It is now late autumn, with winter just round the corner. It is that time of the year when flocks of starlings create incredible aerobatic displays, swirling through the sky in magnificent ballets that almost seem choreographed. This dazzling display of avian behavior  is known as a murmuration, a word that perfectly describes the rustle of thousands of pairs of ...

“Chocoholic”, a black pug from Japan, looks set to be the next internet sensation, with over 70,000 YouTube users viewing the video of him playing the keyboard since the video was uploaded to YouTube on October 9. The pooch, dressed in a sparkly bow tie and a red top, uses his paws to create a ‘melody ‘ on a child’s ...

Evan van der Spuy, a mountain biker of Team Jeep South Africa, was knocked off from his bike after being mown down by a charging antelope in an incredible video that has gone viral, garnering almost 2 million views since it was posted on YouTube yesterday. Evan was taking part in a mountain bike race across South Africa’s Albert Falls ...

Harry Potter movies have made their human stars famous and rich. But sadly, this is not the case for the Berry, the black German shepherd known to millions of children around as Padfoot in the Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Poor Berry is looking for a new home. No wonder he is looking so forlorn. Ten-year-old Berry, who ...

Duolang sheep from Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region – dubbed the “Treasure of Xinjiang” with only around 1,000 left in the world – are becoming vogue as the pets and status symbols of the super-rich in China. Also known as Maigaiti by the locals, it is a crossbreed between a local sheep species and a fat-rumped one introduced from Afghanistan. The ...

Fans from all over the world are mourning the loss of Heidi — the cross-eyed German opossum whose cute but confused countenance had captured hearts around the world. The Leipzig Zoo said Wednesday that the three-and-a-half-year-old opossum had been listless and unable to move for several weeks due to acute arthritis. A decision was made to put her down ‘to ...

Nothing can compare to a mother’s love, and moms from the animal kingdom are no exception.  In the animal kingdom, a mother’s love is the strongest when her babies are in trouble. A dramatic rescue, captured by wildlife photographer Jean-Francois Largot, was played out in Kenya’s Masai Mara game reserve. A tiny lion cub, which has somehow slipped and fallen ...