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Amazon parrot Lucky on Terry Wilson's shoulder

An Amazon Parrot Named Lucky

The beginning of this story was written 11 years ago when my girlfriend rescued a one-week-old injured Amazon parrot. He was lying helpless in the street...
Mission K9 Rescue: Serving our Nations Working Dogs

Mission K9 Rescue: Serving our Nations Working Dogs

Mission K9 Rescue provides assistance and support for Working Dogs worldwide. The organization’s purpose is to serve retiring and retired Military Working Dogs, Contract...
Members of Real House Cats of Scripps Ranch

Operation Harley: A community comes together for a cat named Harley

Scripps Ranch is home to a myriad of unique personalities: authors, tycoons, mom-and-pop shops, trail blazing entrepreneurs and a cat named Harley. Harley, a ferial female feline...

10 Animals That Were Scarier than Dinosaurs

No one today can really get a full idea of what it was like to live surrounded by dinosaurs. While today we know that...

My Octopus Teacher

In My Octopus Teacher a filmmaker forges an unusual friendship with an octopus living in a South African kelp forest, learning as the animal...

10 Animals That Saved Peoples Lives

We often talk about humans saving animals. We put ourselves out there, as the ones who save the day, as nature’s biggest helpers, always...

Birth of a Black Rhino at the Cincinnati Zoo

Eastern black rhino Seyia gave birth to a healthy calf last night at the Cincinnati Zoo! The long gestation period for this critically endangered...
Fish with a HUMAN FACES

Fish with a HUMAN FACES

Above video is from a visitor to a village in southern China who was left stunned after spotting a fish that appears to have a human...
Love on A Leash: Dogs are the best medicine

Love On A Leash: Dogs Are The Best Medicine

Love On A Leash is proof positive that dogs are the best medicine on four legs. A wag of the tail and the nudge of...

10 Dangerous Insects to avoid

Sometimes, the things that scare us the most are the things that we can’t see. Or, almost can’t see. This is not an exception...

A Fashion Accessory That Fights Back: The CoyoteVest

On a calm September afternoon Paul Mott had just finished walking his three dogs at Scripps Ranch Dog Park. Suddenly, a coyote appeared from...

10 Most Dangerous Animals of Amazon Rainforests!

The Amazon rainforest is a vast ecosystem filled with animals big and small; some of which have not even been discovered yet. Today we...