Animals

Firefighters Rescue Baby Deer From Raging Floodwaters in Dramatic Video

A cry for help at an Indiana flood rescue turned out to be a baby deer. The rescue happened on May 27 in Madison Township after firefighters responded to a...

Drone Tracking Reveals Honey Bees Navigate Repeated Flight Paths With Centimeter-Level Precision

Honey bees are flying the same routes with a level of precision that surprised researchers. A University of Freiburg...

Miniature Therapy Horse Rides Taxis to Bring Comfort to People in Need

He is small enough to need his own taxi, but Maria Johal says Rusty has changed her life. Rusty...

Woman Rescues Injured Crow and Receives Thank-You Gifts From Birds in Return

A rescued crow has turned into an unlikely thank you campaign for a woman in Canada, with gifts...

Stray Cat Rescued From Tornado Becomes Local News Station Mascot to Boost Adoption Chances

One St. Louis storm rescue ended with a very local name. Stray Rescue of St. Louis said it picked...

Hotel for Homeless Dogs Hosts World Cup-Themed Puppy Bowl to Help Adoptable Dogs Find Homes

Puppies took over Providence Place Mall in Rhode Island on Thursday as the Hotel for Homeless Dogs held its first Puppy Bowl. The matchup featured 10 puppies available for adoption. The dogs wore Haiti and...

Goblin Shark Filmed Alive in Its Natural Habitat for the First Time, Revealing Rare Deep-Sea Behavior

A shark most people only saw hauled up by fishermen has finally turned up where it lives, deep in the Pacific and on camera. A new study in the Journal of Fish Biology reports two...

How a 700,000-Year-Old DNA Extracted From Frozen Squirrel Poop Revealed Ancient Arctic Ecosystems

Frozen squirrel poop is doing serious scientific work in Yukon permafrost. A study published in Nature Communications found Arctic ground squirrel coprolites, preserved in deep permafrost, held an unusually rich collection of ancient DNA dating...

Bull Elephants Swept Off Course in Floodwaters Safely Guided Home by Keepers

A group of bull elephants got stranded on the wrong side of the fence at Tsavo, and conservation teams stepped in to guide them back. Kenya's Sheldrick Wildlife Trust shared video on Instagram from its...

Therapy Donkeys are Bringing Calm to Psychiatric Hospital Patients, Prompting Program Expansion

A quiet trip to a farm each Friday is giving some psychiatric patients near Paris a break from the hospital routine, and they say it helps. At the Ville-Evrard hospital complex in Neuilly-sur-Marne, patients with...

Rare Sea Turtle Species Sets New Hatchling Record This Season

Sea turtle nesting season is here, and in Boca Raton, that is already bringing an unusually big number for one endangered species. Researchers at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center and Florida Atlantic University say they have...