Earth is losing precious wildlife at a horrifying rate. The 2016 Living Planet Report, published this past October by the World Wildlife Fund, declared that global wildlife populations declined by 58% between 1970 and 2012. This is a shocking revelation, and it means that if this trend continues, it will have declined by two-thirds by […] More
Skull fragment. Image: Oceana/Twitter ; Credit Timothy Myers A paleontologist just released a statement that he discovered the remains of a sea turtle that was previously unknown to science. About 65.5 million years ago, an asteroid struck Earth’s surface, leading to a mass extinction that wiped out around three-quarters of all species. However, an unlikely animal survived — […] More
Each of these animals survived horrific injuries and were left without the means to eat, drink, or walk. Thankfully, dedicated caretakers and 3D printing technology have provided them with the means to start new lives with cutting-edge prosthetics. Scroll down to check out these amazing creatures! Beauty, the bald eagle Image: Eagle/FB This beautiful bald eagle […] More
Sometimes people make terrible decisions. Some of those people take is a step further and post them on social media. This was indeed the case for two men who bragged about “surfing” on an endangered species last week on Fraser Island. Ricky Rogers of Queensland, Australia proudly posted this image on Facebook, writing: “Surfed a […] More
Arachnophobics, beware: Spiders can hear you from across the room. While it’s already well known that spiders can “hear” sounds through their leg hairs in response to vibrations, scientists had previously thought that they could only do so within several inches of those vibrations. It has now been determined, however, that spiders can detect vibrations […] More
Image: Jamie Hiscocks/FB What a fossil hunter nearly passed over a decade ago turned out to be a fossilized dinosaur brain. The fossil was tiny and resembled just one of many small pebbles along the British coastline, according to English amatuer fossil hunter Jamie Hiscocks. According to experts, the tissue was essentially “pickled” when the […] More
Have you seen all of these? We’ve compiled some the most amazing wildlife rescues of all time, including a lioness that had been mauled by a buffalo, a sea turtle with a straw stuck up its nose, and an elephant calf that had been speared in the head by poachers. Some of these animals would […] More
We’ve located the top 10 encounters with these awe-inspiring beasts from across the globe and put them all in one place! We’ll start with the biggest great white ever recorded (start slideshow to watch!): [nextpage title=”The Biggest Shark Ever Filmed”] Meet “Deep Blue,” estimated to be the biggest shark ever filmed. This 50-year-old very pregnant shark […] More
A fishing charter crew caught a colossal 14-pound lobster off the coast of Bermuda during a hurricane. “Hurricane Nicole blew in some sea monsters,” the charter company said on their Facebook page. The company, called Sanctuary Marine Bermuda, explained that the lobster was caught by accident and the crew had to bring it on land […] More
Image: FTTT/FB This tiger has been on exhibit at a roadside truck stop for the last 16 years. The siberian tiger, named “Tony,” resides at a parking lot exhibit at the stop in Grosse Tete, Louisiana. Truck stop owner Michael Sandlin has been breeding, selling, and exhibiting tigers for over 20 years, and insists that […] More
This cage diver expected a thrill, but not quite to this extent. The video (now with over 26 million views) shows a great white shark swimming through a supposedly impenetrable cage and out the top during a routine cage dive in Mexico. The video was captured by a father who generally videotapes his children’s antics for […] More
A fisherman in the Philippines found a giant pearl worth an estimated $100 million nearly a decade ago… and he’s been keeping it under his bed for good luck. In perhaps the luckiest find of all time, the fisherman reported that he located the rare find when his ship’s anchor got stuck on a giant […] More
