Bringing a foster puppy into a home with an established dog can go either way. In this particular household, there was never any real doubt — though the puppy, understandably, didn't know that yet. The Cuddle That Took Some Courage In a video shared by Mike Brown on his account @cactustherescue, a tiny foster puppy named Cowboy wants to nap alongside Cactus, a much larger … [Read more...] about A Foster Puppy Shyly Asked Permission to Cuddle With a Much Bigger Dog — and Got It
Wildlife & Nature
The “World’s Worst” Bullfighter? Andrés Roca Rey Has Survived More Gorings Than Almost Anyone In The Sport
Andrés Roca Rey is widely regarded as one of the biggest stars in modern bullfighting — and also one of its most frequently injured. His latest brush with disaster, in the bullring at Arles in southern France, is only the newest entry in a decade-long list of narrow escapes that has earned him an unflattering nickname among some observers: the "world's worst matador." Tossed … [Read more...] about The “World’s Worst” Bullfighter? Andrés Roca Rey Has Survived More Gorings Than Almost Anyone In The Sport
Scientists Heard A Knock At The Door — It Was A Pelican In Need Of Help
A quiet morning at a Florida marine research facility was interrupted by an unmistakable sound: tapping at the back door. When a biologist went to check, what he found waiting outside wasn't a colleague or a delivery — it was an injured brown pelican. An Unexpected Visitor The pelican was standing at the door of NOAA Fisheries' Southeast Fisheries Science Center … [Read more...] about Scientists Heard A Knock At The Door — It Was A Pelican In Need Of Help
This Dolphin Terrifies Fish Until They Puke — Then Eats It
Not every dolphin hunts the same way — and one bottlenose dolphin off Australia's Great Barrier Reef has developed a technique researchers had never formally documented in any cetacean before: chasing a fish until it throws up, then eating what comes back out. Meet Bubbles Staff and researchers at Lady Elliot Island Eco Resort, on the southern Great Barrier Reef, have … [Read more...] about This Dolphin Terrifies Fish Until They Puke — Then Eats It
Florida camera trap captures bobcat attacking world’s largest rattlesnake species
A remote camera in Florida has captured something scientists rarely get to document firsthand: a bobcat attacking a fully grown eastern diamondback rattlesnake, widely regarded as the largest rattlesnake species on Earth. A Rare Sequence, Frame By Frame The images were published as part of a study in the journal Southeastern Naturalist, led by wildlife biologist Mohamed … [Read more...] about Florida camera trap captures bobcat attacking world’s largest rattlesnake species