the Spectacled Bears have a disease, but they don't...
  • Thursday, November 5, 2009 - 10:01am By Matthew Lawrence
    In some species, it seems that promiscuity is a wise safety precaution.  At least that's what Australian researchers found with regard to the fiddler crab, reports The Australian.  In the study--published yesterday in the journal Biology...
  • Friday, October 30, 2009 - 10:12am By System Administrator
    Underwater photographer Tony Wu shot some images of a sperm whale off the coast of Japan at mealtime — and the meal happened to be a giant squid: "The captivating pictures show adult sperm whales feasting on a rare giant squid. Though the squid...
  • Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 10:30am By System Administrator
    Treehugger reports: "New research published in the online journal PLoS ONE demonstrates for the first time that a non-human adult animal species regularly engages in oral sex behavior. While the behavior has been seen in juvenile animals before(...
  • : Grief
    Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 7:36am By System Administrator
    Via National Geographic: "Cameroon—At the Sanaga-Yong Chimpanzee Rescue Center, more than a dozen residents form a gallery of grief, looking on as Dorothy—a beloved female felled in her late 40s by heart failure—is borne to her burial."
  • Monday, October 26, 2009 - 11:10am By System Administrator
    A 10-foot Great White Shark which was nearly snapped in half by a larger shark has authorities warning swimmers off Australia's Queensland coast of a massive 20-foot "monster shark" lurking off the coast. Watch the news report, AFTER THE JUMP...
  • Friday, October 23, 2009 - 9:15am By System Administrator
    Some really intense photos of a Eurasian kingfisher, if you're into that sort of thing.
  • Monday, October 19, 2009 - 10:19am By System Administrator
    Marine biologists have filmed what they presume to be moments of pure aquatic sport in the waters of Wales, AFTER THE JUMP...  
  • Wednesday, October 7, 2009 - 9:20am By System Administrator
    This is a truly moving and stunning documentation of the first ever elephant birth filmed at the Elephant Safari Park at Taro, Bali, Indonesia. It took place on September 9. Watch, AFTER THE JUMP... (warning: graphic)