03 August 2012
By CincinnatiZooTube From: YouTube “Savanna” the Cheetah Cub Loves Blakely – Cincinnati Zoo Share BoxTweet0
02 August 2012
By BBCEarth From: You Tube Cappucin monkeys swing from the trees and forage for food in this clip from the acclaimed BBC TV series, ‘Wild Caribbean’. Visit http://www.bbcearth.com for all the latest animal news and wildlife videos BBC Earth Facebook http://www.facebook.com/bbcearth (ex-UK only) BBC Earth Twitter http://www.twitter.com/bbcearth Subscribe to BBC Earth: http://bit.ly/ydxvrP BBC Earth [...]
02 August 2012
By Monica Garske From: NBC 7 San Diego For the past few days all eyes have been on the newest baby panda born at the San Diego Zoo, but on Wednesday, it was another panda’s turn to shine. The zoo kicked off giant panda Yun Zi’s birthday week with a special two-tiered cake [...]
02 August 2012
By CincinnatiZooTube From: YouTube Sarah, a cheetah at the Cincinnati Zoo, recently earned the title of world’s fastest land animal when she covered 100 meters in 5.95 seconds, beating her previous world record of 6.13 seconds set in 2009. By comparison, Sarah ran almost 4 seconds faster than the world’s fastest man, Usain Bolt [...]
02 August 2012
By Seth Doane From: CBS News (CBS News) CHATHAM, Mass. – August arrives Wednesday and with it comes the real dog days of summer. But on some beaches, it’s more like shark days. A swimmer was attacked off Cape Cod, Mass., Tuesday. It turns out, the best of intentions many have lured sharks [...]
30 July 2012
By AP From: Boston.com FILE – In this July 18, 2012 file photo, a white bison calf walks in a field at the Mohawk Bison farm in Goshen, Conn. Hundreds of Native Americans attended ceremonies at the farm Saturday, July 28, 2012, to name the rare white bison, revered as a symbol of peace [...]
24 July 2012
Veronica Rocha, Times Community News From: L.A. Now A mountain lion fatally mauled a 1-year-old German-Belgian shepherd mix named Cookie over the weekend, making it the first reported killing of its kind this year in Glendale, officials said. The attack prompted Glendale police officials to renew warnings to hillside residents to keep their [...]
12 July 2012
By Danika Fears From: MSNBC Photo: Alaska SeaLife Center, Experts at the Alaska SeaLife Center worried about the baby beluga’s weak immune system, even as he showed small signs of improvement. The orphaned baby beluga found stranded from his mother in South Naknek, Alaska, died in the early hours of Monday morning. [...]
11 July 2012
By MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press From: SF Gate Photo: FILE – In this July 9, 2012 file photo released by the Ueno Zoological Park Society, Shin Shin, a 7-year-old giant panda, holds her newly born baby, center, in her cage at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo. The zoo said the six-day old baby panda [...]
09 July 2012
From: msnbc.com Photo: Shelly Negrotti / AP Walter Szulc Jr., in kayak at left, looks back at the dorsal fin of an approaching shark at Nauset Beach in Orleans, Mass. in Cape Cod on Saturday, July 7. An unidentified man in the foreground looks toward them. No injuries were reported. The previous week, a [...]
26 June 2012
From: BBC News Staff at the Galapagos National Park in Ecuador say Lonesome George, a giant tortoise believed to be the last of its subspecies, has died. Scientists estimate he was about 100 years old. Park officials said they would carry out a post-mortem to determine the cause of his death. With no offspring [...]
20 June 2012
By David Bailey From: Reuters * Polar bear and seals escape but recaptured * Numerous roads, highways near Duluth impassable * Weather service predicts more rain, possible flash floods June 20 (Reuters) – Heavy rains pounded northern Minnesota on Wednesday, forcing the evacuation of dozens of homes, causing mudslides and sinkholes, [...]
18 June 2012
By itnnews With no sheep around, Solo the Border Collie rounds up tigers, hyenas and jackals at The Seaview Lion Park in South Africa. Report by Helen Percival. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn Share BoxTweet0
15 June 2012
By CincinnatiZooTube You Tube Thane Maynard talks about our Galapagos Tortoises and their new encounter area where people can touch them. Share BoxTweet0
15 June 2012
By CincinnatiZooTube You Tube Little One, the Zoo’s male polar bear plays with a new ball that was put in the exhibit. Share BoxTweet0
12 June 2012
By Miranda Leitsinger From: msnbc.com A hiker who clambered 30 feet up a tree in the Alaskan woods after being mauled by a brown bear is recovering after state troopers rescued him. From high up in the tree, Ben Radakovich called 911 early Sunday to report the attack three miles from the head [...]
06 June 2012
By BBCEarth You Tube Off the coast of Venezuela, we encounter the whale shark – the biggest of all the fish in the ocean. In this clip, a shoal of bait fish are using the whale shark as a protective shield. However, unexpected developments are about to take place when we encounter some yellow-finned [...]
