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
Image: Ianaré Sévi Endangered key deer have a gruesome new problem: They’re infested with invasive screwworms, a species that hasn’t been seen in the United States for over 50 years. Staff at National Key Deer Refuge recently found deer infested with maggots of New World screwworm larvae that had previously been eradicated from the US in […] More
Image: Marine Mammals of Maine Picking up discarded fishing line (or any trash for that matter) could save a life! This young harbor seal was found on the coast of Maine with monofilament fishing line cutting deep into his neck. As he was just one year of age, the line would have continued to slice into his skin […] More
The first ever sloth cesarean section was performed in Costa Rica in an effort to save a mother and baby after the mother fell out of a tree. Sam Trull, co-founder of Sloth Institute Costa Rica, received a call from a local hotel worker who reported that a sloth appeared to be injured after falling […] More
Image: Brian Gratwicke The last known Rabbs’ fringe-limbed tree frog has died. The species, not even discovered until 2005, is now extinct. The last of its kind, the male frog named “Toughie”, was collected in Panama when a team of herpetologists were on an expedition to study a deadly chytrid fungus that is currently decimating amphibian populations […] More
This is one tenacious dolphin. Despite the fact that dolphin digestive and respiratory tracts are not connected, this dolphin, identified as a Hector’s dolphin, has somehow found a way to move its larynx so it can breathe in this way. Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC) explained on their website, “Dolphins do not breathe through their […] More
Over 300 wild reindeer were found dead following a lightning storm in Norway. The Norwegian Environment Agency released images to the public and reported that a total of 323 of the animals were killed during the storm, including 70 calves. A spokesperson for the agency, Kjartan Knutsen, told The Associated Press that reindeer tend to […] More
