Autumn is about more than pumpkin spice lattes, scarves, and sweaters. While we get carried away with all of those things it can be easy to forget that the true beauty of the season is in nature, not a mall. These photographs of animals basking in the fall foliage will fill you with more heartwarming […]
Residents of South Bend, Indiana, noticed a peculiar sound coming from their storm drain early one morning. The cries of two small kittens were enough to wake the suburbanites at 3:00 am. Concerned citizens in the area made several calls to the South Bend Animal Care and Control, Code Enforcement, as well as the Bureau […]
Everyone starts out as an adorable baby. Everyone. But then puberty happens and you’re left with whatever the aftermath gives you to work with for the rest of your life. These poor animals aren’t so lucky when it comes to aging gracefully. If you thought spotting one little wrinkle or grey hair was bad, just […]
Marmots are, basically, shy and over-grown squirrels. There are 15 different species of the large ground squirrels, and they mainly live in mountainous regions. They’re perky and sociable with each other, but when it comes to humans, they tend to steer clear. That is, at least, until they met this young boy. Matteo Walsh and his […]
There are a lot of enigmatic animals out there in the wild that are difficult to get a read on (like, who really ever knows what a giraffe is thinking?), but then there are these seriously precious primates who definitely have their hearts on their sleeve. One look at their furry little faces and big soulful […]
When Lupe Johnson realized she had left her toy out in the yard, it was already too late. All she could do when she saw that fox playing with her beloved plaything is bark. Being a dog kind of limits your options when it comes to responding to things, not that the fox would have listened […]
Photographer Robin Hoskyns works with meerkats on a regular basis as a research assistant in South Africa’s Kalahari Meerkat Project, but what he captured while observing a family on a recent outing was no ordinary day in the desert. The notoriously tight-knit cuties will typically keep their newborns underground in burrows for about three weeks after birth, or however […]
For most of us, the separation between our human life and that of the animals around us is as easy as apples and oranges. We are the smarter, more evolved creatures who have been given dominion over all others. And it’s not like they have any emotions, anyway, right? Except that actually… they do. While we […]
Since it’s release almost a year ago, there have been about million covers of the anthemic ballad “Let it Go” from Disney’s wildly popular animated film Frozen. Actually, probably more like a million and a half. With each new incarnation of the empowering song, originally sung by cast member and Broadway icon Idina Menzel, is a fresh attempt to […]