06 June 2012
By BBCEarth You Tube Sir David Attenborough uses a thermal imaging camera to demonstrate the ingenious way a queen bumble bee heats up in the cold morning air to beat the insect traffic. Brilliant video from BBC animal and wildlife show ‘Life in the Undergrowth’. Share BoxTweet0
22 May 2012
By BBCEarth You Tube In the Arctic circle, ducks take advantage of permanent holes in the sea ice, fighting the fierce ocean currents to dive 10 metres down and reach the rich layer of mussels that populate the sea floor. Beautiful underwater filming from BBC natural history masterpiece, Planet Earth. Share BoxTweet0
25 April 2012
By BBCEarth You Tube Some tourists, in search of extreme thrills, have taken to diving with killer whales. In Tysfjord in Norway, a local diver offers tourists a unique encounter with killer whales as David Attenborough explores the safety of such an extreme sport. Fantastic clip from BBC’s Natural History Unit. Visit http://www.bbcearth.com for [...]
25 April 2012
By TorontoZooChannel You Tube Cute!! Share BoxTweet0
24 April 2012
By AssociatedPress You Tube Up to 7 million bats have been wiped out in the U.S. over the last five years by a deadly disease that is rapidly spreading across the country. (April 22) Share BoxTweet0
17 April 2012
By CincinnatiZooTube You Tube The Cincinnati Zoo’s Red River Hog, Sir Francis takes on Flying Pig Marathon winner TJ Lentz and wins. Share BoxTweet0
06 April 2012
By Rohit Kachroo From: NBC News More than one rhino is being killed in South Africa by poachers each day — with 2012 on target to be the worst year on record. Some 159 rhinos have fallen victim to poachers since January, a death toll that looks set to surpass last year’s grim [...]
05 April 2012
By NMAWorldEdition You Tube Edinburgh Zoo’s giant pandas have failed to mate this year despite the best efforts of the Scottish zoo to encourage them to procreate, dashing hopes that a baby panda would be born this year. Sweetie and her male mate Sunshine arrived in Scotland from China last December and had been [...]
04 April 2012
By BBCEarth You Tube It’s Hallowe’en morning and Wade and his crew are stuck in the forest pulling a bear into safer territory. Fantastic clip from BBC’s natural history documentary, Wild: Polar Bear Diary. Visit http://www.bbcearth.com for all the latest animal news and wildlife videos Subscribe to BBC Earth: http://bit.ly/ydxvrP BBC Earth Channel: http://www.youtube.com/BBCEarth [...]
04 April 2012
By itnnews You Tube Sunshine and Sweetie have entered the ‘love tunnel’ between their two enclosures during the 36-hour window they have to mate. . Report by Katie Lamborn. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn Share BoxTweet0
02 April 2012
By CincinnatiZooTube You Tube How Animals move! Share BoxTweet0
21 March 2012
By CincinnatiZooTube You Tube Thane Maynard gets to feed our Alligator Snapping Turtle. Share BoxTweet0
21 March 2012
By BBCEarth You Tube Some tourists, in search of extreme thrills, have taken to diving with killer whales. In Tysfjord in Norway, a local diver offers tourists a unique encounter with killer whales as David Attenborough explores the safety of such an extreme sport. Fantastic clip from BBC’s Natural History Unit. Visit http://www.bbcearth.com for [...]
04 January 2012
By WorldnewsandMedia You Tube One day he’ll grow up to be a fearsome predator. But for now, Siku the polar bear is quite content to enjoy life as a cosseted cub. The tiny bear is being hand-reared at a wildlife park after his mother was unable to produce enough milk to feed him. Footage [...]
05 December 2011
By AssociatedPress You Tube The 8-year-old pair, named Tian Tian and Yang Guang, or Sweetie and Sunshine, were welcomed by bagpipe players and a host of dignitaries as they touched down on Sunday at Edinburgh Airport in Scotland. Share BoxTweet0
01 December 2011
From: KomoNews.com Beautiful!! Share BoxTweet0
30 November 2011
By Angela Delli Santi From: Associated Press Photo: Groups gathered outside the N.J. courtroom after an appeals court heard arguments from foes of the state’s black bear hunt. TRENTON – Animal protection groups seeking to stop New Jersey’s black bear hunt from getting under way told an appeals court Tuesday that the [...]
29 November 2011
By AssociatedPress You Tube Two baby bald eaglets learned to fly in captivity after they fell from a nest in suburban Chicago last Memorial Day. They were released more than five months later at Starved Rock State Park in rural northern Illinois. Share BoxTweet0
08 November 2011
Tuesday, 11/08/11 By Dog Post Daily In our recent visit to Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado in October 2011 we had the priviledge of exploring some of its amazing points of interest. The beauty of this national treasure with its breathtaking views, interesting geologic features, forests, protected habitat and species diversity is beyond words. We took many [...]
08 November 2011
Tuesday, 11/08/11 By Dog Post Daily In our recent visit to Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado in October 2011 we had the priviledge of exploring some of its amazing points of interest. The beauty of this national treasure with its breathtaking views, interesting geologic features, forests, protected habitat and species diversity is beyond words. We took many [...]
31 October 2011
From: AZCentral.com NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A stray dog that developed an unlikely friendship with an Asian elephant at a sanctuary in Tennessee has died from a likely coyote attack, sanctuary officials said. An animal odd couple, Bella, the dog, and Tarra, an 8,700 pound former performing elephant, were inseparable at the 2,200-acre sanctuary in [...]